Showing posts with label Forum on Religion and Environment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Forum on Religion and Environment. Show all posts

Thursday, October 1, 2009

Forum on Religion and Environment Airs October 4

Sr. Rosemarie Greco checks her notes before interviewing Rabbi Andrea Cohen Kiener of West Hartford about the upcoming Forum on Religion and Environment, which will take place on Thursday, October 15, from 4 to 9 p.m. at the Unitarian Society of Hartford. The forum is co-sponsored by the Interreligious Eco-Justice Network (IREJN) and Hartford Seminary.

Sr. Rosemarie is a Wisdom Correspondent for the Conference of Churches’ weekly radio program, “Rich Answers,” on WRCH 100.5 FM.

“Rich Answers” airs 5:30a.m. to 6:30 a.m. each Sunday morning. The Wisdom segment is on around 6 a.m. The program has a listening audience of 60,000 people.

This year’s Religion and the Environment forum will include a keynote address, “Coming Home: The Oikos of God and Climate Change” given by Michael Schut, Economic and Environmental Affairs Officer of the Episcopal Church.

The workshop sessions which will follow include: Community Gardening, Harvesting Local Energy, the New Cosmology, Communicating Climate Change, Energy Efficiency for Homes and Business, Toxic Substance Control and Spiritual Resources for Teaching and Preaching Creation.
Workshop presenters include Dr. Anthony Leiserowitz, Bettylou Sandy, Sharon and Richard Vocke, Rosemarie Greco, DW, Dough Cahill and Sarah Uhl.

For additional information visit www.irejn.org or call Yvette Law at 860-509-9555.