FEBRUARY 2017 NEWSLETTER
Welcome to our monthly newsletter!
Here are some of this month's highlights.
This spring a series of Environmental Humanities Talks is taking place at Yale University entitled “Conversations Between Sciences and Humanities.” Speakers include Carl Safina, Robin Kimmerer, Scott Russell Sanders, Richard Norgaard, and Peter Raven. See below for more details.
Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim are teaching four MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) at Yale through the online platform, Coursera, featured as a specialization under the theme of "Journey of the Universe: A Story for Our Times." You may audit the courses free of charge and sign up at anytime. For more information, see below.
The field of religion and ecology has come of age! The following colleges and universities have a job opening in the area of religion and ecology: University of California at Santa Barbara; Santa Clara University; St. Olaf; Carleton; Dartmouth; University of North Texas; and Marquette.
We hope this newsletter supports your own work and helps you further your engagements with the field of Religion and Ecology.
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Yale University Online Classes
Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim are currently offering four six-week online courses featured as a specialization under the theme of "Journey of the Universe: A Story for Our Times." The courses (with the exception of the capstone) are free to audit and you can sign up at anytime. To register go to the Coursera site here.
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Integral Ecology in the Peruvian Upper Amazon
Dr. Frederique Apffel-Marglin is leading a summer program entitled “Integral Ecology in the Peruvian Upper Amazon.” It will be held at the Sachamama Center for Biocultural Regeneration (SCBR) in Lamas, Department of San Martin, Peru on July 1 – August 11, 2017, with an optional forest retreat with focus on Amazonian medicinal plants on August 12-26, 2017. The application deadline is March 31, 2017. See our website for more details.
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Conversations Between Sciences and Humanities
at Yale
The next event in this Yale series of Environmental Humanities Talks is a book reading with the American nature writer Scott Russell Sanders, featuring his new book Dancing in Dreamtime. This event will take place at Yale Law School on March 29, 2017. Previous speakers in the series have included Carl Safina and Robin Kimmerer. Learn more here.
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Ghost Ranch Workshop
Ghost Ranch in Abiquiu, NM will host a special workshop entitled “Journey of the Universe: An Epic Story for Our Shared Future” July 2-8, 2017. This event is 10th in a series on Earth-Honoring Faith: A Song of Songs. The goal of the series is to construct justice-centered, Earth-Honoring Christianities that promote interfaith efforts on common earth issues. For more information visit our site here.
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Climate Justice:
The Struggle for Our Common Home
Join Loyola University Chicago’s on March 16-17, 1017 for the fourth annual Climate Change Conference and learn how climate change undermines human rights. Climate justice is human justice. Standing up for our common home strengthens our communities, reduces inequality and ensures that everyone has a safe and healthy place to live. Go here for more information and to register.
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Green Church Campaign of Church of South India (CSI)
The Green Church Campaign of Church of South India encourages parishes to incorporate ecological concerns in their order of worship and include both advocacy and direct action for eco-justice and the integrity of creation. In January 2017, the Church of South India Synod issued a Lenten Call for ‘Carbon Fast.’ For more, see our website.
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