Religious Perspectives on Climate Change:
Turning Faith into Action
Weill Hall
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
The University of Michigan
735 South State Street
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Friday, October 19, 2007
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Co-sponsors:
- The Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise
- The Association of Religious Counselors
- The Ford School of Public Policy
- The Program in the Environment
- Lord of Light, Lutheran Campus Ministries
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Scope and Focus: Bring together representatives from a diverse array of religions to discuss how the belief systems within each tradition inform our moral responsibilities to address climate change; and to consider how those belief systems might be put into action.
Format: A one day conference with beginning and ending keynotes, and two intermediate panel discussions.
Registration: On-line registration will commence in late August. The registration form will be linked to the Erb Institute web page: http://www.erb.umich.edu/
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AGENDA
8:30 a.m. Registration and Refreshments
9:00 a.m. Welcome
9:15 a.m. Opening Remarks: Rosina Bierbaum, Dean, SNRE.
9:30 a.m. Opening Keynote: Dr. Mary Evelyn Tucker, Yale University,
Co-founder and Co-director, Forum on Religion and Ecology.
10:30 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. Session #1: Religious Faith and Climate Change
- Catholic: Reverend Charles Morris, Executive Director, MI Interfaith Power and Light.
- Evangelical Protestant: Dr. Calvin DeWitt, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
- Hindu: Dr. P. Venugopala Rao, Emory University.
- Islam: Imam Achmat Salie, Islamic Studies Program, Oakland University.
- Judaism: Rabbi Nathan Martin, Assistant Director University of Michigan Hillel.
- Mainline Protestant: Dr. Larry L. Rasmussen, Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Social Ethics, emeritus, Union Theological Seminary.
12:45 p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m. Session #2: Turning Faith into Action
- Personal Lifestyle: Danielle Conroyd, IHM Sisters.
- City-Level Policy Planning and Action: Hon. George Heartwell, Mayor of the City of Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- State and Federal Policy Planning and Action: Prof. John Dernbach, Widener University School of Law.
- Faith and Business: Leslie H. Lowe, Energy & Environment Program Director, Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility.
3:00 p.m. Closing Keynote: Reverend Sally Bingham, President, The Regeneration Project.
4:00 p.m. END
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Andrew J. Hoffman
Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise
The University of Michigan
Phone: 734-763-9455
Fax: 734-615-4323
Email: ajhoff@umich.edu
Web: http://webuser.bus.umich.edu/ajhoff/
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