Not only can a walk in the park be relaxing, looking at greenery can actually improve your relationships and make you more generous. That’s what a University of Rochester research team discovered… [full article]
SCUPE (Seminary Consortium for Urban Pastoral Education) is offering a eco-justice class in Chicago next month (October 2009).
SCUPE S-H 307: Eco-Justice: A Vision for a Sustainable City
The course will develop a holistic vision for a sustainable city as an outworking of the concept of shalom, a just peace. The course will evaluate the three components of sustainable community development: the three E’s of economics, environment and equity (or social justice). Participants will xplore the course topic via readings, panel discussions and site visits. Students will have the option of exploring key issues such as energy policy, food production, environ-mental justice and pollution and how these challenges relate to the central course themes. Central to the course is the question, “What does it mean to be a sustainable urban community?”
For those who desire to study past SDA writings, you can find a significant list at Adventist Women & the Earth–Adventist Writings on Ecology. The most recent date is 2003.
Lakeview church family, Thank you for inviting me to come spend Sabbath with you. I had a really great time. Here are the resources I said I would post, and thank you for the ideas and information you shared with me. Grace and peace, Jeff
And It Was Good (Jo Ann Davidson, Adventist Review) [article]