Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Register for the PEC Faith and Environment Conference by June 1 for the Early Bird Rate!

Sign-Up Now for PEC's 2011 National Faith & Environment Conference: "God's Earth: Too Big to Fail? An Eco-Justice Conversation Among Faith, Science and Culture"

August 31 - September 3, 2011, at Highlands Presbyterian Camp and Retreat Center in the mountains of Colorado.

Keynote speakers include Dr. William Brown, author of The Seven Pillars of Creation: The Bible, Science and the Ecology of Wonder; Dr. Marcia Ishii-Eiteman, senior scientist and director of sustainable foods at the Pesticide Action Network; Carol Raffenspurger, Executive Director of the Science and Environmental Health Network; Dr. Tryone Hayes, Professor at UC Berkeley with expertise in amphibian biology who fought a major pesticide company and won; Dr. Holmes Rolston III, environmental ethics scholar; Dr. John E. Ikerd, professor emeritus of agricultural economics at the University of Missouri Columbia.

Special thanks to our conference sponsors, including PC(USA) Environmental Ministries, the Presbytery of Olympia, the Presbytery of the Inland Northwest, the Presbytery of Monmouth, the Presbytery of Charlotte, Second Presbyterian of Little Rock, and Second Presbyterian Church Indianapolis.

Registration is now open at price of $125.00 until June 1, $150 after, and can be completed online here.

Get all the latest info on the conference on the "Too Big to Fail" blog here.


Friday, May 6, 2011

Thanks to All New and Renewing PEC Members

A big thanks to all who have renewed their membership or became a new member around our new renewal date, Earth Day, April 22nd. The response has been good and it will save us a lot of work. Your participation in PEC is very important to us. Please share news and stories with the PEC network! Send an e-mail to presbyearthcare@gmail.com. Blessings, PEC Moderator

Thursday, May 5, 2011

God's Earth: Too Big to Fail? An Eco-Justice Conversation between Faith, Science, and Culture


PEC's 2011 National Faith & Environment Conference is open for registration!
August 31 - September 3, 2011, at Highlands Presbyterian Camp and Retreat Center in the mountains of Colorado. Keynote speakers include Dr. William Brown, author of The Seven Pillars of Creation: The Bible, Science and the Ecology of Wonder; Dr. Marcia Ishii-Eiteman, senior scientist and director of sustainable foods at the Pesticide Action Network; Carol Raffenspurger, Executive Director of the Science and Environmental Health Network; Dr. Hayes, Professor with expertise in amphibian biology at the University of California Berkley; Dr. Holmes Rolston III, environmental ethics scholar; Dr. John E. Ikerd, professor emeritus of agricultural economics at the University of Missouri Columbia. Special thanks to our conference sponsors, including Environmental Ministries, the Presbytery of Olympia, the Presbytery of the Inland Northwest, Second Presbyterian of Little Rock, and Second Presbyterian Church Indianapolis. Registration is now open at $125.00. Click here to go to the registration page.