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The Cathedral Heritage
Foundation is sponsoring a colloquium on faith
and the environment at the Cathedral of the Assumption
(Louisville, Kentucky) entitled, “Faith
and Justice,”
on November 14–15, 2003. Parts of the conference are
being co-sponsored by the Brown-Forman Corporation.
Stated objectives for the colloquium include:
- To provide a forum for
members of the community to familiarize themselves
with the environmental challenges facing the
Kentucky and the world at large.
- To
gain a better understanding of the environmental
repercussions that our current lifestyle pose
to the environment.
- To learn about inspiring
organic farming and sustainable lifestyle solutions
currently in development,
and the challenges they face in achieving broader
public adoption.
- To explore the teachings of
the world’s
major faith traditions on the subject of humanity’s
relationship with the environment. Includes
a focus on Native American traditions and
their concepts of “sacred land.”
- To identify the
ways we as individuals or members of faith
congregations can collaborate with
local, national, or international environmental
organizations to make a contribution to the
local or global environment.
A tenative conference schedule follows:
| November 14 |
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| Session 1 |
Local Environmental Challenges
Panel participants will present ideas on
a variety of local environmental challenges.
An open public discussion will follow the
presentations. |
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Arnita Gadsen
Executive Director
West Jefferson County
Community Task Force
Art Williams
Air Pollution Control District
Bonnie Biemer
Office of Environmental Issues
Metro Louisville
Joan
Riehm
Deputy Mayor
Office of the Mayor
Sara Lynn
Cunningham
Metropolitan Sanitary District (MSD) |
| Lunch |
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| Session 2 |
Toward a Sustainable Way of Living
Panel participants will present ideas on
a sustainable living.
A panel discussion and an open public discussion
will follow the presentations. |
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Wendell Berry
Author, Professor Emeritus
University of Kentucky
Michael Ableman
Founder and Director of the
Center for Urban Agriculture at Fairview
Gardens
Patrick Holden
Director
The Soil Association
Dr. Marian
Chertow
Assistant Professor
School
of Forestry and Environmental Studies
Yale
University |
| Session 3 |
Faith and the Environment
Panel participants will present ideas on
faith and the environment. A panel discussion
and an open public discussion will follow
the presentations. |
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Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr
University Professor of Islamic
Studies
George Washington University |
| Dinner |
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| November 15 |
Faith and the Environment (cont.)
Panel
participants will present ideas on
faith and the environment. A panel discussion
and an open public discussion will follow
the presentations. |
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Dr. Ewert Cousins
Professor Emeritus of Religion
Fordham University
Dr. John Grim
Professor of Religion
Bucknell University
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| For additional information,
visit the Cathedral
Heritage Foundation website. |
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