AZH leaders "fascinate" at an ecumenical conference on climate change

In Pennsylvania's Centre Daily Times October, 31, 2009 Rev. Thomazine Shanahan writes in the

Clergy Column

““Protecting the planet and all of life is a transcendent responsibility—for both the scientists who study it and those of religious faith who are able to express its spiritual importance.”— E.O. Wilson, Harvard biologist and naturalist.

 
Earlier this month, at the Pasquerilla Spiritual Center on Penn State’s campus, the university’s Rock Ethics Institute acted as a bridge between the communities of science and faith as it sponsored a two-day free-to-the-public conference on “Stewardship or Sacrifice?: Religion and the Ethics of Climate Change.”

...The two days overflowed with fascinating participants. Zen Buddhists talked about the interconnectedness of all things. So did the climate scientist who described global impacts of climate change. One panel session featured Pennsylvania churches and synagogues responding to climate change: local initiatives, international ethical dimensions. Workshops concentrated on practical responses...."

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