Saturday, April 12

3:05 - 4:30 PM

PANEL DISCUSSIONS
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Advocacy & Entrepreneurship-Implementation in Community
Environment and climate issues are so large they require a response by the whole community. This panel will address how to get your community involved.
Jessie Dye – Program and Outreach Director, Earth Ministry
John Johnson IV – Domestic Policy Analyst, Gov’t Relations, Episcopal Church USA
Andy Varyu – Environmental Entrepreneur

The Genesis Covenant
Bishop Charleston will challenge us to work in the world as individuals, congregations and larger communities of faith. This panel will address concrete expressions of how that might take place.
LeeAnne Beres – Executive Director, Earth Ministry, Seattle
Rev. Dr. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas – Author
Rt. Rev. Gregory Rickel – Bishop Diocesan, Olympia
Rt. Rev. Steven Charleston – Episcopal Divinity School

The Environment and Applied Theology
Sallie McFague will address the relationship between theology and the environment. This panel will explore how our theology and relationship to our environment interact.
Shelly Fayette – Seminarian, Union Theological Seminary
Jay McDaniel, Ph.D. - Professor of Religion, Hendrix College
Cynthia Moe-Lobeda – Assistant Professor, Theology & Religious Studies, Associate Professor, Environmental Studies, Seattle University

Science, Faith, and the Environment
In our society science and religion both make claims about how we relate to the environment. This panel will address how we make decisions in light of that reality.
Dr. Gary Chamberlain – Professor of Theology, Seattle University
Gary Lagerloef, Ph.D. -President, Earth and Space Research
Rev. Dr. Lucas Mix – Author