How Can Seminaries Encourage their Students to be Ecological Change Agents?

Dr. Laurel Kearns, professor at Drew Theological School and co-founder of the Green Seminary Initiative, gave the keynote address on encouraging students to be ecological change agents, at The New York City Faith & Ecology Seminary Education Conference in December 2016. If you are interested in watching more groundbreaking presentations from Dr. Laurel Kearns, check out our video on spirituality found in the planet! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2frGF1W9NJA&t=13s

The conference engaged seminary deans and faculty to explore ways of integrating faith and ecology into their theology curriculums so that emerging clergy can speak to the ecological crisis. The full-day event took place at Union Theological Seminary in Manhattan, and was co-organized by The Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development, the Center for Earth Ethics of Union Theological Seminary; the Milstein Center for Interreligious Dialogue at Jewish Theological Seminary; and the Green Seminary Initiative. The conference offered tools to enable administrators and faculty members from theological schools, divinity schools, and seminaries to better educate students on ecology issues from the perspective of different faith traditions.

This video contains excerpts of her keynote address.