Third Thursday at CEIE | Dialogue

Spirituality, Ethics and the Environment 

On Thursday, July 17 at 7 pm, respected thought leaders Reverend Fletcher Harper, executive director of GreenFaith, Greg Kaebnick, bioethics research scholar for The Hastings Center, and John Cronin,  senior fellow for environmental affairs at Pace University will explore new ground for spirituality, ethics and environmental experience to transcend human numbness and activate  new paradigm shift for the earth. Moderated by Frank Geer, pastor of St. Philip's Church in Garrison.

About Reverend Harper
Fletcher Harper, an Episcopal priest, is Executive Director of GreenFaith, a national interfaith environmental coalition.  An award-winning spiritual writer and nationally-recognized preacher on the environment, he has developed a range of innovative programs to make GreenFaith a leader in the fast-growing religious-environmental movement. Read more... 

About Greg Kaebnick
Gregory E. Kaebnick is a Research Scholar at The Hastings Center, a bioethics institute in Garrison, New York. He is interested in questions about the values that figure in thinking about new biotechnology, and particularly in the way people think about the relationship between humans and nature and the alteration of human nature. Read more...

About John Cronin
John Cronin is senior fellow for environmental affairs at Pace Academy of Applied Environmental Studies at Pace University. He teaches environmental history, policy and advocacy, and is active in the area of water policy reform. He is embarking on his fourth decade of environmental work. He gained international attention for his work as the Hudson Riverkeeper from 1983-2000. He is managing editor for Beacon Institute’s new blog Watermark, an online voice for Clarkson University faculty and guest contributors to inspire thinking on water and why we should care. Read more...

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