Month: September 2016

Today is registration deadline for Columbus Diocese Creation Care Conference on Oct. 8

laudatoSiOct8ColsDiocFlyerJPGThe Columbus Diocese is offering a day of reflection, inspiration, study, and sharing of resources to help Columbus area Catholic communities respond to Pope Francis’ environmental urgings in his recent encyclical, Laudato Si: Caring for Our Common Home.  The conference: “Enlivened by Laudato Si’: We Care for our Common Home: Our practical response to care for God’s creation” will be held at the Martin De Porres Center in Columbus from 10am-2pm on Saturday, October 8.

The conference will feature creation care team building sessions, spirituality and worship, education, sustainability information for energy savings, and advocacy to care for creation and the poor. Dr. Greg Hitzhusen of the School of Environment and Natural Resources at Ohio State will deliver a keynote address.  For more information, click here, see the flyer here (url or pdf ), or register here — registration ends today.

Registration ends today for Oct. 8 Columbus Catholic Diocese Creation Care Event

laudatoSiOct8ColsDiocFlyerJPGThe Columbus Diocese is offering a day of reflection, inspiration, study, and sharing of resources to help Columbus area Catholic communities respond to Pope Francis’ environmental urgings in his recent encyclical, Laudato Si: Caring for Our Common Home.  The conference: “Enlivened by Laudato Si’: We Care for our Common Home: Our practical response to care for God’s creation” will be held at the Martin De Porres Center in Columbus from 10am-2pm on Saturday, October 8.

The conference will feature creation care team building sessions, spirituality and worship, education, sustainability information for energy savings, and advocacy to care for creation and the poor. Dr. Greg Hitzhusen of the School of Environment and Natural Resources at Ohio State will deliver a keynote address.  For more information, click here, see the flyer here (url or pdf ), or register here — registration ends today.

Dalai Lama Espouses Sustainability in Business

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Image: www.dalailama.com/messages/environment

His Holiness the Dalai Lama recently spoke in Brussels to promote global responsibility in business and economics for the sake of social and environmental sustainability.  His appearance was coordinated with the recent publication of Business as an Instrument for Societal Change: In Conversation with the Dalai Lama, a book by Sander Tideman.  For more information about the Dalai Lama’s teachings on the environment, visit his website and browse his list of environmental speeches and messages.