Read a Sept. 29, 2011, Vancouver Sun story about how Muslim principles of moderation and ethical treatment of animals are guiding a new emphasis within the faith on eco-responsibility.

Beth Conklin is an associate professor of anthropology and religious studies at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., and co-director of the Ecology and Spirituality in America project at the university’s Center for the Study of Religion and Culture. The project focuses on the influences driving the consumer culture in the U.S. and the problems it […]

The Rev. Ahriana Platten is founder and director of the Colorado EcoSpiritual Center in Colorado Springs. The center provides training and other resources that foster reverence for the Earth and its inhabitants. People of all beliefs and lifestyles are welcomed.

Lorrie Heber is director of the White Violet Center for Eco-Justice, a ministry of the Sisters of Providence of St. Mary-of-the-Woods College in Indiana. The center fosters “the preservation, restoration and reverent use of all natural resources” and offers workshops, “Earth Sabbaticals” and other events.

Sister Linda Neil is a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet and is based in the order’s Albany, N.Y., province. Neil, who has master’s degrees in Earth literacy and in religious studies, teaches a workshop series titled “Encountering Earth: Reclaiming the Human in the Web of Life,” designed to help participants become […]

Fred Bahnson is director of the Food, Faith & Religious Leadership Initiative at Wake Forest University School of Divinity in Winston-Salem, N.C. He co-founded a church-supported agriculture ministry in Cedar Grove, N.C., in 2005 and has taught regenerative agriculture for many years. Bahnson is the author of Soil and Sacrament: A Spiritual Memoir of Food and […]

Jonathan Merritt writes and speaks extensively on faith and culture and is a senior columnist for Religion News Service. Merritt’s books include A Faith of Our Own: Following Jesus Beyond the Culture Wars and Jesus Is Better Than You Imagined. He can discuss the viewpoints and concerns of young evangelicals on a range of issues, especially on […]

Ellen F. Davis is Amos Ragan Kearns Professor of Bible and Practical Theology at Duke Divinity School in Durham, N.C. Davis has been in the vanguard among theologians studying the biblical understanding of care for the land, and she is a sought-after speaker on topics such as the ethics of land use. She is the author […]

Read a Dec. 5, 2013, Religion News Service story about rabbis and ministers who use outdoor adventures and environmental awareness to teach spiritual truths to believers.