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.  

Read a Dec. 19, 2013, Religion News Service story about meatless restaurants established by Adventists to encourage healthy living.

Stacey Kennealy directs GreenFaith’s two-year environmental leadership program for houses of worship. She has worked with numerous and diverse congregations to foster sustainable consumption practices and environmental initiatives. GreenFaith is based in Highland Park, N.J.