Rick Clugston
Rick Clugston is executive director of Maine Interfaith Power and Light, based in Portland, a nonprofit organization working to bring environmentally-friendly electricity to consumers in the state.
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Kenneth Kraft
Kenneth Kraft is a professor emeritus of religious studies at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa., and an expert on socially engaged Buddhism. His books include The Wheel of Engaged Buddhism: A New Map of the Path, on spiritual responses to social and environmental issues, and, as co-editor, Dharma Rain: Sources of Buddhist Environmentalism.
Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Seyyed Hossein Nasr is a world-renowned scholar on Islam who teaches Islamic studies at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. His writings include Man and Nature: The Spiritual Crisis in Modern Man and The Heart of Islam: Enduring Values for Humanity. Much of his work focuses on Islamic spiritual values, but he has also written about the religious […]
National Religious Partnership for the Environment
The National Religious Partnership for the Environment is an alliance of major faith groups and denominations across the spectrum of Jewish and Christian communities and organizations in the United States. Its four founding partners are the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Evangelical Environmental Network, Creation Justice Ministries and the Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life.
“Are Your Palm Sunday Palms Bad for the Environment?”
Read a March 22, 2013, article from Slate Magazine about Palm Sunday traditions and the environment.
“”Should Churches Convert Drivers of SUVS?”
Read a Christian Science Monitor article, “Should Churches Convert Drivers of SUVS?”
“Religions and Environmental Groups Work Together”
Read a Jan. 9, 2003, Associated Press story posted on beliefnet.com on how faith groups have addressed environmental issues in the United States and abroad.
David Bell
David Bell is director of the Program for International Development, Community Planning and Environment at Clark University in Worcester, Mass.
Dr. Harold Koenig
Dr. Harold Koenig is a professor of psychiatry and medicine at Duke University’s Center for the Study of Religion/Spirituality and Health. He wrote the white paper for the Department of Health and Human Services on faith-based responses to natural disasters and terrorism.