1:00 p.m. Registration & Hospitality
Simon Forum & Athletic Center, Bob Clark Lounge
Baldwin Gymnasium, Simon Center *"Oir al Rio" ("To Listen to the River")-- Recordings of the Delaware River
2:15 p.m. Conference Welcome
Baldwin Gymnasium, Simon Center
Dr. Laurel Kearns Drew Theological School
Dr. Heather Murray Elkins Academic Dean, Drew Theological School
President Tom Kean, President of the University
2:30 p.m. Behemoth & Batrachians in the Eye of God: A Biologist on the Bible
Dr. Calvin DeWitt
Baldwin Gymnasium, Simon Center
4:00 p.m.- 5:15;D.Min., M.Div, National Conference Seminar:
Ecology, Economics and Process Theology
Dr. John Cobb, Claremont School of Theology
Founders Room, Mead Hall
(Participants must be pre-registered and must have read preparatory texts, specifically "Sustainability" and "Sustaining the Common Good".)
1) Women's Health and the Environment
Pam Sparr, U.M.C. Office of Environmental Justice
University Center, Room 104
2) Globalization and its Environmental Discontents
Dr. Fred Curtis, Drew College of Liberal Arts
Hall of Sciences, Room 4
3) Earthkeeping Ministries
Dr. Job Ebeneezer , E.L.C.A. Environmental Stewardship and Hunger Education
Wendel Room, Mead Hall
4)You'll Need More Than a Coca-Cola: The Place of a Brown Desert in a Green Church: Reclaiming Desert as Space of Spiritual Reflection
Dr. Jesse Terry Todd , Drew Theological School
Hall of Sciences, Seminar 3
5) Biblical Perspectives on the Earth: Genesis 1
Dr. Lyn Bechtel , Drew Theological School
University Commons, Room 217
6) Human "Sacrifice Zones":
Regional Environmental Justice Issues
Panel Members include: Ed Dreby (on energy deregulation and aggregate green energy purchasing); Rev. Joseph Parrish of St. John's Episcopal, Elizabeth, NJ (on particulate matter and asthma); David Pringle, Campaign Director of the NJ Environmental Federation (on solid waste and incineration) and Valerie Caffee of the Work Environment Council (on jobs and the environment).University Commons, Room 209
7) Theology and Ecology of Wetlands: A Hike through the Great Swamp
Led by Blaine Rothauser of the Great Swamp Association with Nicole Roskos and Dr. Sharon Betcher, Drew Theological School
(Participants will gather in the lecture hall - namely, Baldwin gym - and should be prepared for a non-strenuous mile-long hike.)Workshop is subject to cancellation due to rain.
5:30 p.m. Buffet Dinner for all conference participants at the University Center, Room 107.
Great Hall, S.W. Bowne Hall
7:00 p.m. Church as Hope for a Damaged Planet
Bill McKibben
Baldwin Gymnasium, Simon Center
8:30 Electricity Deregulation: Challenges & Opportunities for NJ's Interfaith Community
Steve Rice, President of Environmental Opportunities Inc. Simon Center, Rear Lounge9:00 p.m.All Saints Worship Service for Alumni/ae
Baldwin Gymnasium, Simon Center