Teachers’ Workshop: Environmental Stewardship
Workshop for Secondary School Teachers:
Lessons on Environmental Stewardship from the Abrahamic Traditions
Presented in collaboration with Georgetown University ’s Office of Campus Ministry and Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding
October 16, 2008
Army Navy Club
Washington, DC
Agenda:
8:30 – 9:00 Registration & light breakfast
9:00 – 9:10 Welcome & Introductory Remarks
9:10 – 9:45 Susan Douglass, Georgetown University
“Teaching about Religion in the Classroom Setting: Guidelines and Resources”
9:45 – 10:30 Rabbi Harold White, Georgetown University
“Judaism and Stewardship of the Environment”
10:30 – 10:45 Break
10:45 – 11:30 Pastor Mark Greiner, Takoma Park Presbyterian Church
“Christ, Creation and Community: Christian Resources for Ecology”
11:30 – 12:15 Susan Douglass, Georgetown University
“Islam and the Environment: And Observe the Balance with Justice…”
12:15 – 1:00 Working Lunch
1:00 – 1:40 Kenneth McNeil, Susman Godfrey LLP
“Leadership against Impossible Odds”
1:40 – 2:20 Shannon W. Earle, Conservation International
“Lost There, Felt Here: Why international conservation matters to all of us”
2:20 – 2:40 Allison Fisher, Greater Washington Interfaith Power and Light
“Youth Interfaith Efforts for the Environment”
2:40 – 3:15 Reflections and Ideas from Participants (Susan Douglass facilitating)
“Teaching About Religious Perspectives on the Environment”
Discussion: How to incorporate what you have learned into the classroom.
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