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Regional Cultures of Conservation Program in SC Works with Faith-Based Communities

Regional Cultures of Conservation,

April 14th, 2010

CHN’s South Carolina Regional Cultures of Conservation program has teamed with Audubon-SC to sponsor two forums promoting better stewardship of the Earth among South Carolina’s Faith Communities.

The first forum is: Caring for Creation: A Forum for Religious Education Leaders, and it will be held on May 20, 2010, in cooperation with Mepkin Abbey, a Trappist Monastery in Moncks Corner, SC.  This forum will focus on providing religious education leaders with information and ideas to use in their places of worship.  The discussion will center on the theological basis of creation-care education and provide practical advice  on both making houses of worship less consumptive and congregants better stewards of the Earth.  The forum’s keynote speaker and leader is Sister Paul Gonzalez, Sisters of Charity, Cincinnati, OH and co-founder of Ohio Power and Light.

The second forum is: God’s Wonderful World: Creation Care for the Lowcountry Faith Community.  It will be hosted by John Wesley United Methodist Church, Charleston on May 21-22 and is aimed at a regional, ecumenical audience.  Sister Paula Gonzalez and Rudy Mancke, a well-known Southeastern US naturalist, will give plenary and keynote addresses respectively. In addition, Sister Paula will conduct an energy-resources-use audit of the host facility and report her findings.  Workshops will be offered on green construction, energy stewardship, sustainable landscaping and religious education for the Earth. The forum will conclude with presentations from local faith communities on what they have done to promote sound environmental practices, as well as the challenges and opportunities ahead.

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