Food and Faith: God's Earth: Too Big to Fail?

2011 National PEC Faith & Environment Conference

"God's Earth: Too Big to Fail? An Eco-Justice Conversation Among Faith, Science and Culture"

August 31 - September 3, 2011, at Highlands Presbyterian Camp and Retreat Center in the mountains of Colorado.

Keynote speakers include Dr. William Brown, author of The Seven Pillars of Creation: The Bible, Science and the Ecology of Wonder; Dr. Marcia Ishii-Eiteman, senior scientist and director of sustainable foods at the Pesticide Action Network; Carol Raffenspurger, Executive Director of the Science and Environmental Health Network; Dr. Hayes, Professor with expertise in amphibian biology at the University of California Berkley; Dr. Holmes Rolston III, environmental ethics scholar; Dr. John E. Ikerd, professor emeritus of agricultural economics at the University of Missouri Columbia.

Special thanks to our conference sponsors, including Environmental Ministries, the Presbytery of Olympia, the Presbytery of the Inland Northwest, Second Presbyterian of Little Rock, and Second Presbyterian Church Indianapolis.

Registration is now open at $125.00 and can be completed online here. List of workshops here. Get all the latest info on the conference on the "Too Big to Fail" blog here

Featured Speakers and Leaders:

Dr. William P. Brown, Professor

Conference Plenary Moderator and Worship Leader

Recent Work to be discussed at Conference:

The Seven Pillars of Creation: The Bible, Science, and the Ecology of Wonder

Tevyn East of The Affording Hope Project

Conference Creative Artist

Will perform Leaps & Bounds

Dr. Tyrone B. Hayes, Professor

Conference Plenary Presenter

Click the above link to learn more about his interests, research, and publications

Dr. Marcia Ishii-Eiteman, Senior Scientist of PANNA