There is a need for spirituality in the environmentalist movement. Thus far many environmental groups have tried to argue their case on purely objective terms, to the detriment of their cause. Trying to persuade people to bolster biodiversity on the grounds of economic necessity is a hard argument to win when the forces working against biodiversity (such as the forestry industry) have very strong economic arguments regarding families, jobs and rural communities. As long as environmentalists continue to fight economists in purely economic terms, they are destined to lose.

BSEC decided to include Spirituality in this year’s series Workshops.  If inclusiveness is needed to build a Sustainable Earth Community, and within our community exist spiritual institutions, then by all means we need to embrace them as our brothers And sisters too.

Carol Meyer and Rose Therese Huelsman

We are honored to have both Carol Meyer and Rose Therese Huelman, are educators with the Sustainable Sanctuary Coalition, a local interfaith group that promotes earth care in congregations.

As usual BSEC is taking the necessary step to be inclusive.  As long as environmentalists continue to fight economists in purely economic terms, they are destined to lose. Thus there is a need to re-inject something of a religious faith into environmental debate and have it accepted into the debate on those terms. Biodiversity is worth fighting for not because of its economic value, but because it is the right thing to do! Without this the environmental movement is left open to incremental degradation. The victories of today swiftly become the loses of tomorrow unless there is some sustaining influence. Also without an environmental ethic present in our day-to-day activities we find that our impact grows incrementally.

See our schedule of workshops and be sure to add this one.  It is so important; we have asked them to do both a morning and afternoon workshops.

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