Green Living Seminar Series

Name: Green Living Seminar Series
Start: 2026-02-18T17:30:00-05:00
End: 2026-02-18T19:30:00-05:00
Location: MCLA

Literature, Lectures, and Talks

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February 18 | 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm on Wednesdays

Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts’ (MCLA) popular Green Living Seminar series returns this spring with Nature and Spirituality, a 12-week exploration of how faith, religion, and spiritual traditions shape our relationship with the natural world. The series launches Wednesday, Jan. 28, at 5:30 p.m., in The Feigenbaum Center for Science and Innovation, Room 121 with poet David Crews presenting Land & The Spiritual Journey. All sessions are free and open to the public.

01/28: Land & The Spiritual Journey with David Crews, Poet

02/04: Faith Under Fire: How Religion Shapes Climate Concern in the Middle East with Dr. Nimah Mazaheri, Professor of Political Science and Dean of Academic Affairs, Tufts University

02/11: Mindful Birding and the Science of Awe: Improving Our Health & Saving the Planet with Dave Edson, Educator and Naturalist

02/18: How Religion Influences Our Relationship with the Environment with Dr. Alexander de Sherbinin, Director and Senior Research Scientist, Columbia Climate School’s Center for Integrated Earth System Information (CIESIN)

02/25: Tribal Historic Preservation in the Stockbridge-Munsee Ancestral Homeland with Bonney Hartley, Tribal Historic Preservation Manager, Stockbridge-Munsee Community

03/04: Nature, Well-Being, and Indigenous Perspectives on the Interconnectedness of People and Creation with Wahieñhawi Hawi Hall, Assistant Director of Counseling and Psychological Services and Community Liaison for Indigenous Students, Cornell Health

03/11: Emerson’s Transcendentalism and Ecology: Politics Beyond Cynicism with Russell C. Powell, Research Associate, Harvard Divinity School Center for the Study of the World Religions

03/25: Caring for the Sacred in Nature: The Role of Cultural and Spiritual Values in Landscape Stewardship with Jessica Brown, Executive Director, New England Biolabs Foundation

04/01: How the Church Can Engage with the Urgent Moral Crisis of Climate Change with Rev. Dr. Jim Antal, Denominational Leader, Activist, and Public Theologian

04/08: How Laws Protecting Birds Strengthen Human Communities with Meredith Barges, Chair, Lights Out Central NY, PhD Student, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

04/15: The Call of the Ecozoic: Religions Enter Their Planetary Phase with Sam King, Project Manager, Journey of the Universe

04/22: Landscapes of the Secular: Law, Religion, and American Sacred Space with Dr. Nicolas C. Howe, Professor of Environmental Studies, Williams College