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DESCRIPTION: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. \n01/28: Land & The Spiritual Journey with David Crews\, Poet\n02/04: 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\n02/11: Mindful Birding and the Science of Awe: Improving Our Health & Saving the Planet with Dave Edson\, Educator and Naturalist\n02/18: 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)\n02/25: Tribal Historic Preservation in the Stockbridge-Munsee Ancestral Homeland with Bonney Hartley\, Tribal Historic Preservation Manager\, Stockbridge-Munsee Community\n03/04: 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\n03/11: 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\n03/25: 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\n04/01: How the Church Can Engage with the Urgent Moral Crisis of Climate Change with Rev. Dr. Jim Antal\, Denominational Leader\, Activist\, and Public Theologian\n04/08: How Laws Protecting Birds Strengthen Human Communities with Meredith Barges\, Chair\, Lights Out Central NY\, PhD Student\, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry\n04/15: The Call of the Ecozoic: Religions Enter Their Planetary Phase with Sam King\, Project Manager\, Journey of the Universe\n04/22: Landscapes of the Secular: Law\, Religion\, and American Sacred Space with Dr. Nicolas C. Howe\, Professor of Environmental Studies\, Williams College
URL:https://berkshires.org/events/green-living-seminar-series/2026-11-11/
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SUMMARY:Green Living Seminar Series
DESCRIPTION: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. \n01/28: Land & The Spiritual Journey with David Crews\, Poet\n02/04: 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\n02/11: Mindful Birding and the Science of Awe: Improving Our Health & Saving the Planet with Dave Edson\, Educator and Naturalist\n02/18: 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)\n02/25: Tribal Historic Preservation in the Stockbridge-Munsee Ancestral Homeland with Bonney Hartley\, Tribal Historic Preservation Manager\, Stockbridge-Munsee Community\n03/04: 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\n03/11: 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\n03/25: 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\n04/01: How the Church Can Engage with the Urgent Moral Crisis of Climate Change with Rev. Dr. Jim Antal\, Denominational Leader\, Activist\, and Public Theologian\n04/08: How Laws Protecting Birds Strengthen Human Communities with Meredith Barges\, Chair\, Lights Out Central NY\, PhD Student\, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry\n04/15: The Call of the Ecozoic: Religions Enter Their Planetary Phase with Sam King\, Project Manager\, Journey of the Universe\n04/22: Landscapes of the Secular: Law\, Religion\, and American Sacred Space with Dr. Nicolas C. Howe\, Professor of Environmental Studies\, Williams College
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SUMMARY:Green Living Seminar Series
DESCRIPTION: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. \n01/28: Land & The Spiritual Journey with David Crews\, Poet\n02/04: 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\n02/11: Mindful Birding and the Science of Awe: Improving Our Health & Saving the Planet with Dave Edson\, Educator and Naturalist\n02/18: 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)\n02/25: Tribal Historic Preservation in the Stockbridge-Munsee Ancestral Homeland with Bonney Hartley\, Tribal Historic Preservation Manager\, Stockbridge-Munsee Community\n03/04: 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\n03/11: 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\n03/25: 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\n04/01: How the Church Can Engage with the Urgent Moral Crisis of Climate Change with Rev. Dr. Jim Antal\, Denominational Leader\, Activist\, and Public Theologian\n04/08: How Laws Protecting Birds Strengthen Human Communities with Meredith Barges\, Chair\, Lights Out Central NY\, PhD Student\, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry\n04/15: The Call of the Ecozoic: Religions Enter Their Planetary Phase with Sam King\, Project Manager\, Journey of the Universe\n04/22: Landscapes of the Secular: Law\, Religion\, and American Sacred Space with Dr. Nicolas C. Howe\, Professor of Environmental Studies\, Williams College
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SUMMARY:Green Living Seminar Series
DESCRIPTION: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. \n01/28: Land & The Spiritual Journey with David Crews\, Poet\n02/04: 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\n02/11: Mindful Birding and the Science of Awe: Improving Our Health & Saving the Planet with Dave Edson\, Educator and Naturalist\n02/18: 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)\n02/25: Tribal Historic Preservation in the Stockbridge-Munsee Ancestral Homeland with Bonney Hartley\, Tribal Historic Preservation Manager\, Stockbridge-Munsee Community\n03/04: 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\n03/11: 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\n03/25: 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\n04/01: How the Church Can Engage with the Urgent Moral Crisis of Climate Change with Rev. Dr. Jim Antal\, Denominational Leader\, Activist\, and Public Theologian\n04/08: How Laws Protecting Birds Strengthen Human Communities with Meredith Barges\, Chair\, Lights Out Central NY\, PhD Student\, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry\n04/15: The Call of the Ecozoic: Religions Enter Their Planetary Phase with Sam King\, Project Manager\, Journey of the Universe\n04/22: Landscapes of the Secular: Law\, Religion\, and American Sacred Space with Dr. Nicolas C. Howe\, Professor of Environmental Studies\, Williams College
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