EARTHKEEPING NEWS A NEWSLETTER OF THE NORTH AMERICAN COALITION FOR CHRISTIANITY AND ECOLOGY Volume Seven, Number Five July/August 1998 Coming Up July 13 - 20, Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu NM GOD DON'T MAKE NO JUNK, An Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) Approach to the Challenges of Welfare Reform. Seminar leaders are Mike Green, Denver CO, and Damon Lynch, Cincinnati OH, members of the ABCD Religious Network. Contact Ghost Ranch, HC 77 Box 11, Abiquiu NM 87510; 505/ 685-4333. Or, call Eliza Carney, ABCD Religious Network coordinator, 970/ 416-0636; email: abcdrn@greyrock.org. July 23 - 24, Sinsinawa WI CHURCHES AND LAND ISSUES: Discernment and Action, convened by The Churches' Center for Land and People and the Town and Country Association, United Methodist Church. Contact CCLP, General Delivery, Sinsinawa WI 53824; 608/ 748-4411 ext. 805. August 8 - 12, Montreat NC STRANDS IN THE WEB OF LIFE, conference sponsored by Presbyterians for Restoring Creation. Plenary speakers include: NC Congresswoman Eva Clayton; Joan Martin-Brown, advisor - Sustainable Development, World Bank; Prof. Larry Rasmussen, Union Seminary; and Ron Sider, Evangelicals for Social Action. 21 workshops and training for church eco-justice coordinators by members of the NCC Eco-Justice Working Group. Contact Registrar, Montreat Conference Center, PO Box 969, Montreat NC 28757; 800/ 572-2257, ext. 335. August 17 - Sept. 27 (or - Nov.8), Blairstown NJ EXTENDED EARTH LITERACY PROGRAM , a six- or twelve-week residential program at Genesis Farm with seminars: Exploring the Sacred Universe, Epic of Evolution, Bioregionalism, and Recovering the Wisdom Traditions. Contact Genesis Farm, 41A Silver Lake Rd., Blairstown NJ 07825; 908/ 362-6735. October 16 World Food Day Teleconference IS FOOD FOR ALL A RIGHT OR A GOAL? For information, contact Patricia Young, Coordinator, US National Committee for World Food Day, 2175 K St. NW, Washington DC 20437; 202/ 653-2404. Home     Table of Contents