Global Stewardship: From The Academy To The Public Square

October 16-19, 1996

Hosted by the Center for Christian Studies, Gordon College Funded by the Pew Global Stewardship Initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16

2:00-5:00 pm Registration

5:30 pm Dinner

7:00 pm Welcome, Opening Remarks and Introduction

Harold Heie, Center for Christian Studies Gordon College
Administrative Coordinator, CCCU
Global Stewardship Initiative

Mark Sargent, Provost
Gordon College

Karen Longman, Vice President
Professional Development & Research
CCCU

7:30 pm Keynote Address: "Trampled Grass and Muddied Waters: The Need for a New Approach to Economic Development"
Andrew Steer, Director
Environment Department
The World Bank

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17

7:30 am Breakfast

8:30 am Devotions
Rich Stevick
Messiah College

8:45 am Reports on CCCU Faculty Mini-Grant Projects (4--to be announced)

10:15 am Refreshment Break

10:45 am Report on CCCU Internet Project/EEN Web Page
Mark Lassiter
Montreat College

11:15 am Report on CCCU Campus Activities Related to Global Stewardship
(4--to be announced)

12:15 pm Lunch

1:30 pm Report on Global Stewardship Activities of TEMEC (Theological Education to Meet the Environmental Challenge)
Dieter Hessel, Director
Program on Ecology, Justice and Faith
Co-Director, TEMEC

2:45 pm Refreshment Break

3:15 pm From The Academy To The Public Square: Roundtable Discussion I
"Ethics, Governments and Markets: The Normative Economics of Stewardship and Sustainable Development"
Chris Barrett
Utah State University

4:15 pm "Are We Turning Poor Countries Into Pollution Havens?: Understanding the Trade/Environment Debate"
Judy Dean
The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies

5:15 pm Video Presentation
"Keeping the Earth: Religious and Scientific Perspectives on the Environment"
Howard Ris
Union of Concerned Scientists

6:00 pm Dinner

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18

7:30 am Breakfast

8:30 am Devotions
Karen Longman
CCCU

8:45 am Roundtable Discussion II
"Christianity and Reflexive Modernity: Population, Environmental Risk, and Societal Change"
Susan Bratton
Whitworth College

9:45 am "George Washington Carver's Vision of Sustainability and Some Examples of Sustainable Development"
Job Ebenezer
Evangelical Lutheran Church of America

10:45 am Refreshment Break

11:15 am Discussion of Statement on "Global Stewardship: The Christian Mandate" from participating CCCU institutions
John Wood
The King's University College

12:15 pm Lunch

1:30 pm Roundtable Discussion III
"Interlocked Trends Shaping The Next Century"
James Nash, Executive Director
The Churches' Center for Theology and Public Policy

2:30 pm "Secular Bias and Environmental Public Policy: Giving Christians a Place at the Table"
Richard Baer
Cornell University

3:30 pm Refreshment Break

4:00 pm Environmental Stewardship Initiatives of the AAAS Program of Dialogue Between Science and Religion
Audrey Chapman
AAAS

4:30 pm "Essential Elements for a Successful Environmental Stewardship Program at a Christian College" (Mentoring Session for EEN Institutions)
Fred Van Dyke
Northwestern College (IA)

6:30 pm Dinner

8:30 pm "Environmentalism and the 104th Congress"
Peter Torkildsen
US Congressman
Massachusetts 6th District

Introduction
R. Judson Carlberg, President
Gordon College

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19

7:30 am Breakfast

8:30 am Devotions
Bill Yarchin
Azusa Pacific University

8:45 am Roundtable Discussion IV
"Environment and Resource Ownership: How Can We Do Justice to Both Public and Private Trusts?"
Jim Skillen
Center for Public Justice

9:45 am "The Convenental Structure of Society and Its Implications for Natural Resource Policy"
Jan Curry-Roper
Calvin College

10:45 am Refreshment Break

11:15 am "Community Mobilization: A Case Study of the Town of Dunn"
Cal DeWitt
University of Wisconsin

12:15 pm Lunch

1:30 pm Roundtable Discussion V
"Bio-Regional Ecosystems and The Form & Function of Public Policy: Improving the Quality of Natural and Social Life"
Timothy Peterson
Malone College

"Creation Care and Character: The Nature and Necessity of the Ecological Virtues"
Steve Bouma-Prediger
Hope College

3:30 pm Field Trip (Options to be Announced)

6:00 pm Clambake

8:00 pm Endorsement of Statement on "Global Stewardship: The Christian Mandate" by participating CCCU institutions
John Wood
The King's University College

8:30 pm Worship Service
Cal DeWitt

Please mail any comments to Dr. Mark Lassiter.