Please join us for the UWT Environmental Seminar Monday! "Ecological Scale and Christian Ethics: Bringing Religion and Science Together to Think About Climate Change" Kevin O'Brien, Chair, Environmental Studies Program, Associate Professor, Dept. of Religion, Pacific Lutheran University Monday, November 3, 2014 SCI 309, 12:25-1:25pm Feel free to bring your lunch! The UWT Environmental Seminars are open to the public. Kevin J. O'Brien is an Associate Professor of Religion and the Chair of Environmental Studies at Pacific Lutheran University. His teaching and research focus on Christian environmental ethics, the intersection of religion and the environment, and the intersection of environmental concerns with social justice. He wrote An Ethics of Biodiversity (Georgetown, 2010), co-wrote An Introduction to Christian Environmentalism (Baylor, 2014), and co-edited Grounding Religion (Routledge, 2010) and Inherited Land (Cascade, 2011). He is currently working on a book about the relevance of the Christian peace movement to the contemporary challenge of climate change. In addition to his academic work, Kevin is an executive officer on the board of directors for Earth Ministry, a Seattle-based nonprofit that seeks to help faith communities play a leadership role in response to environmental degradation. Cheers, Jim James E. Gawel, Ph.D. Assoc. Prof. of Environmental Chemistry and Engineering Environmental Science and Studies Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences Program University of Washington Tacoma 1900 Commerce St Campus Box 358436 Tacoma, WA 98402 Phone: 253-692-5815 E-mail: jimgawel@uw.edu