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Ware Lecture speaker

What an amazing and energizing day we’ve had! The speaker at the Ware Lecture was Eboo Patel, renowned interfaith leader, who shared stories of his work and showed us how Americans from George Washington to Martin Luther King were ” interfaith leaders”. When he finished speaking I was left feeling as if I could listen […]

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Thursday activities

I’ve heard some powerful reasons today to be mindful of caring for our world, as well as a great presentation about Compassionate Consumption, from the author of ‘Behind the Kitchen Door’, Saru Jayaraman. She talked about the plight of restaurant workers who try to live on their meager wages.

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Living Responsibly

We as Americans need perspective. Explore Global Footprint Network to understand your footprint. If every human consumed as we do we would need the resources of 5 earths! Half of what we buy ends up in a landfill within 6 months… Galen Guengerich discussed our Ethic of Gratitude to help shape our response to social issues.

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