The King’s Green Pad

An undergraduate student at the King’s University College has created a website trying to explain “ecofeminism” and would very much like comment. this is part of a directed study on the topic; we agreed that trying to get the idea out, and getting some engagement with people on the issues would be a useful way [...]

Book Launch for King’s faculty member. April 8, 7-9pm. Greenwoods Bookshoppe Sociologist Randy Haluza-DeLay’s Speaking for Ourselves: Environmental Justice in Canada and another book on democracy and environmental conflict have just come out in paperback. Join us for Stories, Wine and Refreshments as we celebrate this event. Greenwoods Bookshoppe is at 7925 – 104 Street, [...]

Yesterday I took part in a forum on nuclear power in Alberta. The forum followed a report to which I contributed (www.ualberta.ca/ERSC). I’m no expert on nuclear energy, but I was asked to apply a sociological perspective to the topic. More specifically, I was asked to write about the ETHICS of nuclear power. You know, [...]

When a baby is born, it is among the most vulnerable things in the world. This is one of the most astonishing facts of the Christian story – that God Creator took on genuine vulnerability. A baby is vulnerable because it can be threatened by anything slightly larger, tougher, smarter or with sharper weaponry than [...]

Christian writing about the environment often suffers from a few problems. First, it tends to be too theological. Second, it tends to ignore social systems. Third, it assumes individual solutions to complex and linked problems of creation. Fourth, such theological, social and environmental complexity is hard to describe in a readable fashion. I know I [...]

What is the spiritual significance of climate change and humanity’s role in it? Speakers at a one-day event today at The King’s University College in Edmonton will be asking and answering that very question. “We want to get people in churches and other faith communities talking about the issue,” said Edmonton organizer Randolph Haluza-DeLay, a [...]

Some colleagues and I are doing a report to Environment Canada on “How Canadians value nature.” The list of references on research relevant to this topic runs to over 20 pages (over 400 references). Here’s how we start the report. Nature is important to Canadians. Period. Nature is important because it is part of our [...]

This year was the toughest Lent ever. I consider Lent to be a time of spiritual discipline. Not a time to “give up something,” but a time to do something that is difficult but good for me. It is discipline – training in being a disciple. This year, I committed to going to bed at [...]

photo credit: dougtone How do we create a more ecologically-sound society? For sure, education about the environment is one part of that (but only one part, as I mentioned in my last blog post). Often I’ve been able to do environmental education with church and religious groups. Recently, I published research about this work. It [...]

I have lived off-campus for the past 3 years now. Living in a house with 5-6 other guys over the years has made it challenging and fun to live sustainably. One activity we have prided ourselves in as a house is ‘winter biking’. To be honest, after reading Dave Bruinsma’s post ‘Choices at the Pump’, [...]