Healing A Broken World - Reconciliation with Creation, Neighbor and God
Friday, 14 February, 2014
Pedro Walpole, S.J.,
“Healing A Broken World:
Reconciliation with Creation, Neighbor and God”
Kania Jesuit Lecture Series
Friday, February 14, 2014
11:30 am to 1:00 pm Brennan Hall 102
A light lunch will be served. Please RSVP to debra.parry@scranton.edu
Dr Pedro Walpole SJ, a Jesuit priest and hydrologist, is one of the foremost practitioners in sustainable environment and community land management in Southeast Asia. Fr. Walpole is the Director of Research at the Institute of Environmental Science for Social Change in the Philippines and the Coordinator of Reconciliation with Creation for the Jesuit Conference Asia Pacific. He holds a doctorate in land use change from King’s College in London.
His interests include seeking social justice through environmental management, poverty reduction in forest lands, partnerships for local development, and advancing social concerns in forest law enforcement and governance, climate justice, and indigenous peoples’ rights.
Contact:
Mrs. Debra ParryPhone: 570 941 4208