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Earth Week features speech by Christian environmentalist
April 05, 2007
Peter Illyn, the founder and executive director of a Christian environmental organization, will speak as part of PLU’s Earth week celebration on Tuesday, April 17 at 8 p.m. in Xavier 201.
Earth Week officially begins on Monday, April 16 and continues throughout the week to Sunday, April 22. Events are planned for each day of the week.
Illyn founded the organization Restoring Eden in Vancouver, Wash., in 2001. The organization is a grassroots environmental movement within the church, and it encourages faithful stewardship of the natural world as a biblical and moral value, according to the organization’s Web site.
Unlike traditional church ministry, the focus of Restoring Eden is less on membership and programs, and more about conversation and community. The organization’s work focuses on nature appreciation, environmental stewardship and public advocacy.
Illyn is an evangelical minister, and he spent nine years as a pastor in Foursquare churches in Portland and Yakima. He also holds a master’s degree in social marketing, and he has worked as the Northwest representative for the Evangelical Environmental Network and for Target Earth.
Illyn and Restoring Eden have been featured on the national stage, such as on The Newshour with Jim Lehrer, CBS Evening News, CNN, Outside Magazine, Utne Reader, Charisma and Christianity Today. In addition, numerous local newspapers, Christian newspapers and radio talk shows have interviewed him.
Learn more about Restoring Eden at www.restoringeden.org.
The times and locations of other Earth Week activities are still being finalized. At this time, the schedule includes:
For more information, visit www.plu.edu/~grean or email grean@plu.edu.
Illyn founded the organization Restoring Eden in Vancouver, Wash., in 2001. The organization is a grassroots environmental movement within the church, and it encourages faithful stewardship of the natural world as a biblical and moral value, according to the organization’s Web site.
Unlike traditional church ministry, the focus of Restoring Eden is less on membership and programs, and more about conversation and community. The organization’s work focuses on nature appreciation, environmental stewardship and public advocacy.
Illyn is an evangelical minister, and he spent nine years as a pastor in Foursquare churches in Portland and Yakima. He also holds a master’s degree in social marketing, and he has worked as the Northwest representative for the Evangelical Environmental Network and for Target Earth.
Illyn and Restoring Eden have been featured on the national stage, such as on The Newshour with Jim Lehrer, CBS Evening News, CNN, Outside Magazine, Utne Reader, Charisma and Christianity Today. In addition, numerous local newspapers, Christian newspapers and radio talk shows have interviewed him.
Learn more about Restoring Eden at www.restoringeden.org.
The times and locations of other Earth Week activities are still being finalized. At this time, the schedule includes:
- “Trash Bash” in Red Square on Monday. (Time to be determined.)
- Showing of “Kilowatt Ours,” a film that outlines practical solutions to climate change, on Wednesday, April 18 at 8 p.m. in Ingram Hall.
- Student Kyle Duba will discuss alternative fuels for automobiles on Wednesday, April 17. Duba recently began running his car on bio-diesel fuel. (Time and place to be determined.)
- Jon Robins will speak about solar panels on Thursday, April 18. Robins and his wife, PLU business professor Fern Zabriskie, outfitted their cabin with solar panels and now use only the sun’s energy for electrical power.
- A work party will help Citizens for a Healthy Bay restore Middle Waterway on Saturday, April 21 from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. If interested in participating, contact GREAN at grean@plu.edu.
- On Sunday, volunteers are invited to work in PLU’s community garden located on lower campus at the intersection of 10th Avenue South and 124th Street South. (Time to be determined.)
For more information, visit www.plu.edu/~grean or email grean@plu.edu.