Forest fires, floods, droughts, severe storms, deforestation, pollution. Across Canada, and the world, people face the terrible impacts of ecological destruction and the climate crisis.
Specific impacts can vary widely by season and region. Some communities are more vulnerable than others. No matter how different people are impacted by environmental destruction or the climate crisis, these experiences can cause high levels of anxiety for everyone. How can we cope, body, mind and spirit? What are faithful responses to eco-anxiety?
Join the Rev. Dr. Pamela McCarroll and Rev. Konnie Vissers on Thursday, November 30, 2023 at 1:00-2:30PM (EST) to explore some of these questions.
About the Facilitators
Rev. Dr. Pam McCarroll is Professor of Practical Theology at Emmanuel College, Toronto School of Theology. Pam’s major research and teachings have focused on the intersections of suffering and hope in shaping healing practices and life together as communities and global citizens. Lately, her research is focusing more on the climate crisis and practical theology.
Rev. Konnie Vissers is a minister in the PCC currently working on her PhD in Practical Theology. She has previous served in three local congregations, and as Clerk of the Presbytery of Hamilton. Konnie enjoys being outdoors with her husband, two daughters, and dog; and she recently started "The Children's Garden Collective," to promote food security, environmental education, and spirituality through the act of urban gardening in Hamilton.