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Faith & Ecology: A Primer for Practitioners and Pundits

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Dave Grace
February 27, 2017February 20, 2017 Dave Gracestudents

An Evening ‘Around the World in 90 Minutes’

World Duke was the title of the Feb. 19 performance at the Reynolds Industries Theater, featuring eleven performances – the cultural backgrounds of the performers numbering more than that. The concept – as indicated by the subtitle “AroundContinue reading

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Dave Grace
December 15, 2016 Dave Gracestudents

The Kaleidoscope and the Microscope

Scrolling through my facebook feed, I recently came across the work of Michael Peres who photographs snowflakes through the lens of a microscope (here). The complexity of form in the images is strikingly beautiful. I’veContinue reading

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Dave Grace
November 7, 2016November 7, 2016 Dave Gracestudents

Garden Party, Planning for Produce at the Divinity School

This Tuesday is the election day. If you haven’t already, I hope you will vote. This Wednesday is a Garden Party at the Divinity School. If you’re at Duke, I hope you will attend.  Continue reading

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Dave Grace
October 19, 2016October 24, 2016 Dave GraceESC, students

Seminary Stewardship Alliance Conference

This weekend I had the privilege of attending the Seminary Stewardship Alliance’s (SSA) annual gathering. Without reciting their mission statement, my impression is that the SSA convenes Christian higher education institutions – notably seminaries but alsoContinue reading

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Dave Grace
September 14, 2016October 24, 2016 Dave GraceESC, students

Field Day 2016

The 25th instantiation of this year’s Field Day was a grand success, with Nancy Kelly suggesting ~250 in attendance! Organized by the Student Council and the Society for American Foresters of the Nicholas School and held atContinue reading

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Dave Grace
July 22, 2016October 24, 2016 Dave GraceESC, students

A Brief Survey Reflection

Thanks to Dr. Randy Kramer who provided a very pragmatic and helpful course on “Social Science Surveys,” providing a ‘soup to nuts’ crash course on survey methodology for masters students to be able to conductContinue reading

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Dave Grace
July 6, 2016October 24, 2016 Dave Gracealumni, conservation, ESC, forests, students, travel

The Village and the City

It is not always clear as to what the term village refers. In some cases, it seems synonymous with what I think of as a small town (in a highly developed context)… not necessarily the definitionContinue reading

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Dave Grace
June 16, 2016October 24, 2016 Dave GraceESC, students

Seeing India: 6 Pictures

Aesthetically, India is fascinating. World renown for its bright colors — such as those in the air during Holi or on the streets on Saris — one only has to walk outside to see the display. Also, dueContinue reading

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Dave Grace
May 16, 2016October 24, 2016 Dave Gracealumni, conservation, environmental policy, ESC, faculty, students

Empirics in Tradition

On the cover of the April 8, 1966 edition of Time Magazine was the stark red lettered question, Is God Dead? This question was posed about four years before the first Earth Day. The provocativeContinue reading

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Dave Grace
February 18, 2016October 24, 2016 Dave Graceconservation, ESC, students

Conservation History in Social Space

The American conservation movement – beginning in the early 19th century – has been critiqued for privileging wilderness over ‘working landscapes’ as well as for marking wild places as spaces of privilege. This movement is associatedContinue reading

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Faith & Ecology: A Primer for Practitioners and Pundits

Providing a bridge between the academic study of ecology and theology and communities of faith so that students, practitioners, and people of faith increasingly recognize shared ground and opportunities for contributing to the common good of the environment.

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