Despite perceived clashes between adherents to science and followers of a higher power, preserving the earth's biodiversity and fostering human well-being does not have to be a secular undertaking. The following roundtable discussion was generously offered to readers of Ecopsychology by Sustainability: The Journal of Record. The roundtable gathered representatives of a variety of religious institutions in the United States and Canada to discuss organized religion's appropriate role in relationship to the natural environment, whether there is a textual basis for faith-based involvement, and the practical measures that leaders and congregants can take to foster sustainability. The dialog ranged from the philosophical to the practical, and from the mountaintops of Appalachia to college campuses. Excerpts from the discussion follow.
