Sunday, August 12, 2007: Presentors spoke briefly on what they believe are the most important environmental issues facing us as individuals, a faith community, and world citizens: "Consumer Byproducts: Toss, Reuse or Recycle"; "Deforestation"; "Electricity Generation and Consumption"; and "Trade-offs in the choices we make, and about our tendency (as a democracy) to under-react, then over-react. How do we make these choices in a faith community?"

Sunday, Septemer 9, 2007: "Our Spirituality Here in Nature and in the Whole Cosmos", with the Reverend Tom Droppers, Chartered Committee for Environmental Ministry of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina.

Sunday, October 14, 2007: "Created in God's Image: Right to Exploit, or Responsibility to Care for the Earth?" Does Christianity promote abuse of the environment because of an exploitative reading of the Genesis creation accounts that encourage humans to have dominion over and subdue the earth?  Or are Christians instead called to responsible stewardship?  Biblical scholars and theologians debate the meaning and significance of Genesis 1-2 for Christian attitudes about and actions toward the environment. Presentor is Dr. Mary Kathleen Cunningham, Associate Professor of Religious Studies in the Department of Philosophy and Religion, North Carolina State University. 

Sunday, November 11, 2007: Our current understanding of the causes and consequences of increasing CO2, with focus on the shift in our uncertainty from whether increasing CO2 increases global temperature to two other questions. First, how are changes likely to affect different parts of the world? Second, what strategies ought we pursue to mitigate, change or adapt to it? Also, should and how this issue be of special interest to Christians? Presentor is Dr. Norm Christensen, Professor of Ecology, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University. 

Sunday, January 13, 2008: Energy Trends in North Carolina and the Southeast. Rising fuels costs and concerns over climate change have made energy a prominent national issue. This presentation discussed the energy challenges facing North Carolina and the Southeast region and recent policy changes requiring North Carolina utilities to pursue renewable energy sources. Paul Quinlan, MEM, MPP, Senior Associate, NC Sustainable Energy Association.

Sunday, February 10, 2008: Patrick Doyle, Director of Demand-side Management and Alternative Energy Strategy for Progress Energy. A 37-year veteran of the energy industry, Mr Doyle leads Progress Energy as it works to develop, implement and promote energy-efficiency programs in the Carolinas. He has worked in a number of management positions in sales, marketing and customer service for a variety of companies, including Boston Edison, Illumelex Corp, and TRC Energy Group of Las Vegas which is involved in renewable energy technologies. 

Sunday, March 2, 2008. Throughout his writings Thomas Merton characterizes contemplative living as living in true relationships with oneself, God, others and nature. Ecology is about the interconnectedness, interrelatedness, and interdependence of all life. What does the contemplative life mean in an era of ecological crisis? Does nature reveal or conceal God, and what determines which happens? Is prayer a form of environmental activism? How does our spirituality inspire, inform, and motivate our behavior in relationship to the natural world (environmental ethics)? The Rev. Ted Purcell, Campus Minister, Duke Chapel Interfaith Dialogue Project, and teacher of a course in Spirituality & Ecology in the Nicholas School of the Environment & Earth Sciences, Duke University.