Jason M. Brown
Jason M. Brown is a lecturer in the Department of Humanities at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia. He holds a doctoral degree in resources, environment, and sustainability from the University of British Columbia and joint master’s degrees from Yale University in forestry and ecology. He lives in Vancouver and blogs at holyscapes.org.
Events with Jason M. Brown
Diffusions - Monastic Land Stewardship: Caring for the Earth in Troubled TimesJune 8 - August 10, 2024
The Center for Benedictine Life would like to invite you to participate in a Zoom webinar series that will focus on exploring the perspectives of contemplative and monastic communities on the ethics of care for the land. Through both historical and current examples, the speakers will discuss the relationship between the vow of stability and sense of place, the virtue of simplicity as an environmental ethic, work and prayer (Ora et Labora) as ecological theology, and Lectio Terra as embodied spirituality. The speakers will highlight the quiet environmental justice and conservation work that is happening on monastic lands all over…