Healing Earth

Healing Earth co-editors meet Pope Francis and accept Vatican award for innovative online textbook

IES Founding Dean Nancy Tuchman, PhD and Theology Professor Michael Schuck, PhD traveled to Rome to accept the Expanded Reason Award in the teaching category for their work on the Healing Earth textbook.

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Meet the Authors

Meet the authors of Healing Earth.

Pedro Linares is a Professor of Industrial Engineering at the ICAI School of Engineering and co-founder and Director of Economics for Energy.

Inspired People

Melvin Calvin (1911-1997) was an American chemist whose careful use of the scientific method in laboratory experiments helped him discover facts that led to a new theory explaining photosynthesis--the process by which green plants convert solar energy into chemical energy.

Meet the Authors

Meet the authors of Healing Earth

George McGraw, Director, DigDeep Right to Water Project

Staff, Sponsors & Collaborators

Staff

Sr. Nelida Cordova, IJEP Spanish Translator, Loyola University Chicago

Emily Cybulla, IJEP Student Intern, Loyola University Chicago

Kelsey Czajkowski, IJEP Student Intern, Loyola University Chicago`

Emily Jurczak, IJEP Student Intern, Loyola University Chicago

Joe Kamberos, IES Student Intern, Loyola University Chicago

Rachel Leamon, IJEP Social Media Coordinator, Loyola University Chicago

Philip Nahlik, IJEP Graduate Student Intern, Loyola University Chicago

Eniko Racz, IJEP Business Manager, Loyola University Chicago

Meghan Toomey, IJEP Assistant Editor, Loyola University Chicago

David Treering, IJEP Webmaster, Loyola University Chicago

Debra Venckus, V Digital Arts

Christine Wolff, IJEP Coordinator, Loyola University Chicago

Shanna Yetman, IJEP Marketing & Communications Coordinator, Loyola University Chicago

Collaborators

Samuel Attoh, Ph.D., , Loyola University Chicago

James Balog, Founder and President, Board of Directors, EARTH VISION TRUST, Boulder, Colorado

Patrick Boyle, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science; Senior Associate Provost; Assistant to the President for Global Initiatives and Centers of Excellence, Loyola University Chicago

Daniel Carmody, S.J., Assistant to the Secretariat for Secondary and Pre-Secondary Education, Society of Jesus, Rome

Keith Esenther, S.J., Arrupe College, Zimbabwe

Oscar Espinosa, Ph.D., Depts. of Philosophy and Political Science, Universidad Anoinio Ruiz de Montoya, Lima, Peru

Thomas Greene, S.J., Secretary for Social and International Ministries, U.S. Jesuit Conference

Brendan Keating, Director, Advancement Communication, Loyola University Chicago

Bob Kraft, Senior Web Analyst, Loyola University Chicago

Jose Mesa, S.J., Secretary for Secondary and Pre-secondary Education for the Society of Jesus

Marie-Thérèse Michel, Director of JECSE (Jesuit European Committee for Primary and Secondary Education)

Melissa Niksic, Marketing and Communications Coordinator, Loyola University Chicago

William Patenaude, CatholicEcology.blogspot.org

Felix Revilla, S.J., Universidade Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain

John Sealey, Provincial Assistant for Social and International Ministries, Chicago-Detroit and Wisconsin Jesuits

John Shea, S. J., Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Creighton University

Trailer

Video Introduction

See what authors and environmental science faculty think about this innovative approach to teaching Ethics, Spirituality and Action with Environmental Science.

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Project History

To address the major environmental concerns of our time, we created an online environmental science textbook that includes discussion of environmental ethics and spirituality.

Testimonials

Chris Peterson, Healing Earth contributor

"Part of the power of this endeavor is that we're tapping into the expertise of scientists, ethicists and theologians around the globe.

It’s not a regional effort, it's a global effort. And, it’s adaptable to deal with the different manifestations of global environmental problems, rather than just the parochial, regional, North American centric perspective.

—Chris Peterson, Professor, Loyola University Chicago

Testimonials

Pedro Walpole, Healing Earth contributor

"We know the science. Healing Earth discusses that science with an ethical sense in a local context. It raises questions beyond the scientific realm, and it goes deep into our own hearts as to who we are and what needs to be transformed, both within us and within the students.

It challenges us."

—Pedro Walpole, Director for Research, Environmental Science for Social Change (ESSC), Ateneo de Manila University Campus, Quezon City, Philippines

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