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

Teachers Using Healing Earth

William A. Anderson, M.A., St. Louis University High School, St. Louis, MI

John C. Brady, Science Department Chair and Environmental Science Teacher, Brebeuf Jesuit Prep School, Indianapolis, IN

Pawel Brozyniak, S.J., Kostka Gymnasium, Krakow, Poland

Magdalena Czajkowska, Teacher, Kostka Gymnasium, Krakow, Poland

Lori Fasone, M.A., Jesuit High School, New Orleans, Louisiana'

Gregory Garzon, M.A., Canisius High School, Buffalo, NY

L. Shannon Jung, Saint Paul School of Theology, Quezon City, Philippines

Megan Leider, Environmental Science Teacher, St. Rita of Cascia High School, Chicago IL

Jennifer Snyder, Science Teacher, Loyola Academy, Wilmette, IL

Michael Strauss, St. Ignatius High School, Cleveland, OH

Paulus Wiryono, S.J., President, Sanata Dharma University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

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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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