04 Apr Austin’s Spiritual Communities Team with … GreenPeace?

Austin's Interfaith Environmental Network continues its "First Tuesday Symposiums" tomorrow night, by featuring a traditionally secular advocate.

This series, designed to connect professional speakers to Austin's environmentally-minded Faithful, includes lecture and Q&A on topics of core importance to eco health and well being.

Official announcement for tomorrow night's event: 

The Interfaith Environmental Network of Austin
Invites You to Attend our Monthly Symposium
 7:00 pm on Tuesday, April 5, 2011
at
Congregation Beth Israel
Shoal Creek Blvd.

This month’s featured presenter is Zack Waterman,

Coordinator of GreenPeace Austin, his topic: 

Political Integrity, Energy Costs, and Texas.

Zack Waterman

Our April presenter will be Zack Waterman, the local Texas staff person for Greenpeace.  Zach has worked for the Obama Administration as an environmental policy intern and in his current Greenpeace work he is working to call attention to the need to reduce carbon energy dependence in Texas and to mobilize public demonstrations against pollution and the unrestricted transportation of dangerous chemicals across the state.     

Zack maintains a great blog on topics related to consumer culture, the environment and other topics of interet to IEN members. Check it out, and please join us April 5th.

We welcome those in faith communities in Central Texas who are interested in linking religious values and spirituality with environmental stewardship concerns to join us for this first symposium of the new year. Please check the IEN website for directions to Congregation Beth Israel.

For more details about this symposium, please visit our event page.