God's Green Earth: Religion and Ecology

"You take hydrogen gas, you leave it alone for 14 billion years - and it turns into rosebuds, giraffes and humans."
- Cosmologist, Brian Swimme.
God's Green Earth; A Tribute to Thomas Berry

An exploration of the emerging field of religion and ecology, which has been largely inspired by Thomas Berry, the Catholic monk who has spent his life exploring the human relationship with the natural world and its implications for religion. Thomas Berry died this week at the age of 94.

Mary Hynes talks with two of the leading scholars in the field; Professor Mary Evelyn Tucker, founder of the Forum on Religion and Ecology at Harvard University and senior lecturer at Yale University; and Professor Heather Eaton, theologian at St. Paul's University in Ottawa and co-founder of the Canadian Forum on Religion and Ecology.

We also hear about the "Green Nuns" ... Catholic sisters who are turning their convents into ecology centres - complete with organic gardens out back.

Music featured on the program:

Mickey Hart performing #4 for Gaia from the CD At the Edge.
Luciano Pavarotti singing Pucinni's Nessun Dorma
Rossy performing Kila from the CD Island of Ghosts.
Manuel Obregon performing Danza con Toledos from the CD Symbiosis.