SAN DIEGO, CA (Sept. 29, 2008) – Point Loma Nazarene University’s fifth annual Creation Care Week is about caring for our natural resources.
Visit the Sustainability Web site for more information about Creation Care Week.
This year, PLNU’s Creation Care Week will be October 6-11, 2008, and will include a variety of events and displays on the issue of sustaining our natural resources for the next generation. Highlights of the week will include:
- Irreplaceable Wild, a traveling photo exhibit of imperiled species, featuring the work of top animal photographers (www.irreplaceablewild.org)
- Creation Care Fair
- Eating Justice: Food Justice, Food Security, and Community-based Agriculture, a Brewed Awakening event serving fair trade coffee, tea, and speakers to stir the social conscious
- Movie forums: The Story of Stuff and Wall-E
- Library and bookstore displays
- Dinner with Floresta, a local nonprofit environmental organization
- Creation care workshop for pastors
There will also be a number of tours available, including up-close views of:
- Campus sustainability initiatives, including PLNU’s current solar panel installations
- Native plants
- California Center for Sustainable Energy
- Award-winning “Green Home of the Year”
All events are open to the public, including a follow-up electronics recycling drive hosted on Oct. 18 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at PLNU’s annual Fall Festival.
For more information on Creation Care Week, please contact Christine Spicer, media relations, at (619) 849-2925 or cspicer@pointloma.edu or Kristin Hansen, sustainability coordinator, at (619) 849-2457 or khansen@pointloma.edu.
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Point Loma Nazarene University is a private, Christian liberal arts institution. The campus, located in San Diego, Calif., sits on 90 acres of seaside cliffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean. In addition to more than 50 undergraduate areas of study, PLNU offers graduate program regional centers in Bakersfield, Arcadia, Mission Valley (San Diego) and the Inland Empire. Founded in 1902, PLNU serves 2,300 undergraduate students and 1,200 graduate students.