102. Love is Local: Learning Our Places with Ben Lowe, A Rocha USA

Earthkeepers: A Circlewood Podcast on Creation Care and Spirituality

Earthkeepers has been deeply affected by A Rocha because of the profound formational influence of the organization’s founders, Peter and Miranda Harris. On the podcast we’ve frequently featured A Rocha voices, including that of Leah Kostamo of A Rocha Canada, way back in episode 5. In episode 62, we talked about carbon offsetting with Brittany Michalski of Climate Stewards, a nonprofit in the A Rocha family of organizations. And in episode 79, we spoke about hospitality and community with Jo Swinney, Communications Director at A Rocha International and daughter of the organization’s founders. In this episode, James and Forrest talk with Ben Lowe, the executive director of A Rocha USA about his first year on the job and about his future vision for helping people seek God’s heart for the places where they live.
Guest: Ben Lowe

• Executive Director at A Rocha
• LinkedIn
• Twitter
• Website

Mentions:

• A Rocha BC Centre (previously the Brooksdale Environmental Center)
• A Rocha Projects
• Lilly Endowment
• Love Your Place
• Wendell Berry
• Steven Bouma-Prediger
• Indian River Lagoon
• Braiding Sweetgrass
• Doing Good Without Giving Up

Keywords: creation care, faith, religion, conservation, climate, evangelical, climate action, environment, biodiversity, biodiversity loss, environmental degradation, restoration, community, harmony, creation, right relationships, ecosystems, extinction, place, Jesus, environmental footprint, environmental handprint, love, hope, youth, activism

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