ECOTHEE-2022
7 TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
ECOLOGICAL THEOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS
26-29/10/2022
Orthodox Academy of Crete, Chania, Greece
ECOTHEE-22 VENUE
THE VENUE IS : Orthodox Academy of Crete in Kolympari, Chania, Greece (www.oac.gr)
The Orthodox Academy of Crete (OAC) is an ecclesiastical Foundation exercising the dialogical witnessing and the liturgical diaconia of Orthodoxy in the world that is passing and the world that is coming. The OAC is a non-profit Institution, observing its canonical reference to its appropriate Holy Metropolis of Kisamos and Selinon, and operating under the spiritual auspices of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
The OAC is a modern Conference Center, situated in an exceptionally beautiful location only a few metres from the sea, and next to the Gonia Monastery (17th Century).
The OAC facilitates dialogue, and aims in it, as a way of thinking and living, self-reflection, interpersonal reconciliation, and a responsible relation with the Divine Creation. The OAC is based on the platonic tradition of “symphilosophein” (philosophising together), and on the Orthodox Christian spirit of ecumenical openness and the wholeness of the human community. As an offer of the Holy Metropolis of Kisamos and Selinon, and the Church in general, to modern man, it always remains accessible and welcomes everyone without discrimination.
With the organization of conferences and a variety of other activities, the OAC encourages mutual understanding and solidarity on an inter-Orthodox, ecumenical, interfaith, intercultural and interscientific level, for the reconciliation of peoples, the consolidation of peace, and for human progress. Even though most of the conferences are organized by the OAC, we accept cooperation with other institutions and organizations that want to use our facilities and broad experience, and who seek a tranquil atmosphere for creative work and fellowship.
Since 1968, the OAC has organized or hosted about 2000 conferences that are on international (53%) and nation level.
To contact OAC, please visit www.oac.gr
HAVE A LOOK AT THE OAC (VIDEO): https://youtu.be/nEp610h36dQ
ORGANISER: DR LOUK.A. ANDRIANOS (LUCAS)
SHORT BIOGRAPHY
Louk Andrianos (Luc Aurelien Andriantiatsaholiniaina) was born in Antananarivo, Madagascar, in 1969. Now, he is married with Georgia Glampedaki and they live in Kolympari Crete, Greece, with their three children (Celina, Ioannis and Andriana).
After his graduation from the University of Antananarivo (1993), Andrianos accomplished his first Master Degree in Hydrology at the University Libre of Brussels in 1995. In 2001, he received his PhD. from the Technical University of Crete at Department of Production Engineering and Management, specialization in Environmental sciences and Sustainable Development. Right after his Ph.D. degree, he went to Canada to work as postdoctoral researcher at the Department of ?Engineering Science and Telecommunications? of Simon Fraser University in Vancouver BC.
From 2003, he had worked as Agronomist Engineer in Greece and since Mai 2006 he has been hired by the Foundation for Research and Technology (FORTH) as a Scientist post-doc Collaborator to help organizing scientific conferences and to be responsible for the Institute of Theology and Ecology at the Orthodox Academy of Crete in Kolympari Chania.
From 2008 to 2014, he had been the head of the Museum of Cretan Flora and the institute of Theology and Ecology at the OAC. He organizes seminars and conferences on local and international level. He is also giving lectures on Cretan economy, sustainable development, environmental ethics and eco-theology. He is the founder and editor of series of environmental books on "Ecological Theology and Environmental Ethics and "Conservation and Sustainable Use of Wild Plant Diversity".
After his second master in Plant molecular biology and biotechnology in 2019, he serves as staff of the department of Environment and development at the Municipality of Platanias in Chania.
Lucas Andrianos is active member of various executive committees in different environmental organizations and he is now collaborating with the World Council of Churches as sustainability consultant for the Care for Creation, Sustainability, and Climate justice at the department for Economic and Ecological Justice (EEJ). With the support of international entities, he is also organizing the international conference on "Sustainable Alternatives for Poverty Reduction and Ecological Justice" every two years since 2012 (in Greece, in Madagascar (2014), in Uganda (2016) (http://saprej2012.webs.com), and in Fiji (2018).
Address contact:
Dr. Louk Andrianos
Municipality of Platanias,
Dpt of environment and development, Alikianos.
Tel: 0030-2821341022, Mob: 6972414489
E-mail: landrianos@platanias.gr; luc_andrian@yahoo.gr
SKYPE: luc_αndrian
www.oac.gr; www.oikoumene.org;
https://ithe.webs.com/
Web designer: L.A. 2022
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
CALL FOR PAPERS
The World Council of Churches - economic and ecological justice department
AND THE ORTHODOX ACADEMY OF CRETE - INSTITUTE OF THEOLOGY AND ECOLOGY
invite papers ON “Ecological Theology and Environmental Ethics”
Participants Are Invited to Submit Proposals for Consideration on The Following Topics:
Presentations can be up to 20 minutes in length, followed by discussion. Please consider participatory and creative styles, panel proposals, workshop, round table or poster sessions. Focus on causal roots and practical solutions for each issue are especially encouraged.
The congress language is English. Abstracts should be submitted in an electronic form and should include title, names of authors, session topic and affiliations.
By JULY 30th 2022, please send a proposal of no more than one page or 250 words to:
Dr. Louk Andrianos
Chair of ECOTHEE-2022
World Council of Churches
Economic and Ecological Justice
E-mail: louk.Andrianos@wcc-coe.org
Please include your name, institutional affiliation, and contact information.
Important dates:
Abstract Submission Deadline: July 30th, 2022
Author Notification: August 15th, 2022
Conference days: October 26th-29th, 2022
Early registration deadline May 30th, 2022
Final Manuscript Due: December 30th, 2022
Registration: louk.Andrianos@wcc-coe.org
The World Council of Churches - economic and ecological justice department
AND THE ORTHODOX ACADEMY OF CRETE - INSTITUTE OF THEOLOGY AND ECOLOGY
invite papers ON “Ecological Theology and Environmental Ethics”
Participants Are Invited to Submit Proposals for Consideration on The Following Topics:
- ECOLOGICAL THEOLOGY AND ECO-ETHICS
- THEOLOGY OF OIKOS AND ECO-JUSTICE
- CLIMATE CHANGE AND CLIMATE JUSTICE
- ECOLOGICAL RACISM AND ETHICS OF SUSTAINABILITY
- BIODIVERSITY AND LAND ETHICS
- WATER, OCEANS AND ENERGY
- INSIGHTS FROM COSMOLOGY, EVOLUTION AND LIFE / EARTH SCIENCES,
- ALTERNATIVES FOR ECONOMY OF LIFE AND ETHICS OF "ENOUGH" (GREED LINE)
- GLOBAL ECOLOGICAL RISK, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND CASE STUDIES
- SPIRITUAL VALUES AND FORGIVENESS
- Case studies of alternative SOLUTIONS for SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.
- Religious Leaders and Institutions' Cooperation with the UN for Environmental Justice.
Presentations can be up to 20 minutes in length, followed by discussion. Please consider participatory and creative styles, panel proposals, workshop, round table or poster sessions. Focus on causal roots and practical solutions for each issue are especially encouraged.
The congress language is English. Abstracts should be submitted in an electronic form and should include title, names of authors, session topic and affiliations.
By JULY 30th 2022, please send a proposal of no more than one page or 250 words to:
Dr. Louk Andrianos
Chair of ECOTHEE-2022
World Council of Churches
Economic and Ecological Justice
E-mail: louk.Andrianos@wcc-coe.org
Please include your name, institutional affiliation, and contact information.
Important dates:
Abstract Submission Deadline: July 30th, 2022
Author Notification: August 15th, 2022
Conference days: October 26th-29th, 2022
Early registration deadline May 30th, 2022
Final Manuscript Due: December 30th, 2022
Registration: louk.Andrianos@wcc-coe.org
REGISTRATION AND ACCOMMODATION FEES
REGISTRATION FORM
Title: ____Family Name: ________________________First Name: _________
Affiliation: ____________________
Address:______________Postal Code:______________
Town:______________City: ______________Country: ______________
Phone: ______________ E-mail:________________________________
Presentation Title: ____________________ ____________________
____________________________________________________________
I prefer: __Oral Presentation ___Poster Presentation___ Just to attend__________
Food allergies/preferences (for example vegetarian, vegan, etc.): ______________
ARRIVAL DATE:__________________DEPARTURE DATE: _________________
Registration and accommodation Fee (please select one of the below options):
• Conference Package 1 (per person):
415 EUR registration fee that includes:
Single room accommodation at the OAC (up to 3 nights during the period 26-29 October 2022) with breakfast, lunch, dinner and participation in all the Conference Sessions & social events.
• Conference Package 2 (per person):
340 EUR registration fee that includes:
Double room accommodation at the OAC (up to 3 nights during the period 26-29 October 2022) with breakfast, lunch, dinner and participation in all the Conference Sessions & social events.
We would like to ask you to remit the above-mentioned fee (non-refundable) to the bank account of the OAC -the latest- by September 30th, 2022 in order to be able to participate in the Conference:
Bank name: Cooperative Bank of Chania (Kolympari branch)
Account holder: Orthodox Academy of Crete
ACCOUNT No: 113505004
SWIFT CODE: STXAGRA1
IBAN CODE: GR20 0690 0080 0000 0011 3505 004
Note: Any bank charges are at the sender's expense.
Please mention at the comments section of the bank transfer: a) your name and b) “ECOTHEE2022” (no further info should be mentioned).
NB. The number of participants is limited to 100. Selection will be on "first come, first served" basis
We welcome sponsors and funding initiatives. Up to now, there is no financial assistance for this event, neither for the travel, accommodation nor for the speakers.
Title: ____Family Name: ________________________First Name: _________
Affiliation: ____________________
Address:______________Postal Code:______________
Town:______________City: ______________Country: ______________
Phone: ______________ E-mail:________________________________
Presentation Title: ____________________ ____________________
____________________________________________________________
I prefer: __Oral Presentation ___Poster Presentation___ Just to attend__________
Food allergies/preferences (for example vegetarian, vegan, etc.): ______________
ARRIVAL DATE:__________________DEPARTURE DATE: _________________
Registration and accommodation Fee (please select one of the below options):
• Conference Package 1 (per person):
415 EUR registration fee that includes:
Single room accommodation at the OAC (up to 3 nights during the period 26-29 October 2022) with breakfast, lunch, dinner and participation in all the Conference Sessions & social events.
• Conference Package 2 (per person):
340 EUR registration fee that includes:
Double room accommodation at the OAC (up to 3 nights during the period 26-29 October 2022) with breakfast, lunch, dinner and participation in all the Conference Sessions & social events.
We would like to ask you to remit the above-mentioned fee (non-refundable) to the bank account of the OAC -the latest- by September 30th, 2022 in order to be able to participate in the Conference:
Bank name: Cooperative Bank of Chania (Kolympari branch)
Account holder: Orthodox Academy of Crete
ACCOUNT No: 113505004
SWIFT CODE: STXAGRA1
IBAN CODE: GR20 0690 0080 0000 0011 3505 004
Note: Any bank charges are at the sender's expense.
Please mention at the comments section of the bank transfer: a) your name and b) “ECOTHEE2022” (no further info should be mentioned).
NB. The number of participants is limited to 100. Selection will be on "first come, first served" basis
We welcome sponsors and funding initiatives. Up to now, there is no financial assistance for this event, neither for the travel, accommodation nor for the speakers.
ABOUT US
ABOUT US:
THE WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES (WCC) AND THE INSTITUTE OF THEOLOGY AND ECOLOGY AT THE ORTHODOX ACADEMY OF CRETE (OAC)
About the World Council of Churches (WCC):
The World Council of Churches is a fellowship of churches which confess the Lord Jesus Christ as God and Saviour according to the scriptures, and therefore seek to fulfil together their common calling to the glory of the one God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
It is a community of churches on the way to visible unity in one faith and one eucharistic fellowship, expressed in worship and in common life in Christ. It seeks to advance towards this unity, as Jesus prayed for his followers, "so that the world may believe." (John 17:21)
The World Council of Churches (WCC) is the broadest and most inclusive among the many organized expressions of the modern ecumenical movement, a movement whose goal is Christian unity.
The WCC brings together churches, denominations and church fellowships in more than 110 countries and territories throughout the world, representing over 500 million Christians and including most of the world's Orthodox churches, scores of Anglican, Baptist, Lutheran, Methodist and Reformed churches, as well as many United and Independent churches. While the bulk of the WCC's founding churches were European and North American, today most member churches are in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America, the Middle East and the Pacific. There are now 348 member churches.
For its member churches, the WCC is a unique space: one in which they can reflect, speak, act, worship and work together, challenge and support each other, share and debate with each other. As members of this fellowship, WCC member churches:
About the Institute of Theology and Ecology at the Orthodox Academy of Crete
In 1991 the OAC established this Institute in order to advance the much-needed interlinking of theology and ecology in the struggle for the protection of the Divine Creation and to further develop and strengthen its work in this area. The Institute has, among other, the following tasks:
a) To promote the publication of texts of ecological interest, in particular:
- an epitome of texts of ecological interest from the Holy Scriptures and the patristic, liturgical and in general Christian Literature
- translation and publication of foreign theological and other texts of ecological content
- preparation and publication of a comparative Lexicon of Theology and Ecology.
b) Intensification of ecological dialogue between theologians, technologists, economists, politicians and others, taking into account related interecclesiastical and other initiatives and decisions.
c) The development of an interorthodox dialogue on ecological issues.
d) to establish and develop interreligious ecological dialogue (mainly between Christianity, Judaism, and Islam) on the complexity of ecological problems of the Mediterranean and to formulate together and accept an ECOLOGICAL CHARTER OF THE MEDITERRANEAN with basic ethical principles and mutual affirmations for a long range cooperation toward ecological protection of the Mediterranean.
f) The application of pedagogical measures of ecological theory and praxis, especially in the framework of the ecumenical-international activity of the EUROMEDITERRANEAN YOUTH CENTER of the OAC.
For more information: www.oac.gr
THE WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES (WCC) AND THE INSTITUTE OF THEOLOGY AND ECOLOGY AT THE ORTHODOX ACADEMY OF CRETE (OAC)
About the World Council of Churches (WCC):
The World Council of Churches is a fellowship of churches which confess the Lord Jesus Christ as God and Saviour according to the scriptures, and therefore seek to fulfil together their common calling to the glory of the one God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
It is a community of churches on the way to visible unity in one faith and one eucharistic fellowship, expressed in worship and in common life in Christ. It seeks to advance towards this unity, as Jesus prayed for his followers, "so that the world may believe." (John 17:21)
The World Council of Churches (WCC) is the broadest and most inclusive among the many organized expressions of the modern ecumenical movement, a movement whose goal is Christian unity.
The WCC brings together churches, denominations and church fellowships in more than 110 countries and territories throughout the world, representing over 500 million Christians and including most of the world's Orthodox churches, scores of Anglican, Baptist, Lutheran, Methodist and Reformed churches, as well as many United and Independent churches. While the bulk of the WCC's founding churches were European and North American, today most member churches are in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America, the Middle East and the Pacific. There are now 348 member churches.
For its member churches, the WCC is a unique space: one in which they can reflect, speak, act, worship and work together, challenge and support each other, share and debate with each other. As members of this fellowship, WCC member churches:
- are called to the goal of visible unity in one faith and one eucharistic fellowship;
- promote their common witness in work for mission and evangelism;
- engage in Christian service by serving human need, breaking down barriers between people, seeking justice and peace, and upholding the integrity of creation; and
- foster renewal in unity, worship, mission and service.
About the Institute of Theology and Ecology at the Orthodox Academy of Crete
In 1991 the OAC established this Institute in order to advance the much-needed interlinking of theology and ecology in the struggle for the protection of the Divine Creation and to further develop and strengthen its work in this area. The Institute has, among other, the following tasks:
a) To promote the publication of texts of ecological interest, in particular:
- an epitome of texts of ecological interest from the Holy Scriptures and the patristic, liturgical and in general Christian Literature
- translation and publication of foreign theological and other texts of ecological content
- preparation and publication of a comparative Lexicon of Theology and Ecology.
b) Intensification of ecological dialogue between theologians, technologists, economists, politicians and others, taking into account related interecclesiastical and other initiatives and decisions.
c) The development of an interorthodox dialogue on ecological issues.
d) to establish and develop interreligious ecological dialogue (mainly between Christianity, Judaism, and Islam) on the complexity of ecological problems of the Mediterranean and to formulate together and accept an ECOLOGICAL CHARTER OF THE MEDITERRANEAN with basic ethical principles and mutual affirmations for a long range cooperation toward ecological protection of the Mediterranean.
f) The application of pedagogical measures of ecological theory and praxis, especially in the framework of the ecumenical-international activity of the EUROMEDITERRANEAN YOUTH CENTER of the OAC.
For more information: www.oac.gr
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New eco-theology book combines diverse views with best practices
A new volume—“Contemporary ecotheology, climate justice and environmental stewardship in the world”—is the latest of the continued fruits of the 6th International Conference on Ecological theology and Environmental Ethics, or Ecothee, which took place in September 2019 at the Orthodox Academy of Crete in Kolymvari.
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VIDEOS ECOTHEE-22
WATCH VIDEO OF ECOTHEE-2022 | Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmZCeRo4fIE
WATCH VIDEO OF ECOTHEE-2022 | Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63F6GsAjTbg
WATCH VIDEO OF ECOTHEE-2022 | Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvFetY01nts
WATCH VIDEO OF ECOTHEE-2022 | Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63F6GsAjTbg
WATCH VIDEO OF ECOTHEE-2022 | Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvFetY01nts
