Creation Care Events

Thursday, March 11, 7:30 p.m., Wesley Chapel – Film viewing: Dive The Houghton Environmental Club is sponsoring Dive, the film: Follow filmmaker Jeremy Seifert and his circle of friends as they “dumpster dive” in the back alleys and gated garbage receptacles of L.A.’s supermarkets. In the process, they uncover thousands of dollars worth of good food and an ugly truth about waste in America.
Sunday, April 14, time and place TBA – Film viewing, Food Inc. Houghton Environmental Club is sponsoring the viewing of Food, Inc.: Featuring interviews with such experts as Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation), Michael Pollan (The Omnivore's Dilemma) along with forward thinking social entrepreneurs like Stonyfield Farms' Gary Hirschberg and Polyface Farms' Joe Salatin, Food, Inc. reveals surprising -- and often shocking truths -- about what we eat, how it's produced, who we have become as a nation and where we are going from here.
April 19-24 – Earth Week, Click here for the full schedule
Wednesday, April 21, 10:15 – Chapel: Dr. Steven Bouma-Prediger of Hope College Bouma-Prediger is a professor of religion and chairperson of the department of religion at Hope. His scholarship focuses on ecology and theology. His numerous publications include the books Beyond Homelessness: Christian Faith in a Culture of Displacement and For the Beauty of the Earth: A Christian Vision for Creation Care which won an "Award of Merit" from Christianity Today.
Saturday, April 24, 9 a.m., Community Resource Center - Adopt-a-Highway cleanup We'll be cleaning up the 2-mile stretch of Route 19 that runs through Houghton. Any faculty, staff, students, or community members are welcome to help. For more information e-mail: creationcare@houghton.edu.
Sat, July 18, 9 am – Adopt-a-Highway cleanup
We'll be cleaning up the 2-mile stretch of Route 19 that runs through Houghton. Any faculty, staff, students, or community members are welcome to help. Email Andy Cahill for more information. The backup rain date would be July 25.