Marybeth Lorbiecki, M.A., is Director of the Interfaith
Ocean Ethics Campaign, a joint program of the National Religious
Coalition on Creation Care (NRCCC) and the Franciscan Action
Network. The Vatican Office of Peace and Justice has sought her out
for consultation on her compilation of Pope John Paul II’s
ecological teachings, the only collection they know to exist. She
is a former adjunct university professor, and author of the
award-winning biography of the conservationistAldo Leopold, A
Fierce Green Fire, as well as numerous children’s
books.
Bill McKibben is the author of a dozen bestselling books about
the environment, beginning with The End of Nature in 1989, which is
regarded as the first book for a general audience on climate
change. He is a founder of the grassroots climate
campaign 350.org, and was awarded the Steward of God's
Creation Award by the NRCCC in 2013. Time magazine called him
“the planet's best green journalist.” A Schumann Distinguished
Scholar at Middlebury College, he holds honorary degrees from a
dozen universities, and is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts
and Sciences.
"During his papacy, Pope John Paul II was an unexpected
environmental advocate. Marybeth Lorbiecki’s compilation of
sections of his hundreds of speeches, sermons, and encyclicals in
her book Following St. Francis, shows how John Paul II connected
care of the environment with a just human society. This easily
accessible book examines spiritual, moral, social, and economical
topics for Catholics and non-Catholics alike" -US Catholic
Magazine
"Engaging . . . Some of the world's poorest people are currently on
the front lines of climate change. Marybeth Lorbiecki makes us
aware that Pope John Paul II and our new Vatican leadership views
this threat as a great moral and spiritual issue of our day,
impacting all of God's creation." -Rabbi Warren G. Stone,
National Religious Coalition on Creation Care
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