Joanne Moyer is looking for stories. Moyer, who is the associate professor and director of Environmental Studies and Geography at The King’s University in Edmonton, is undertaking a large-scale research project on environmental initiatives that involved Mennonites.
Through archival work, interviews and focus groups, Moyer is aiming to collect as many stories as possible about Mennonite-related environmental initiatives.
Moyer cited the involvement of Mennonites in launching recycling programs in Edmonton and Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, as examples. Her eventual goal is to write a book that shares these stories.
“I’m partly hoping to collect all our stories in one place to help us reflect on how creation care is part of our identity, theology and practice,” said Moyer. She wants to ask people what they needed to learn to do what they did, and what insight they can share with others. “I’m gathering wisdom for how to do more of this work, and how to do it better,” she said. “This is about learning from our past experience to guide and deepen our future work.”
If you have a story to share about environmental initiatives involving Mennonites, contact Moyer at Joanne.Moyer@kingsu.ca.
Joanne Moyer. (Supplied photo)
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