The McDonald Faith and Global Engagement Distinguished Lecture
NATURE MATTERS:
WHY BELIEF COUNTS FOR TREE FROG
Peter Harris
Co-Founder, A Rocha International*
Date: 5 March 2025 (Wed)
Time: 7:00pm – 8:30pm
Venue: Rayson Huang Theatre, HKU
Abstract
The question of why nature matters is now critical. Over recent decades, we have witnessed the thinning of life on earth and the collapse of eco-systems and habitats. At its heart, this crisis comes down to human decisions about what matters. It would appear from the actions and choices of most societies that people don’t believe nature matters. So why does nature matter? We will explore various explanations coming from different points of view, and suggest that Christian thinking may have a considerable contribution to make to this critical debate.
About the Speaker
Peter Harris co-founded the Christian conservation organisation A Rocha in 1983. For the last forty years, he has worked to mobilise financial investment and practical responses to the challenges of biodiversity decline and climate change. A Rocha organisations are now found in more than 20 countries on five continents each one committed to community based conservation.
* A Rocha is a family of Christian conservation organisations joined by a common ethos and commitments to sustainable development. It engages in scientific research, environmental education and community-based conservation projects. A Rocha International works in partnership with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and many other organizations seeking to meet the Sustainable Development Goals. Read their SDG statement to United Nations: https://sdgs.un.org/statements/rocha-international-16348.
