Center for Sustainability and Spirituality

The Center for Sustainability and Spirituality at Claremont School of Theology is dedicated to exploring rich and vital overlaps between environmental activism and spiritual motivations. The Center provides a forum for exploring theological grounds for environmentalism and the ways in which ecological metaphors and insights can contribute to constructive theology. The Center also encourages greater involvement of religious communities in environmental activism.

As an expression of the School's renewed dedication to issues of sustainability, the Center supports a community of CST students and faculty committed to ecological concerns, and provides internships and practicum experiences to train students in sustainable living practices.

The Center also facilitates conferences with and visits from international eco-leaders such as Bill McKibben, renowned climate change activist and author. The Center co-sponsored him in the major Claremont conference Brave New Planet: Imagining Ecological Communities in October 2011, and arranged for him to be CST’s 2012 Commencement Speaker. At that time he will receive an honorary doctorate for his important and critical leadership in fighting the human causes of global climate change, in the context of his faith as a United Methodist.

The Center is directed by Philip Clayton, and the faculty board includes Andrew Dreitcer, Frank Rogers, and Clayton.

The Center also works in partnership with the Myra House Center for Holistic Living and the EcoTerra Organic Food Store and Pharmacy, both located in Claremont, California.

Contact Information

Center for Sustainability and Spirituality
Attn: Philip Clayton
1325 North College Avenue
Claremont, CA 91711
(909) 447-2570 | pclayton@cst.edu