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Creating Wealth and the Created World

November 2-3, 2007       A conference on business and the environment

Conference Speakers

Sessional Speakers
Calvin DeWitt | Preston Manning | Clive Mather

Sessional Speakers
Iain Provan | Loren Wilkinson

Moderators
Marie Connett Porceddu | Paul Williams

Workshop Presenters
Markku Kostamo | John Nyboer | Doug Makaroff | Annie McKittrick
David Holcomb | Paul Kariya

Plenary Speakers

Calvin B. DeWitt

Calvin B. DeWitt is Professor of Environmental Studies, Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison and is Director of the Au Sable Institute with campuses at Mancelona, Michigan and Coupeville, Washington. He is a physiological ecologist and ecosystems ecologist with a particular focus on wetland ecosystems. At the University of Wisconsin he teaches the undergraduate course in Principles of Environmental Science, and the graduate course in Field Investigations in Wetland Ecology. At Au Sable Institute he administers a program that serves 60 Christian colleges and universities in North America, India, and Africa with courses and programs in Christian environmental stewardship.

Prof. DeWitt is a member of the University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate faculties of Land Resources, Conservation Biology and Sustainable Development, Water Resources Management, and Oceanography and Limnology and is a Fellow of the University of Wisconsin Teaching Academy and recipient of the Chancellor's Award for Distinguished Teaching in 1995. He also is recipient of the Friends of the United Nations FUNEP-500 award for his work in developing integrative environmental education, and the Capitol Community citizens award for Land Use Planning in the Town of Dunn.

The Town of Dunn in which he lives is one for which he helped develop a model stewardship plan when he was Town Chairman–work for which the Town received the Renew America Award in 1995. Prof. DeWitt is author of papers in physiological ecology, wetland ecology, ecosystem modeling, and environmental stewardship, a theme toward which he directs his life.

In the area of interface between ecology and Judeo-Christian environmental ethics he is an author or editor of Earthkeeping in the Nineties (Eerdmans, 1991), The Environment and the Christian (Baker Books, 1991), with Sir Ghillean T. Prance, Missionary Earthkeeping (Mercer University Press, 1992), Earth-Wise: A Biblical Response to Environmental Issues (CRC Publications, 1994), and Caring for Creation: Responsible Stewardship of God’s Handiwork. (Baker Books, 1997).

Preston Manning

Mr. Manning served as a Member of the Canadian Parliament from 1993 to 2001. He founded two new political parties – the Reform Party of Canada and the Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance – both of which became the official Opposition in the Canadian Parliament. Mr. Manning served as Leader of the Opposition from 1997 to 2000 and was also his party’s critic for Science and Technology. In 2007 he was appointed a Companion of the Order of Canada.

Since retirement from Parliament in 2002, Mr. Manning has released a book entitled Think Big (published by McClelland & Stewart) describing his use of the tools and institutions of democracy to change Canada’s national agenda. He has also served as a Senior Fellow of the Canada West Foundation and as a Distinguished Visitor at the University of Calgary and University of Toronto.

Mr. Manning is currently a Senior Fellow of the Fraser Institute and President and CEO of the Manning Centre for Building Democracy. The Manning Centre (www.manningcentre.ca) is a national not-for-profit organization supporting research, educational, and communications initiatives designed to achieve a more democratic society in Canada guided by conservative principles.

Mr. Manning continues to write, speak, and teach on a variety of subjects including the revitalization of democracy in the Western world, the revitalization of Canadian conservatism, Canada-U.S. relations, strengthening relations between the scientific and political communities, the re-balancing of Canadian federalism, the regulation of the genetic revolution, and the management of the interface between faith and politics.

Clive Mather

A career of 38 years with Shell International has spanned all of its major businesses, including assignments in Brunei, Canada, Gabon, South Africa, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.

Clive Mather was appointed President & CEO of Shell Canada Limited on August 1, 2004. Shell Canada is a major integrated oil and gas company, with operations across Canada. Until recently it was a publicly listed company on the Toronto Stock Exchange with major businesses in Exploration & Production, Oil Sands and Oil Products. Under his leadership the Company embarked on an ambitious growth strategy, leveraging its considerable hydrocarbon, financial and human resources. The company has maintained an overarching commitment to Sustainable Development and Clive has been a prominent advocate of the need for business leadership on environmental issues.

Clive writes and speaks internationally on values, leadership and corporate social responsibility (CSR). In his career he always sought to focus on strategic purpose, communications and leadership for good. In the UK, Clive is a member of the Royal Anniversary Trust, the Relationships Foundation and the British North America Committee. He was previously on the board of directors of the C.D. Howe Institute in Canada and a director of Placer Dome Inc. based in Vancouver until its takeover in January 2006. He has held many public appointments in the United Kingdom including chairman of the U.K. CSR Academy and the Lambeth Education Action Zone. He was a commissioner for the Equal Opportunities Commission, deputy chairman of the Windsor Leadership Trust and chairman of Lensbury Limited. He also chaired the Advisory Council of the IMD Business School in Switzerland.
Clive is 60 and married with three children. Educated in England, he won scholarships to Warwick School and Lincoln College, Oxford. He now lives with his wife and their two dogs in Guildford, Surrey having handed over responsibility for Shell Canada to Royal Dutch Shell in June. He has a range of Christian responsibilities, is a keen sportsman and enjoys good food and wine. He is a Companion of the Chartered Management Institute, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

Sessional Speakers

Iain Provan

Iain Provan has been since 1997 the Marshall Sheppard Professor of Biblical Studies at Regent College in Vancouver, Canada. He was, however, born and educated in the U.K. and retains strong family, academic and church connections with his homeland. He received his MA at Glasgow University in Mediaeval History and Archaeology in 1977; his BA from London Bible College in Theology in 1980; and his PhD from Cambridge in 1987. His thesis focused on the books of Kings, and was subsequently published (1988) as Hezekiah and the Books of Kings in the Beiheft zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft series. His subsequent academic teaching career took him to King’s College London as a Lecturer in Biblical Studies (1986-1988); to the University of Wales (1988-1989) as a University Fellow; and then to the University of Edinburgh as first a lecturer (1989-1995) and then a senior lecturer (1995-1997) in Hebrew and Old Testament Studies. He has written numerous essays and articles, and several books: Lamentations (New Century Bible Commentary, 1991); 1 and 2 Kings (New International Biblical Commentary, 1995); 1&2 Kings (Old Testament Guides, 1997); and Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs (NIV Application Commentary, 2001). Most recently he has co-authored with Phil Long and Tremper Longman A Biblical History of Israel. He is an ordained minister of the Church of Scotland; a Life Member of Clare Hall, Cambridge (since 1993); and the recipient of an Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship (ongoing since 1996). He and his wife Lynette have four energetic children.

Loren Wilkinson

Loren Wilkinson joined the Regent College faculty in 1981. He had been an Associate Professor in the Department of English at Seattle Pacific College (1972–1977) and a Fellow at Calvin Center for Christian Scholarship (1977–1978). He has written many scholarly and popular articles developing a Christian environmental ethic and exploring the human relationship to the natural world in its environmental, aesthetic, scientific and religious dimensions. Loren’s teaching interests include Christianity and the Arts, Philosophy, Earthkeeping and his popular “Creation, Wilderness and Technology” course that takes place on a summer boat trip. His books include: Earthkeeping in the Nineties: Stewardship of Creation, ed., Earthkeeping: Christian Stewardship of Natural Resources, and Caring for Creation in Your Own Backyard (co-written with Mary Ruth Wilkinson). He is currently working on a book entitled Circles and the Cross: A Trinitarian Response to Some Contemporary Religious Movements. Loren lives on Galiano Island with his wife Mary Ruth. They have two adult children and two grandchildren.

Moderators

Marie Connett Porceddu

Dr. Marie Connett Porceddu is the newly appointed CEO for A Rocha International. She is a Ph.D. botanist (Cornell University) with many years of experience in forestry sector research and management. Marie was on the academic faculty of the University of Waikato, New Zealand, where she taught botany, genetics and crop physiology. Her extensive experience in research and management in the field of forestry includes studies in molecular biology with New Zealand Forest Research and more than a decade of work in primary industry implementing large-scale propagation programs and field tests in conjunction with companies such as Tasman Forestry, Westvaco, and a MeadWestvaco-Fletcher Challenge-International Paper joint venture.  Marie is an inventor on numerous patents and pending patent applications that arose from her work in these roles. 

Marie also holds an M.B.A. (University of Southern Carolina) and has been the co-owner of businesses in two countries. Prior to her current position she had a leadership role with a Southern hemisphere-based NGO providing web-based information to support innovation by disadvantaged communities. She speaks five languages, is a tri-national citizen, and is wife and mother to Mariano and their four children.

Paul Williams

Paul Williams was appointed the second incumbent of the David J. Brown Family Chair of Marketplace Theology and Leadership in August 2005. He is also a Director and Economic Advisor to DTZ Holdings, an international real estate consulting and investment banking group headquartered in London, UK. Paul trained as an economist and worked in economic consulting for several years before undertaking theological training at Regent and then returned to the marketplace, working as an economic advisor for major international corporations and government agencies. In his most recent role as Chief Economist and Head of International Research for DTZ, his key clients included JP Morgan, MetLife, Pirelli, Prudential, GE Capital, the Government of Estonia and the Spanish Social Security Agency. Paul has written numerous articles on Christian faith and the marketplace. His research interests include capitalism and globalization, the theology of public discipleship, marketplace mission and workplace spirituality. Paul lives in Point Grey with his wife, Sarah, and his daughters, Hannah and Emilia.

 

Workshop Presenters

Markku Kostamo

Markku is a Professional Biologist and outdoor enthusiast and has worked as an environmental consultant. As Executive Director of A Rocha Canada he, and his wife Leah, are spearheading the vision and work of the Canadian A Rocha projects. He loves to spend time outside with his two daughters, Maya and Bryn.

 

John Nyboer

Dr. Nyboer is a University Research Associate and an adjunct professor at the School of Resource and Environmental Management program at Simon Fraser University (SFU). He has undergraduate science degrees in biology (U. of Alberta) and education (U. of Toronto) and holds a Masters and Doctorate in Natural Resource Management from SFU.

As a University Research Associate, John acts as the Executive Director of the Energy and Materials Research Group (EMRG). The research group does extensive and detailed modelling of energy and material flows in Canada. Presently, the work is focused on greenhouse gas issues including the costs to Canada of reaching a Kyoto target for emissions reduction. He is co-author of a book in this issue called “The Cost of Climate Policy”.

As Executive Director of Canadian Industrial Energy End-use Data and Analysis Centre (CIEEDAC), housed at SFU, John has developed an international reputation on the development and use of energy data and assessing energy.

Doug Makaroff

Mr. Makaroff has nineteen years experience as an urban planning and real estate professional, focusing on the application of principles of Sustainability and New Urbanism to highly marketable real estate projects. As a principal of a previous firm he completed numerous downtown revitalization plans, land use bylaws and official community plans for public sector clients, as well as rezoning and development plans for private sector developers. From 1997 to 2003, he was a partner in the award-winning mixed-use Shoal Point condominium project in Victoria, B.C.

In 1997, Doug became the Vice-President of the not-for-profit entity, The Trust for Sustainable Development and was responsible for the municipal planning for the Community of Civano in Arizona, with 2,400 homes (www.tsd.ca). From Dec 2003 to May 2006, Doug was the VP of Planning and Permitting for the Villages of Loreto Bay, Mexico, with fourteen villages and 6,000 homes (www.loretobay.com).
In August 2006, Doug, his wife Cathie and three children returned to live and work in Victoria, BC. Once back on Vancouver Island, he founded Living Forest Communities, a company creating low-impact conservation communities in the midst of Merve Wilkinson style, eco-system based forestry (www.livingforestcommunities.com).

Educated at the University of Saskatchewan (B.A. in Urban Planning, ‘81) and Regent College (M.C.S., ‘87), Doug is a registered Urban Planner with the Canadian Institute of Planning.

Annie McKittrick

Annie McKitrick is the project officer for the Canadian Social Economy Hub located in Victoria BC. Prior to coming to work in Victoria, Annie worked as a consultant in the area of organization development, not for profit administration and diversity. Her employers have been municipalities, United Way, provincial government and not for profit organizations. She was the executive director of a community and social planning council, and of two multicultural societies

Annie was an elected school trustee for 9 years and has been involved in leadership role with many community organizations. She was the co-chair of the Church and Affordable Housing Conference and is currently on the board of Citizens for Public Justice.

David Holcomb

David is Project Manager for JustWork Economic Initiative, a non-profit connected with Grandview Calvary Baptist Church in Vancouver, BC. JustWork’s mission is to provide dignified, employment opportunities for individuals facing barriers to the traditional workforce. David and his wife (Sarah) and three children (Peter, Lucy, and Clara) share daily life with six other individuals in a community house coordinated by Salsbury Community Society in east Vancouver.

Paul Kariya

The son of a Japanese-Canadian fisherman, Paul spent his formative years on the West Coast of Vancouver Island, Ucluelet, BC. He has been appointed by Canada as Commissioner to the Pacific Salmon Commission (there are 8 Canadian and 8 US Commissioners).