Fred Bahnson is the author of “Soil & Sacrament” and consultant with Our Common Home. Bahnson's address explores how faith traditions and ecological practices can renew our relationship with the natural world — and how we might cultivate an imagination that sustains life, land, and community for generations to come. Drawing on examples from sacred forests in Ethiopia to Christian farming initiatives in the West, the talk traces how religious communities offer pathways of stewardship, belonging, and hope amid ecological crisis.

• Tuesday, 22 September 2026, 15:30–16:45
• Universitätsbibliothek Rosental, University of Basel, Lecture Theatre U1.402 (basement)
• Format: Live-streamed to participants in the United States, followed by Q&A with attendees in Basel and the US

Convened by Cal Zehr (Hungry World Farm)

This public lecture is free and open to all.