2018 Lenten Speaker
Dr. George Nassos
Hosted by Spiritual Renewal & Celebrating God’s Creation Ministries
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Sunday, March 18, 2018: Dr. George Nassos will speak in the Cathedral immediately following the
Divine Liturgy and then again in the Social Hall following a light lunch. Everyone is welcome.
The topic of Dr. Nassos' talk will be
A Sustainable Environment: Our Obligation to Protect God’s Gift.
Divine Liturgy and then again in the Social Hall following a light lunch. Everyone is welcome.
The topic of Dr. Nassos' talk will be
A Sustainable Environment: Our Obligation to Protect God’s Gift.
Dr. Nassos' Biography
Dr. Nassos is involved in environmental activities that include being a member of the Energy, Environment and Economics subcommittee of the Archdiocesan Advisory Committee for Science and Technology, an advisory committee to the Archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Church of America. In June 2012, he participated in the Halki Summit in Turkey, one of 45 participants invited by His All Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew, also known as the “Green Patriarch.” In June 2013, Nassos was the keynote speaker at the 9th PESXM conference of the top three universities in Greece where the focus was on sustainability. For the past thirteen years, Nassos wrote a column for a monthly newspaper titled “A Sustainable Environment: Our Obligation to Protect God’s Gift.” After the paper stopped its circulation, he continued writing for his blog.
Dr. Nassos was an Industry Associate Professor and Director of the M.S. in Environmental Management and Sustainability program at the Stuart School of Business, Illinois Institute of Technology from 1997 through 2011. Under Dr. Nassos’ leadership, in 1999 the Program added the concept of sustainability into the curriculum and pursued an interdisciplinary approach that integrated environmental, social, legal, technical and economic concerns in the classroom. As a result, the program has been recognized by the World Resources Institute and the Aspen Institute’s “Beyond Grey Pinstripes” study as one of the top such programs in the world. He was also Director of the Center for Sustainable Enterprise, a center founded at Stuart to be a resource for projects directed toward achieving sustainability in Chicago’s economic community. Although he retired from academia six years ago, he was just recruited by DePaul University to be Director of its MS in Sustainable Management program in the Driehaus School of Business. This is a five-year-old program that requires some new leadership.
Dr. Nassos is a member of Saints Peter and Paul Greek Orthodox Church in Glenview, Illinois where he has been the parish council President for the past two years. Saints Peter and Paul is in the Metropolis of Chicago.
Dr. Nassos was an Industry Associate Professor and Director of the M.S. in Environmental Management and Sustainability program at the Stuart School of Business, Illinois Institute of Technology from 1997 through 2011. Under Dr. Nassos’ leadership, in 1999 the Program added the concept of sustainability into the curriculum and pursued an interdisciplinary approach that integrated environmental, social, legal, technical and economic concerns in the classroom. As a result, the program has been recognized by the World Resources Institute and the Aspen Institute’s “Beyond Grey Pinstripes” study as one of the top such programs in the world. He was also Director of the Center for Sustainable Enterprise, a center founded at Stuart to be a resource for projects directed toward achieving sustainability in Chicago’s economic community. Although he retired from academia six years ago, he was just recruited by DePaul University to be Director of its MS in Sustainable Management program in the Driehaus School of Business. This is a five-year-old program that requires some new leadership.
Dr. Nassos is a member of Saints Peter and Paul Greek Orthodox Church in Glenview, Illinois where he has been the parish council President for the past two years. Saints Peter and Paul is in the Metropolis of Chicago.