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Show The Park Record A-14 Stegner Symposium focuses on religion, faith and environment Celebrate Earth Day! Event to include religious and secular scholars Submitted by University of Utah you're invited to recycle utah's fundraiser at the Wasatch Brew Pub 250 Main street sunday, april 14th 5-8pm $35 adults / $15 Kids Much has changed in the nearly half century since UCLA historian Lynn White named the Judeo-Christian tradition one of the "root" causes of "our ecological crisis." Across the world today, people of faith are stepping forward to explain why our spiritual connections to the Earth demand environmental protection. At the same time, religion remains intertwined with some of the most vexing environmental problems. The 18th Annual Stegner Symposium, to be held April 12 and 13 at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, will examine and help untangle many of these fascinating issues. "The relationship between religious belief and an environmental conscience raises important questions, perhaps nowhere more so than in Utah where so much attention attaches to both religion and environmentalism," says Robert Keiter, professor of law and director of the Wallace Stegner Center. "The symposium aims to help us better understand the connections between the two and how this is shaping our personal beliefs, public dialogue and political debates." To kick off the Stegner Symposium on April 11 at 12:15 p.m., Mary Evelyn Tucker, senior lecturer and senior re- search scholar at Yale University, will deliver the Wallace Stegner Lecture, "The Emerging Alliance of Religion and Ecology." The talk, to be held in the College of Law's Sutherland Moot Courtroom, is free and open to the public. No registration required and lunch will be served to attendees. One hour of continuing legal education (CLE) is available. The 18th Annual Stegner Symposium runs from 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Friday, April 12 and from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 13 in the Sutherland Moot Courtroom at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law. Pre-registration and payment are required. For more information, visit www.law. utah.edu/stegner or call 801585-3440. Ten hours of CLE are available. Conference organizer Lincoln Davies, professor at the College of Law, believes that the conference's multidisciplinary approach this year will help to highlight the varying perspectives of different faith traditions on the environment, land use and related topics. "Across the world, people of faith are stepping forward to speak out on environmental protection," says Davies. "This year's symposium brings some of the leading voices on this topic to the University of Utah - Sally Bingham, who founded Interfaith Power and Light; Mary Evelyn Tucker of Yale; and a stellar host of other phenomenal speakers, including John Nagle of Notre Dame; Jamie Korngold, the Adventure Rabbi; and Elder Marcus Nash of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints." IRS offers extensions to file returns Dinner & Two Drinks Included. All proceeds benefit Recycle Utah. To learn more about programs and upcoming events, please visit www.RecyleUtah.org Subitted by Internal Revenue Service reservations recommended 435.649.9698 Presented by Recycle Utah & Wasatch Brew Pub www.recycleutah.org thday_fundaiser_pr_final.indd 1 Wed/Thurs/Fri, April 10-12, 2013 3/29/13 PARKRECORD.COM The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) today reminded taxpayers that quick and easy solutions are available if they can't file their returns or pay their taxes on time and they can even request relief online. 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