1. SSA DOWN UNDER

2. A USTRALIA ’ S A LONG WAY AWAY !

3. SSA I NAUGURAL C ONFERENCE – S EPTEMBER 2012

5. D EVELOPMENT OF A USTRALIAN SSA September 2012 – Vision birthed at SSA Inaugural Conference November 2012 – Seed grant to visit colleges in Australia December 2012-January 2013 – Identification of initial colleges to approach March-April 2013 – Visits to interested colleges May 2013 – Decision to run a consultation in Adelaide in November 2013 November 2013 – Adelaide consultation with nine colleges represented

6. Tabor Adelaide Vose Seminary Alphacrucis College Christian Heritage College Avondale College Tabor Victoria Australian Lutheran College Uniting College for Leadership and Theology Morling College

7. A USTRALIAN C OHORT OF THE SSA November 11 th -12 th 2013 at Tabor Adelaide Purpose: to establish an Australian SSA, with each college seeking to Develop creation care in teaching and research Foster campus sustainability initiatives Achieve synergies through networking Jacqui Rémond, Director, Catholic Earthcare Australia – “Ecological conversion’ in the Catholic Church Vicky Balabanski, Co-Director of Biblical Studies, Uniting College – The Earth Bible story Steve Bradbury, Director Micah 6.8 Centre, Tabor Victoria – Creation care and the poor

8. R ESEARCH PROPOSAL TO O FFICE FOR L EARNING AND T EACHING A collaborative research project involving five of the partner colleges in the Australian SSA PROJECT: Development and implementation of a globally applicable interdisciplinary model of innovative distributed leadership in the learning and teaching of ecotheology PURPOSE: to facilitate innovative leadership in the learning and teaching of ecotheology and environmental care in theological institutions in Australia and beyond within a multidisciplinary framework, To provide a distributed model of leadership that secures a whole-of-organisational commitment in participating theological institutions, and to ensure that campus sustainability practices reflect high- quality learning and teaching in this area.

9. 2015 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE Rediscovering the Spiritual in God’s Creation We propose holding an international conference in Adelaide on 12-15 March 2015 that seeks to generate a multidisciplinary perspective on the spiritual in creation, leading to fresh horizons with regard to liturgy, justice and discipleship. The conference – tentatively entitled Rediscovering the Spiritual in God’s Creation – would seek to explore and uncover the spiritual dimensions innate in all aspects – human and non-human, local and cosmic – of God’s creation, recognizing the interconnectedness between the ecological, biblical, theological, scientific, and philosophical disciplines, with a view to preparing a contemporary charter that fosters and enhances worship, justice and discipleship within Christian communities committed to the care of creation. The uniqueness of the conference is its focus on ecology and spirituality in all domains of creation with an orientation towards practical outcomes relating to the care and celebration of creation within faith communities.