Dr. Gretel Van Wieren works within the fields of environmental ethics, religion and nature, agricultural and food ethics, as well as religion and nonprofit organizations. She is Associate Professor in Religious Studies at Michigan State University. She is the author of three books including
Restored to Earth: Christianity, Environmental Ethics, and Ecological Restoration (Georgetown University Press, 2013), as well as Food, Farming, and Religion: Emerging Ethical perspectives (Routledge, 2018), and Listening at Lookout Creek: Nature in Spiritual Practice (Oregon State University Press, 2019) and is a member of a number of working groups, roundtables, and blogs such as the Center for Humans and Nature and the International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature, & Culture.