Doug Kaufman, CSCS Director of Pastoral Ecology
Douglas Kaufman is Director of Pastoral Ecology at CSCS, and Co-pastor of Benton Mennonite Church, Goshen Indiana. He has worked with his congregation and more broadly on ecological and sustainability issues for about 20 years, since learning that the river where they baptize sometimes has too much manure for safe contact. That has led to ongoing volunteer water testing through Hoosier Riverwatch, and more recently to a Master’s of Theology in ecology from the University of Toronto. His more recent research has focused on ritual and theological responses to the emotional barriers that keep people from engaging the climate crisis.