Glaess and Tweeten to speak on environmental stewardship

Concordia  will host Mark Glaess and Byron Tweeten for a lecture titled “Thoughts on Environmental Stewardship” Monday, April 4, at 7 p.m. in the auditorium in Weller Hall.

Glaess and Tweeten will speak on climate change, its costs, and the role of the Christian in dealing with this topic. A question and answer session will follow the formal presentation.

Glaess is the general manager of the Minnesota Rural Electric Association, an association that encompasses 44 member-owned electric cooperatives and six generation and transmission cooperatives that provide energy to 1.6 million consumers. MREA provides legislative representation, education courses, youth programs and loss control services for its members. Glaess is also an elected member of the National Rural Telecommunications Board.

Tweeten is the founder and chief executive officer of Growth Design Corporation. His focus in recent years has been environmental stewardship and the development of a successful business plan for the delivery of alternative and renewable energies.

The Glaess and Tweeten lecture will be the fifth and final presentation for the year of the Looking Beyond Speaker Series. Concordia’s Looking Beyond Speaker Series is made possible through an ongoing gift from Martin and Regina Maehr.