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	<img alt="" src="{filedir_5}Michael-Ferber-Rockies.jpg" style="width: 200px; height: 267px; float: right;" />Michael Ferber never runs out of things to do at The King&rsquo;s University College (Edmonton, Alberta), where he serves as the university&rsquo;s Director of Development, Co-Director of Environmental Studies, and Associate Professor of Geography. These traits -- being a multi-talented and multi-disciplined scholar and teacher -- are essential for teaching Au Sable&rsquo;s&nbsp;<a href="/courses/course_information/summer_session_ii_pacific_rim/#Global%20Development">International Development and Environmental Sustainability</a>&nbsp;course (Pacific Rim, Summer Session II), where students engage problems diverse in subject and intertwined in effect, like ecological sustainability, the relationship of poverty and environmental conditions, international debt, missions in developing countries, and appropriate technology.&nbsp;</p>
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	As Ferber explains, &ldquo;The creation is facing difficult crises including environmental degradation, biodiversity loss, global climate change, limits to growth and global wealth inequalities heretofore unheard of in the history of humanity. &nbsp;The next generation of Christian leaders must be able to address these multi-faceted and inter-disciplinary challenges.&quot;&nbsp;</p>
