In the five years since the Gonzaga Institute of Climate, Water and the Environment was launched in April 2021, it has facilitated efforts by the campus, schools, city, county, state and community to transform technologies, policies and ethics to turn around climate change.
Its founder and director, Brian Henning, is a professor of philosophy, ethics and environment, committed to integrating Gonzaga's Jesuit Catholic roots and Pope Francis' 2015 encyclical Laudato Sí, "On Care for Our Common Home."
Brian, who grew up in Boise, came to Gonzaga in 2008 after earning doctoral and two master's degrees at Fordham University in New York City and a bachelor's degree at Seattle University.
"We help the Inland Northwest understand and respond to the climate crisis. . . . . . . . . .
