Ben Lowe:

Ben Lowe's views on creation care were shaped early in his life. Growing up as a missionary kid in Singapore/Malaysia, he often dealt with water shortages and bad air quality due to mismanagement and abuse of natural resources. Carrying these experiences with him, he eventually found his way to Wheaton College where he majored in environmental studies and helped organize Wheaton's national Climate Change Summit in 2007. His summers were filled working as an environmental educator with the Massachusettes Audubon Society and as a student researcher for fisheries projects in Corpus Christi, TX and on Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania.

Ben is the author of Green Revolution: Coming Together to Care for Creation (IVP 2009) and a contributor to Christians, the Care of Creation, and Global Climate Change(Pickwick Publications, 2008).  He is based out of the bike-friendly city of Chicago where he formerly served as the Outreach Director for A Rocha USA, an international Christian conservation organization, before coming on staff with Renewal in 2009.



Gretchen Peck:

Gretchen Peck is Renewal's newest Coordinator.  She is based out of Minneapolis but originally hails from upstate New York.  Growing up in a family prone to recycling and biking and a town known for shopping at food co-ops and driving Volvos, she was encouraged at a young age to care for the environment. Her interest in sustainability blossomed during her time at Messiah College-specifically during her life-changing semester abroad in Belize with the Creation Care Study Program (CCSP).  At Messiah Gretchen worked with fellow students (some of whom went on to help start Renewal) to plant a garden that provides food for the dining hall and members of the community. After college she worked with CCSP as a Student Life Coordinator both in Belize and New Zealand.  Gretchen is excited to be working with students again and to be sharing her enthusiasm for creation care issues.

 In addition to learning how to better care for our world and its people, Gretchen enjoys biking, playing ping-pong, slacklining, cooking, playing guitar, gardening, ice skating and hanging out with friends and family.  Gretchen hopes to someday make ice cream with a bike and make bread from wild yeast.