Neddy Astudillo

Rev. Dr. Neddy Astudillo, a Venezuelan eco-theologian and Presbyterian pastor based in the US, is the coordinator of the Spanish Climate Justice & Faith online Certification program at the Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary. Since 2018 and early 2023, Neddy also worked coordinating GreenFaith’s Latinx and Latin America Organizing and Training work. After earning her Master in Divinity at McCormick Theological Seminary in 1998, Neddy co-founded the Angelic Organics Learning Center, a farm-based organizing and educational nonprofit in Northern Illinois, where people connect with food, farming and caring for the Earth. In 2013 Neddy earned her Doctor of Ministry in “Greening the Church” from Drew University. Since then, Neddy taught Eco-Theology courses at seminaries in Mexico, Guatemala, Peru, Bolivia, and the US; has been a spokesperson on environmental and climate justice in countless faith-based gatherings in the US and Latin America; and has been published in diverse media. In 2020, Neddy received the Presbyterians for Earth Care annual award for her commitment to Environmental Justice.

Justice… harmony…

Being that electric cars require six times more minerals to be built than conventional cars, main efforts should be focussed on improving our Public Transportation; creating a transition that is possible for all around the globe; protecting precious finite resources, frontline communities rights to clean air, soil and water; and leaving no one behind.

Scuba diving, goat milk soap and cheese making, painting, writing…