Media
Check out Rooted in the Media! This page includes articles featuring Rooted’s work, as well as speaking engagements and upcoming webinars where Rooted will be featured.
Guelph Today Feature Article
“New Church Food Security Program ‘Rooted’ in Support of People and Planet” by Barbara Latkowski
The motto ‘take what you’ll eat, give what you can’ will rule at a new ‘agrihood’ on the grounds at Kortright Presbyterian Church in Guelph.
A new non-profit, ‘ROOTED: Centre for Theology and Eco-Justice‘, located at 55 Devere Dr. aims to build resilience for people and planet through theologically rooted and eco-justice focused environmental education.
The plan is to transform underused church and school lands into sustainable food gardens which will grow fresh produce to be shared with the wider community, Dovercliffe Foodbank and other food security agencies.
Upcoming Webinar at Ministry Forum at Knox College April 9, 2026
Join us as Rev. Konnie Vissers shares about the emerging ministry Rooted: Centre for Theology and Eco-Justice. What started as dissertation research into eco-anxiety and spiritual care for children, has emerged into an organization that seeks to build resilience for people and planet through theologically rooted and eco-justice focused environmental education. Konnie will share some of her research findings around eco-anxiety in young people, and how congregations can use gardening as a spiritual practice to bolster resilience in children who experience eco-anxiety. Specifically, Konnie will demonstrate how Rooted teaches young people how to grow their own food sustainably and ethically, and shares the food with participants, local families, and the food bank, to promote food security and eco-justice. Click here for more information and to register.
Mckay Educational Resource Centre Webinar: Growing Hope in a Time of Climate Change
As climate change makes itself felt in many ways, anxiety levels are rising in people of all ages. Join Konnie Vissers, PCC minister, scholar, and founder of The Children’s Garden Collective and Rooted Centre, as she discusses the role local congregations can play in environmental education, fostering the growth and nourishment of children in this time of eco-anxiety, and finding theological hope through gardening. WATCH HERE
Real Kids, Real Faith Interview with Konnie Vissers
Watch an interview with Real Kids, Real Faith, and Executive Director of Rooted, Konnie Vissers, on eco-anxiety in children and how gardening can be enacted as a positive spiritual practice. WATCH HERE.
