[NJSpotlight.com] The Rev. Fletcher Harper heads up GreenFaith, an interfaith group committed to environmental leadership.
Name: The Rev. Fletcher Harper
Title: Executive director of GreenFaith, a Highland Park-based organization that works to motivate people of diverse religious backgrounds to become environmental leaders.
Age: 52
How he got here: An Episcopal parish priest for 10 years, Harper has been executive director of GreenFaith since 2002. A Hackensack resident, he also served in leadership positions in the Episcopal Church. He is a graduate of Princeton University and Union Theological Seminary. While no longer a parish priest, Harper often speaks at houses of worship of various denominations.
How he embraced environmental causes: Harper has always loved the outdoors, an attraction that began for him in grade school. “The natural world is this incredible gift. How we are trashing it is clearly wrong.’’ When he got involved with environmental issues, there were few religious groups focusing on these topics, but that is changing, he said.
