The COP15 summitt has the potential to reshape the world’s attitude to the environment. Months of work by campaigners and politicians mean real change is possible. To ensure everyone is clear on what this conference can achieve a special briefing has been produced.
Setting off on November 5th to walk from Huddersfield to London is Nicki Smith of Lindley Methodist Church. It will take her 30 days, ending at the service at Westminster Central Hall on 5th December, and then the WAVE campaign walk round parliament. She is hoping to call on Methodist Churches on the way, and talk with people there about our Christian response to climate change. This action has been spurred on by the publication of the Methodist Conference report “Hope for God’s Future”.Welcome to the new and improved Creation Challenge website!
The most recent posts include:
Archbishop of Canterbury – Operation Noah Lecture
Quaker – Zero Growth Economy Conference
Hope in God’s Future – Study Guide
Cheltenham Methodist Church installs solar roof
But more importantly please explore the site and take the opportunity to share your comments and stories.
Dave Coaker
The 10:10 campaign is calling on all organisations, including churches to commit to themselves, and all their members to cut carbon emissions by 10 in 2010.
Tearfund is running a series of Climate Justice evenings this autumn to inform people about Copenhagen and The Wave and inspire them to take action to call for a strong and fair global deal on climate change and come along on to the service and march 5 December.
There’s more information here and on the website: www.tearfund.org/justice
Work commenced in September on the installation of a major photovoltaic array on the south facing roof of Bethesda Methodist Church in Cheltenham. Though scarcely visible from the street, the 32 solar PV (Photovoltaic) panels are expected to generate upwards of 7,000 kW hrs of electricity annually for most of their 25-yr life span. The project is the result of almost two years of intensive planning and fund-raising by a church which has already received two national eco-awards for its environmental stewardship programme. (more…)
Some environmentalists have called for the establishment of a zero-growth economy as the only possible route to real sustainability. Some economists have pointed out that eras of high government spending on environmental projects have coincided exclusively with times of high economic growth and a financial “feel-good” mood.
We are now on the verge of a world-wide recession, with banks and businesses failing and governments casting around in vain for a solution. Whatever the outcome, we will all still be feeling the ripples, if not the tidal waves, by the autumn.
The conference examined the implications of a zero growth economy on both the environment and on people, and considered the right relationships between protecting the environment and alleviating poverty.
Visit here For the papers and recordings from the conference.
In a lecture on Tuesday 13 October at Southwark Cathedral (sponsored by the Christian environmental group Operation Noah) Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, sets out a Christian vision of how people can respond to the looming environmental crisis. Visit here for more details.
Hope in God’s Future – Christian Discipleship in the Context of Climate Change is now available as study guide for