General Synod has been told that the UK is one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world and has pledged to tackle the biodiversity crisis.
Tag: climate crisis
Adopt a traffic light for ‘Protect our planet, 24/7 day’
Local environmental campaigner Jonathan Whittaker is asking people to ‘adopt a traffic light’ on 24 July to spread awareness about the climate change crisis 24/7. Jonathan, a dentist who livesContinue reading
Bishop Rachel’s Christmas message to all
There are so many messages of crisis: climate crisis, fuel crisis, cost of living, NHS, and crises across our world, including in Ukraine. And that crisis-messaging can make people anxious – even despairing … although crises are nothing new.
COP15 – how can we respond to the nature crisis?
Ahead of the COP15 conference on biodiversity, Cate Williams, Environmental Engagement Officer shares how worshipping communities can help to protect wildlife and habitats where they are. COP15 is the fifteenthContinue reading
New Climate Vigil Songs album
Churches who sing contemporary songs may be interested in exploring the new songs on the Climate Vigil Songs album, written with a faith response to the climate and nature crisesContinue reading
Is there hope post COP26?
Matt Fulford, our DAC energy and sustainability advisor reflects on the outcomes of COP26. “I had the privilege of being able to attend both the Blue and Green Zone eventsContinue reading
“Protecting our planet is much bigger than individual salvation”
The Revd Daniel Button was at COP26 with a group called the Christian Climate Observers Programme (CCOP)
Message from Bishop Robert, 26 October 2021
The account of creation in Genesis chapter 1 contains the refrain as God makes the land, sea, plants and even us, men and women, that ‘God saw that it was good’. As humankind is created ‘in the image’ and ‘likeness’ of God we are blessed and given responsibility for the stewardship of the earth. In the image of the one who creates out of love, we are to care in the same way…
How can we all make a difference?
As the world looks towards Glasgow for COP26, how can we all personally make a difference?
