Be inspired by an indigenous perspective from Vicki Walker, the mystical art of Jenni Mitchell, poetic reflections from Christina Rowntree and the reflective genius of Shane Charles on didgeridoo.Â
Saying Sorry to the Earth – flyer
7.30pm till 9.45pm, Sunday 30th March,2008
Templestowe Uniting Church, 104 Atkinson Street, car park at 111 Wood Street
This is Grandstand’s second major event to draw our community together to reflect on the environment. Grandstand is an informal group of grandparents/seniors from Manningham and beyond, mainly folk from the local UCA churches.
Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, is awash in profitable oil reserves yet pouring billions into renewable- and sustainable-energy technologies to build the world’s first zero-emission city, “a metropolis that emits not a single extra molecule of carbon dioxide — the cause of global warming”.
TEAR, an international Christian agency that is a strong advocate towards eliminating global poverty, has announced that the signing of the Kyoto protocol by the new Rudd Labor government in good news for the world’s poorest people.
Advocacy Co-ordinator for TEAR Australia, Ben Thurley, said he was “thrilled that the first act of our new Prime Minister was action on Kyoto. I hope it signals a new era in climate change negotiations and that Australia will now take more of a lead in the right direction.â€
Andy Atkins, Advocacy director of Tearfund UK, added: “This is a huge boost to the Bali talks, good for Australia and the world’s poorest people who suffer most at the hands of a changing climate. ”
The Christmas season brings with it many gestures of good will – and with it the pressure to buy gifts for family and friends, work colleagues and others. With the increasing awareness of environmental issues, David Scott explores ways we can make a difference to Christmas gift buying in order to spread good will not just to each other, but towards the planet as well.
Climate change is a growing issue for our planet. As the climate change conference is underway in Bali, a group of Dominican Friars in Oxford have considered a Christian approach to the issue and how much responsibility humans can take for it.
This coming Sunday night, the ABC radio program Encounter will air their story. We encourage you to listen live, to the archive on the web site, or download a podcast.
One of the first things the new Rudd Labor government has done was to sign the Kyoto protocol on climate change as promised. The work now begins in earnest with nearly 200 countries gathering in Bali to discuss climate change and negotiate emissions targets, binding or non-binding.
The Vatican has sent a delegation of Roman Catholic experts to Bali due to the international importance of the conference.
– How the largest Movement in the world came into being, and why no one saw it coming…
Paul Hawken decribes a phenomenon that “is the largest social movement in all of history, no one knows its scope, and how it functions is more mysterious than what meets the eye.”
“What does meet the eye is compelling: tens of millions of ordinary and not-so-ordinary people willing to confront despair, power, and incalculable odds in order to restore some semblance of grace, justice, and beauty to this world.”
Find out more about Paul Hawken and his hope for our future in this article how to remake the world.
The time has come when ethical investments are out-performing regular ones. With carbon trading, global warming, renewable energy and similar things becoming mainstream, those who invest according to biblical principles are actually reaping the rewards.
Russia and two former Soviet republics have four of the world’s top 10 most polluted places, according to the Blacksmith Institute, a New York-based nonprofit group.
Blacksmith did not rank the top 10 because complete health records from some developing countries were unavailable.
For each site the group included the number of potentially affected people, who could face problems ranging from asthma to premature death.
The annual list was compiled with help from specialists at Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, Hunter College in New York, India’s ITT, University of Idaho, Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York and others.
The full report can be found here.
Dozens of Anglican parishes across central and northern Victoria want to become carbon neutral within five years.
The Bendigo diocese in central Victoria has voted to reduce its net carbon emissions to zero by 2012. Its Bishop, Andrew Curnow, says the church has a moral responsibility to reduce its impact on the environment.