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Christian ecology in practice
Examples of ARC's involvement with Christian ecology in action are listed in the Projects Overview section of this website.
Prayer Resources
Link here for Catholic prayer resources on the environment, including hymns, readings, and prayers of petition. From the US COnference of Bishops' website.
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| "All faiths that cherish God the Creator must cherish His Creation and His image, the human person – and must arise and act in this crisis of the mind and the heart. We must remember the words of St John, beloved of our Lord, which we paraphrase. You cannot say you love God whom you have not seen, and despoil his Creation which you see every day." Ecumenical Patriarch, at the opening of 3iG in Istanbul. October 22 2003 |
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The Green Patriarch
The Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, head of the Orthodox church, is known as the Green Patriarch because of his outstanding commitment to the environment. Read his 2002 encyclical on the Environment.
Other Christian Networks and Initiatives
The World Council of Churches (WCC) has been concerned about climate change since the 1980s, when a group of women from the Pacific Islands petitioned the WCC to help save their homes, which were beginning to submerge. Link here for the WCC Globalization and Ecology pages.
Link here for the European Christian Environmental Network.
The Anglican Communion Environmental Network has a news site full of updates about Christian action on the environment.
The Conference of European Churches Working Group on Economy, Ecology and Social Issues.
The American Conference of Catholic Bishops has started a Climate Change, Justice and
Health Initiative; the website includes guidelines on what Catholics in the US are doing on environmental issues and how you can join in.
A Rocha is a leading Christian nature conservation organisation, whose name comes from the Portuguese for ‘the Rock’, because the first initiative was a field study centre near the Alvor Estuary in Portugal.
Link here for the Methodist Church Environmental Policy.
The Earth: Our Creative Responsibility Group. This Quaker group was set up in July 2000 to provide a focus for the concern felt by Quakers about the state of our planet and our relationship with the natural world.
The Churches Together in Britain and Ireland have started an Eco-congregation. This is a network for Christians to make a positive response to environmental issues churches. Eco-congregation is engaging with environmental issues - from conservation projects in churchyards to recycling initiatives and from special services to community events.
The Christian Ecology website is a popular place to post information on Christian environmental events around the UK and elsewhere. Usually kept nicely up to date.
Interfaith Power & Light and The Regeneration Project
California Interfaith Power & Light
The Earth Resources website was developed for Rev. Jon Hale during a sabbatical project between 2007-2008. It is entitled "STEWARDING THE EARTH'S RESOURCES" and is intended to be "a resource for the church about waste reduction, waste re-use and waste recycling".
A Calendar of Christian environmental events in the UK, put together by the Christian Ecology Link.
ARTICLES
Link here for an article in American Catholic about the Catholic response to the environment.
Examples of Christian ecology in action
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October 3 2008:
The Pope Urges Tourists to Think Green - and installs solar panels at the Vatican
Last Saturday the Pope returned to the theme of respect for God's creation in an address marking the UN's World Tourism day. And two days later workers started installing 2,700 solar panels on the roof of the Vatican's Paul VI auditorium, which will save the equivalent of 35 tonnes of oil every week during the cold season. |
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Last updated: September 24, 2009 :
Latest news on the Long Term Commitments
A sample of some of the faith groups around the world that are creating Five, Seven, Eight and Nine Year Plans to protect the natural environment, through the UNDP-ARC framework. |
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Projects overview
A complete listing of all current ARC projects |
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