Christian Climate Action, a Christian group mostly based in the UK and Europe, has launched a “40 Days of Climate Action” campaign for Lent this year: The campaign gets underway on Ash Wednesday on 26 February with a vigil outside Westminster Cathedral at midday that will then process to Westminster […]
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One of the exciting outcomes of the COP 25 Climate meetings in Spain last month was a weekend program midway through the two week conference for evangelical church leaders in the Madrid area. The program was featured in an article in Evangelical Focus, an outreach of the Spanish Evangelical Alliance: […]
Saturday 7 December a number of organizations will be cooperating to bring “Climate Change: COP25 and the Challenge for Our Churches” to the churches in the Madrid areas (and anyone else who would like to attend). This event is a wonderful example of partnership in the evangelical family for the […]
On 12 December the Presbyterian Church Taiwan (Roosevelt Road, Taipei) will hold a Thanksgiving service to celebrate the installation of 50 kilowatts of solar panels on the roof of their building. They tell us that “we are the first Christian organization to participate in energy transition in Taiwan.” Congratulations! The […]
Twenty-three members of the Canada/US and Latin America regions of the LWCCN are in Madrid, Spain these next two weeks for the latest UN climate summit known as COP25. While they are official UN observers in the on-going negotiations of the Paris Agreement, they are primarily gathered as participants in […]
People from the Renew Our World campaign in Brazil, the Netherlands, Peru, and the UK will be at COP 25 in Madrid, along with the Anglican Alliance, WEA, Young Evangelicals for Climate Action, and others. Do get in touch if you’re also at COP, or watching COP. Here’s why it […]
It’s easy to be discouraged about climate change these days. But there are some good things happening. This list from Climate Caretakers is encouraging and worth reviewing: Led by Greta Thunberg, a very inspiring Swedish teenager, a dynamic and widespread youth movement is finally rising to lead the way on climate […]
The American Association for the Advancement of Science is hosting Katharine Hayhoe and the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, the Rt. Rev. Dr. Katharine Jefferts Schori, for AAAS’s 2019 Dialogue on Science Ethics and Religion (DoSER) Holiday Lecture. This will be “a discussion on climate change, environmental stewardship, and […]
The young lady from Sweden continues to challenge the authorities, this time at the United Nations. Here’s her full talk. Please listen and share:
Focusing on the 99% of Christians who minister through their workplaces, Lausanne’s Global Workplace Forum <www.lausanne.org/gatherings/lausanne-global-workplace-forum> held in Manila June 25-29 was also an opportunity to draw the church’s attention to the vital importance of caring for God’s creation. One of the evening plenaries featured a creation care segment with […]