In 2023 and 2024, global leaders are negotiating a treaty to ban plastic waste. Renew Our World, a global coalition for justice and creation care including Tearfund, A Rocha and many national partners, is spearheading a campaign to put pressure on our political leaders to act on plastic waste. While […]
Regions and Countries: plastics
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Are you curious and concerned about the global issue of plastic? Join the Lausanne / WEA Creation Care network (LWCCN) for a public webinar on this! The webinar is part of a series exploring theological and practical aspects of creation care. Join the conversation on “Plastics: Blessings or Curse?” Time: 14.00 […]
In 2023 and 2024, global leaders are negotiating a treaty to ban plastic waste. Renew Our World, a global coalition for justice and creation care including Tearfund, A Rocha and many national partners, is spearheading a campaign to put pressure on our political leaders to act on plastic waste. Watch […]
There is too much trash in the world. Most of it is made up of plastic. And it is hurting people living in poverty. And God’s creatures. And everyone else as well. Something has to be done. Enter The Rubbish Campaign. Tearfund, Renew Our World and many others are launching […]
Plastic waste is a problem around the world. This story from EcoWatch shows how it is affecting our most iconic wildlife as well as humans: In a new study published in the Journal for Nature Conservation, titled “Plastic ingestion in Asian elephants in the forested landscapes of Uttarakhand, India,” a team of scientists […]
Bob Sluka of A Rocha has just published a new book through Grove addressing the problem of plastics. (We seem to be talking about plastics a lot this month – here’s a story about a possible solution in Malawi)(and about books from Grove!) Here’s the blurb on Bob’s booklet: Plastic […]
This event would be a leading news story around the world if it had happened in the US or Europe: a cargo ship carrying a veritable witches’ brew of toxic chemicals catches fire and eventually sinks, dumping fuel oil and cargo onto some of the world’s most beautiful beaches, endangering […]
Dustin Hoffman was famously told “the future is plastics” in the 1967 film The Graduate. More than 50 years later, the Nelson Institute at the University of Wisconsin is tackling the other side of that question: Does plastic have a future? The event is a free public online lecture next […]
We didn’t think so. You need to know – these tiny bits of plastic are everywhere, and are causing all kinds of damage. Nurdles have been found in almost every body of water around the world. Now ‘The Great Nurdle Hunt” is seeking to document the problem with the help […]
Rachel Mash (South Africa) seems to be determined to show the rest of the world what Green really looks like. Two notices from the Green Anglicans recently are worth noting: Clean up and tree planting in Kenya: The Anglican Church in Kenya posted this report of activities taking place in […]