On 24th July the UK will have a new prime minister. Please write to him – an actual hand written letter – and let him know that there is no more time to lose. I am not asking you to block a road or chain yourself to a fence,
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We are in a climate and ecological emergency. Read on to see how Green Christian is responding.
CHRISTIAN ETHICS, CLIMATE EMERGENCY AND NONVIOLENT DIRECT ACTION
On June 9th 2019, the group Ethicists Without Borders (EWB) published a statement about Christian ethics, the climate emergency and nonviolent direct action.
They say:
‘We are in the midst of a planetary mass extinction event, driven by human actions and sustained by unjust social structures and political institutions.
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The Time is Now!
Ruth Jarman and many other Green Christian members joined the Time is Now Mass Lobby of Parliament on 26th June.
Ruth participated in a Interfaith Workshop on Direct Action before joining the Interfaith Walk of Witness from St Martin in the Fields to Westminster,
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Can you recognise Ash Die-back?
Judith Allinson, of Settle, Northern England writes:
“Oh the Oak and the Ash and the bonny Ivy tree…“
Around Settle where I live, Ash (Fraxinus excelsior) is our the main big wild tree. Outside of the town a quarter of the big trees are ash.
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Information and advice for GC members attending The Climate Coalition Lobby on Wednesday 26 June 2019
The Climate Coalition brings together many different people, charities, and faith-based groups to campaign jointly on the climate crisis. Green Christian is a member of the coalition as are CAFOD, Christian Aid, Tearfund, A Rocha, the Salvation Army, Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace, RSPB, WWF… in fact,
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Green Christian Statement: The Time is Now, not 2045!
Green Christian Statement: (See Background briefing lower down)
Green Christian cannot in conscience agree with the deadlines for the UK to reach net zero carbon proposed either by the Climate Change Committee (2050) or the Climate Coalition (2045). With the Climate Coalition we demand legislation for net zero,
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Tags: Climate emergency, statement
PRESS RELEASE: The Time is Now, not 2045!
Aiming to reach net-zero carbon emissions after 2025 is ‘complicit in violence’, warns Green Christian.
The charity finds the deadline of 2045 promoted by the Climate Coalition for the Mass Lobby of Parliament on 26 June 2019 ‘troubling’. Green Christian argues that in continuing to feed climate breakdown for so long the UK would cross a ‘moral threshold’ and hold future generations to ransom.
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PRESS RELEASE: Now it’s all hands on deck! Christians encouraged to ask their church to declare an ecological emergency
Press release 9th May 2019
On 1 May 2019 a national climate and environmental emergency was declared in the UK Parliament. Green Christian calls on church denominations and their governing bodies to play their part. The charity is encouraging Christians to ask their elected church representatives and leaders to:
- Join in declaring a climate and ecological emergency as a church,
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