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Church launches 'Shrinking The Footprint' campaign

Church launches 'Shrinking The Footprint' campaign

The Church of England will be marking World Environment Day (Monday 5 June) by taking a further step forward in the campaign to 'green' the Church. 

02 June 2006

Making the global local: Bringing the message of sustainability to the Church of England Dioceses

Making the global local: Bringing the message of sustainability to the Church of England Dioceses

The Church of England has been working with The Conservation Foundation on a series of events linked to the Foundation's Parish Pump Programme since 2001. 

22 March 2006

Conservation expert adds weight to environmental issues work

Conservation expert adds weight to environmental issues work

The Church of England has given an extra push to its environmental issues work with the appointment of David Shreeve, executive director of The Conservation Foundation, as environmental adviser in the Mission and Public Affairs Division.

21 December 2005

South African Department of Environmental Affairs Conference on Climate Change

South African Department of Environmental Affairs Conference on Climate Change

The South African Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism held a national conference on climate change, October 2005.

12 October 2005

God's Earth is Sacred: An Open Letter to Church and Society in the United States

God's Earth is Sacred: An Open Letter to Church and Society in the United States

God's creation delivers unsettling news. Earth's climate is warming to dangerous levels; 90 percent of the world's fisheries have been depleted; coastal development and pollution are causing a sharp decline in ocean health;

14 February 2005

Speech by The Most Reverend Richard Holloway, Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church

Speech by The Most Reverend Richard Holloway, Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church

In his book The Good Society Kenneth Galbraith, the Harvard economist, writes these words: There is the inescapable fact that the modern market economy accords wealth and distributes income in a highly unequal, socially adverse and also functionally damaging fashion.

22 September 1999

Lambeth Conference report highlights environmental concerns

Lambeth Conference report highlights environmental concerns

A sub-section of Lambeth Conference's Section One (Called to Full Humanity) has called for a greater emphasis on environmental concerns in its draft report.

05 August 1998