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Communion Forest
The Communion Forest was launched a year ago at the Lambeth Conference – an international gathering of Anglican bishops, which meets once a decade. Meeting at Lambeth Palace for a day focused on the environment, bishops pledged their support for the Communion Forest through a tree planting and service of commitment on the palace lawns. The bishops…
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Sustainable September
This year’s Spring Resource has been circulated to parishes directly and through the Anglican Messenger. It contains biblical references, reflections, prayers and practical tips for living light on the subjects of Food, Shelter, Power and Travel. It can be used to inspire reflections in church, group study or individual reflection. If you have any thoughts…
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Salinity
Many areas of Australia are devastated by rising water tables bringing long-buried salt with them. In the past, water tables were kept low by tree and scrub cover. After land clearance for cropping or livestock, the water table rises. Salt poisons the land not only for agriculture but also for most native vegetation. Salinity in…
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Solar Energy
This text could be used at the dedication of a solar energy producer – solar hot water, solar desalinator, solar electricity PV panels, etc. Creator God,we thank you for these solar panels,for the people who designed and installed them,for the power they provideand for the household they serve.Bless us with vision and energy for change…
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Thanksgiving for Wilderness
Creator God, we thank you that you show your face to us in wilderness and desert places. We praise you for the deep places of the sea, and for coastlines smashed by surfand caressed by gentle waves. We praise you for the sun-baked, wind-swept lands,and for rocks and mountains older than human memory. We praise…
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Stewardship of Creation
Much environmental theology explores the dynamics of human beings’ relationship with the world around us through the two creation stories in Genesis 1 and 2. The first includes the commandment to human beings to “be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion…”(Gen 1.28). The second has God place the…
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Worm Fathers
Father’s Day demonstration: How to set up and maintain a worm farm, with Annolies Truman and Barry Healy. Bring some scraps to feed the worms!
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Getting Off Gas
Come along and participate in a Panel Discussion involving the audience on why and how to get off gas. See an induction cooktop in action with Debbie Gwynne Peter Newman will provide a global overview of the contributions of gas to climate change. He is involved in the campaign to stop the Scarborough Gas project Sarah English…
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Prayer after Communion
This text uses themes and language from the book of the prophet Joel. It is intended for use in Third Order Holy Communion together with the Great Thanksgiving (Third Order APBA form) using themes from Joel. Generous God,you show yourself to be gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. Bring us…
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Eco-Anxiety?
Psychologists have a named syndrome: EcoAnxiety, which is a sense of burnout, vulnerability and powerlessness in the face of climate change, super storms and large-scale pollution. There are several programmes which encourage us to address these feelings in a group, and one is provided online by Waterspirit, based on the Good Grief Network’s 10 steps.…
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