Global Costs, Global Solutions Workshop

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=110 BGCOLOR="#0099FF" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="040006e0egcecm.png"> <div> <B>Global Costs, Global Solutions</B><B> </B><B>Workshop</B><FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>    |    </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B><A HREF="index.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sage Oxfords Christian Environmental Gr"><U><B>home</B></U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>CCOW</B></I><I><B> </B></I><I><B>workshop at the "</B></I><I><B>Climate Change: How Christians Respond" </B></I><I><B>conference</B></I></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=190 BGCOLOR="#FFFF80" TEXT="#080000" background="041bec00eoydwl.png"> <bR> <div> <B>Back to the main page for </B><A HREF="climatechange.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Climate Change: How Christians Respond"><U><B>Climate Change: How Christians Respond</B></U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=370 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I><B>Global Costs, Global Solutions </B></I><I><B>Workshop</B></I><I><B>, </B></I><I><B>led by</B></I><I><B> </B></I><I><B>Maranda St John Nicolle</B></I><I><B> </B></I><I><B>at the "</B></I><I><B>Climate Change: How Christians Respond" conference</B></I></div> <div> Maranda made three short presentations about Christian environmental initiatives in various parts of the world, each of which were followed by small groups discussions and feedback to the whole group (of about 50 people):</div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7014000000000.png" HEIGHT="21" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Europe: </B>The <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="http://www.ecen.org/ecenhome.shtml" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ecen.org/ecenhome.shtml"><U>European Christian Environmental Network</U></A></FONT> (ECEN) has produced a number of useful resources, including suggestions for European Car Free Day (22 September), and a number of liturgical resources. These include “Seven days with St Francis”, exercises for daily life praxis, and recommendations for the liturgical year. Examples of action in specific countries include the Czech Republic, where 50 churches have installed solar panels, the Netherlands' “5% project”, which invites pastors and churches to sign up to commit themselves to reduce their energy use by 5%, and the Vaxjo diocese in Sweden, who have a scheme somewhat similar to <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="http://www.ecocongregation.org/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ecocongregation.org/"><U>Ecocongregation</U></A></FONT>. (you can find out more about the work in Vaxjo diocese in <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="swords2004a.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sage Words January 2004"><U>Sage Words January 2004</U></A></FONT>). Our group discussion highlighted the need for environmental concerns to be routinely included in the regular liturgy, worship & preaching, not just at special occasions.</div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7014000000000.png" HEIGHT="21" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">USA: </B>Examples of initiatives are the “What Would Jesus Drive?” campaign, run by the <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="http://www.creationcare.org/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.creationcare.org/"><U>Evangelical Environmental Network</U></A></FONT>, supported by its magazine, <I>Creation Care</I>. Another interesting initiative is run by CERES, an umbrella groups for church investors, who raise issues of “climate risk” with the companies they invest in.</div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7014000000000.png" HEIGHT="21" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Developing countries:</B> These countries are forced to adapt to the effects of climate change rather than mitigate them as in the richer countries. The group discussions raised issues of global equity: we cannot expect poorer countries to forego the material benefits that we enjoy. Many societies in developing countries have much to teach us about simpler, less materialistic lifestyles.</div> <bR> <div> <I>(this report on</I><I> </I><I>Maranda St John Nicolle</I><I>'s w</I><I>orkshop was sent in to us by Karl Wallendszus)</I></div> <bR> <div> Maranda wrote an article in Sage Words (Feb. 2003) entitled <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF3300" FACE="Times New Roman" >"Christian Concern for One World: caring for both people and planet"</FONT> You can download the *.pdf file at <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="swords2003a.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sage Words February 2003"><U>Sage Words February 2003</U></A></FONT></div> </td> </tr></table></body>