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<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="#999933" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="040006e0ddwnfv.png"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage - Oxford's Christian Environmental Group</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>     |    </B></FONT><B> </B><A HREF="index.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sage Oxfords Christian Environmental Gr"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="webelieve.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="We Believe"><U>We Believe</U></A>   |   <A HREF="contactus.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U>Contact Us</U></A>   |   <A HREF="resources.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Resources"><U>Resources</U></A>   |   <B>News</B>   |   <A HREF="calendar.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Calendar"><U>Calendar</U></A>   |   <A HREF="relatedlinks.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Related Links"><U>Related Links</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=190 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" background="041bec00esnpes.png"> <div> <B><IMG SRC="365881c0.jpg" border=0 width="136" height="284" ALT="Hoopoe weather vein, Cruzinha" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="5" VSPACE="5"></B></div> <div> <B>This is where we will tell you some of the latest Sage exploits and news from the wider Christian environmental scene.</B></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=370 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>News</B></div> <div> <A HREF="rssfeeds.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sage RSS Feeds"><U><IMG SRC="7fd28130.gif" border=0 width="40" height="19" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT> now supports RSS Feeds from this News page and from our Calendar so you can keep up to date with all the latest information. Click on the button to find out more!</div> <bR> <div> <B>All the News back to October 2006</B></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Tuesday 2nd October 2007- </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT> is on the map!!! I Count, the Stop Climate Chaos campaign, have produced a rather wonderful <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.icount.org.uk/get_involved/explore_the_map/default.asp" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.icount.org.uk/get_involved/ex"><U><B>MAP</B></U></A></FONT> of all the groups they could find who did anything on climate change. To find Sage you need to select "Groups" at the top, and gradually zoom in on Oxford. We are there- honest!!</div> <bR> <div> <B>Sunday 30th September 2007- </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >member, Margot Hodson, preached at a special environmental eucharist at St. Margaret's church in North Oxford. This was part of a whole week of events aimed at raising awareness of environmental issues in the congregation, and the local community.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="a8e2ce10.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="225" ALT="Living Green opening. Left to right: Dr Evan Harris MP; The Lord Lieutenant, Mr Hugo Brunner; Revd Dr Andrew Bunch; Revd Georgie Simpson. " ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10">Saturday 29th September 2007- </B></FONT>St. Margaret's church in North Oxford had their long awaited <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#009900" FACE="Arial" ><B>LIVING GREEN</B></FONT> day in the church, as part of a whole week of activities. The day was aimed at raising public awareness and encourage people towards a more environmentally-friendly way of living by showing them ways that they can achieve this. There were lots of displays, events and activities for all ages. Dr Evan Harris MP opened the event, assisted by The Lord Lieutenant, Mr Hugo Brunner. More photos are available at the <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://brookes.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2323098469&ref=mf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://brookes.facebook.com/group.php?gi"><U>Sage Facebook Group</U></A></FONT> (registration required). </div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Friday 28th September 2007- </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT> member, Karl Wallendszus, contributed the latest Eco Column for The Door, the Oxford Diocesan newspaper and it is entitled <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/5656/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/5656"><U>Oxfordshire Climate Alliance</U></A></FONT>. All about the new alliance in which Sage is a partner.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Friday 14th September 2007- </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT> is pleased to announce that the latest <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="swords2007c.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sage Words September 2007"><U>Sage Words September 2007</U></A></FONT> is now available to download. Lots of news and items for you diary!</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Monday 3rd September 2007- </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT> is a member of OCA, and they have recently produced the <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.scribd.com/doc/274959/OCA-leaflet-Sep-2007-final" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.scribd.com/doc/274959/OCA-lea"><U>Oxfordshire Climate Alliance- calendar of events (Sept.-Oct. 2007)</U></A></FONT> Lots of useful and interesting events to go to!</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Tuesday 27th August 2007-</B></FONT> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT> member, Margot Hodson, contributed the latest Eco Column for The Door, the Oxford Diocesan newspaper and it is entitled <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/5491/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/5491"><U>Be holy because I am holy</U></A></FONT>.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Thursday 23rd August 2007-</B></FONT> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT> is pleased to support the Oxfordshire Climate Alliance and we were represented at the meeting this evening. Lots coming up on this front in the coming months! The Alliance has a <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oxonca/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oxonca/"><U>Yahoo Group</U></A></FONT> (membership required).</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="a77c81b0.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="283" ALT="The Oxford Passion" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10"></B><B>Thursday 16th August 2007-</B></FONT> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT> spent an evening off environmental issues and a small party of us went to see <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CC0099" FACE="Arial" ><B>The Oxford Passion</B></FONT> from <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.creationtheatre.co.uk/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.creationtheatre.co.uk/"><U>Creation Theatre</U></A></FONT>. We met at the tapas bar, La Tasca, Oxford Castle, Oxford (if you book in advance and say you are going to the Passion you can get 20% off your bill!!!). Nice food. The Passion started in the square outside La Tasca, and then processed into the open air theatre. It is just such an excellent production. It really is a MUST SEE. Make sure you have lots of warm clothes, blankets etc. with you. Even on the night we went when the weather was pretty good, by the second half it was a bit chilly. Little sign of global warming in those parts (but then the very peculiar English "summer" is not atypical of what we might expect).</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Wednesday 1st August 2007-</B></FONT>  A new book <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.jri.org.uk/news/Climate_SustainableLiving_Flyer.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.jri.org.uk/news/Climate_Susta"><U>"Christianity, Climate Change and Sustainable Living"</U></A></FONT> by Nick Spencer and Robert White is about to be published by SPCK. We have seen a pre-publication copy, and it is excellent! There are also some accompanying <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="caringforcreation.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Caring for Creation"><U>Bible Studies</U></A></FONT>, which we have been given permission to reproduce by the authors.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Wednesday 1st August 2007-</B></FONT>  The opening of The Oxford Passion from <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.creationtheatre.co.uk/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.creationtheatre.co.uk/"><U>Creation Theatre</U></A></FONT>. We do not usually advertise events that are not "Christian environmental", or at least "environmental", but all churches in the Oxford area have been asked to support it, and it looks like a super production. So phone 01865-766266 and get your tickets NOW!</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Wednesday 25th July 2007-</B></FONT>  The Bishop of Oxford visited the Botley Rd. in Oxford today, one of the worst affected areas by the floods. The Diocese have a report at <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/5370/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/5370"><U>The Bishop of Oxford visits flood-stricken Oxford</U></A></FONT>. Incidentally, St. Frideswide's, the church the Bishop visited in the article that is surrounded by water, was where <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage </B></FONT>celebrated <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="envsun2006.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Environment Sunday 2006 "><U>Environment Sunday 2006 </U></A></FONT>. This is where Sage member Karl Wallendszus is church warden. Father Russell Dewhurst, vicar of St. Frideswide's and a good friend of Sage, reported on Facebook that he "is glad he bought some wellies the other week." Our thoughts and prayers are with all the residents of Oxford that are affected at this time.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="a75c8960.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="150" ALT="Under the Gazebo" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10">Monday 23rd July 2007-</B></FONT>  Large parts of our region are suffering the worst floods since 1947. Many roads around Witney, Kidlington and Oxford are totally impassable, and more rain is coming. Our friend Canon Glyn Evans, the Oxford Diocese Rural Officer, has been very active at this time, and has provided a special article for the diocese web site- <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/5356/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/5356"><U>Support for flood areas- Wet weather and farming update</U></A></FONT>. This provides a whole lot of useful phone numbers and links if you are in trouble. The Bishop of Oxford, John Pritchard, has written a short pastoral note- <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/press/flooding.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/press/flo"><U>Bishop of Oxford on the floods</U></A></FONT>. Do pray for all those affected by the floods and for those trying to help them.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Saturday 21st July 2007-</B></FONT>  Despite the weather, and flooding in Clare's back garden, sixteen <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage </B></FONT>members and friends gathered for what turned out to be the most memorable barbecue. Clare had erected a large gazebo in her garden, under which the two BBQs and half a dozen people were able to shelter. It was a simply great evening with almost all of the Sage core members present. Thanks ever so much to Clare for hosting- she does such a lot for Sage.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Monday 16th July 2007-</B></FONT>  The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, received an award last week from parliamentarians for his work on promoting environmentally friendly causes. Go to <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.christiantoday.com/article/anglican.head.awarded.for.climate.change.efforts/11583.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.christiantoday.com/article/an"><U>Anglican Head Awarded for Climate Change Efforts</U></A></FONT>. Good to see the church getting some praise for a change.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="a73c80b0.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="267" ALT="Caroline with Nettle" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10">Saturday 14th July 2007-</B></FONT>  Fortunately the weather was really very nice for the <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage </B></FONT>work party at <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.ouwg.org.uk/bbnr.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ouwg.org.uk/bbnr.html"><U>Boundary Brook</U></A></FONT>- makes a change this summer! A party of seven of us spent a pleasant afternoon pulling up weeds, and chopping back rampant vegetation. After all that we stopped for a nice cup of tea. While chatting we hatched the idea of a book about <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage </B></FONT>to celebrate our 20th anniversary in 2010. Will we do it? Watch this space! Next work party will be in the autumn.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Thursday 12th July 2007-</B></FONT>  Glyn Evans arranged a meeting entitled <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/5312/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/5312"><U>The rural church debates its response to climate change and biodiversity</U></A></FONT>. You will find lots of resources here to download from the Oxford Diocese site.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Friday 6th July 2007- </B></FONT>Our web site was archived for the 8th time today by the the British Library's <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/index.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/index.html"><U>UK web archiving consortium</U></A></FONT>, and you can see it at <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/pan/12233/20070707/www.sageoxford.org.uk/index.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/pan/12233/2"><U>06 Jul 2007</U></A></FONT>. You can see all the previous archived versions at <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="relatedlinks_sage_history.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Related Links"><U>Sage History</U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Tuesday 19th June 2007-</B></FONT>  St Peter’s Church Caversham is one of the first churches in the south of England to take this step. It has passed a wide ranging resolution, pledging to use energy more efficiently and reduce the church’s carbon emissions. These moves are described in the Oxford Diocese paper, The Door- <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/5155/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/5155"><U>Plans underway for first carbon neutral church</U></A></FONT><A HREF="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/5155/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/5155"><U> </U></A></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Tuesday 19th June 2007-</B></FONT> Canon Glyn Evans contributed the latest Eco Column for The Door, the Oxford Diocesan newspaper and it is entitled <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/5156/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/5156"><U>Rural villages respond to climate change challenge</U></A></FONT>. Rural churches can develop practical ways to play their part in sustaining God's creation and contributing to reducing the rural carbon footprint. </div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Saturday 16th June 2007-</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT> <A HREF="envtheology.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Place of Environmental Theology"><U>The Place of Environmental Theology</U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >: A guide for seminaries, colleges and universities (2007). This is a new book edited by John Weaver and Margot R. Hodson and published jointly by the Whitley Trust, UK and the International Baptist Theological Seminary (IBTS), Prague, Czech Republic. Oxford was well represented in this volume with Martin & Ruth Conway, Paula Clifford, and Margot & Martin Hodson all contributing.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="a5a96c80.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="200" ALT="Decorating the willow wreath (Environment Sunday)" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10">Sunday 3rd June 2007-</B></FONT> This year for<B> </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CC0066" FACE="Arial" ><B>Environment Sunday </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage </B></FONT>took part in a special service at St. Margaret's, Lewknor, and in collaboration with <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="lewknor.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Chiltern Gateway Project"><U>The Chiltern Gateway Project</U></A></FONT>. See the special report at <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="envsun2007.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Environment Sunday 2007 "><U>Environment Sunday 2007 </U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Thursday 31st May 2007-</B></FONT> It was announced today that <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="churchyard.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ss Mary John churchyard"><U>Ss Mary & John churchyard</U></A></FONT>  have won a Big Lottery Breathing Places Award for £8,730 to increase the biodiversity in the churchyard. This will be used to transform a desolate corner with plants conducive to butterflies, moths and insects and to introduce a greater variety of marsh plants into the boggy area. In addition, the award will enable the project to provide training for volunteers and to organise special events with wildlife themes for the local community. Congratulations are due to <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="boundarybrook.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Boundary Brook Nature Park"><U>Boundary Brook Nature Park</U></A></FONT> and Barrack's Lane Community Garden project who also have won awards. East Oxford have done very well! </div> <bR> <div> <B>Wednesday 30th May 2007-</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > Ian James contributed the latest Ecocolumn for The Door, the Oxford Diocesan newspaper. It is entitled: </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/5055/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/5055"><U>Low carbon buildings</U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="a5c2cc90.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="201" ALT="Tea in the churchyard (Environment Sunday)" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10">Wednesday 23rd May 2007-</B></FONT> Following the letter to the Oxford Times (see below) the groups that were signatories to the letter and some new additions met in Oxford to try to decide future strategy. We decided to form the <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF6600" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>Oxfordshire Climate Alliance</B></I></FONT> which will be an umbrella group for all those local groups operating in the Oxfordshire area that are working on Climate Change. <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT> is pleased to be a member of this new grouping.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Wednesday 23rd May 2007- </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/files/docs2/ruralebulletinmay07.doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/files/doc"><U><B>May 2007 Rural e-bulletin</B></U></A></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > - the latest edition from Canon Glyn Evans.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Friday 18th May 2007- </B></FONT>Published today in the <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#990000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Oxford Times</B></FONT> is a joint letter from local Oxfordshire groups, including <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT>. The letter concerns the UK government consultation on their recently released Climate Change Bill. The signatories represented the following groups: Banbury Friends of the Earth; Chinnor & Thame Friends of the Earth; Christian Aid, Oxford Unit; Christian Concern for One World; Climate Outreach and Information Network; Oxford Campaign against Climate Change; Oxford Friends of the <IMG SRC="a5ec82b0.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="299" ALT="Susie on Cello (Environment Sunday)" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10">Earth; Oxford Oxfam Group; Oxfordshire Greenpeace Group; Oxford World Development Movement Group; Sage (Oxford's Christian Environmental Group); Sustrans South East Regional Office; and Westmill Wind Farm Co-operative Ltd. The letter can currently be seen at <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.theoxfordtimes.net/news/letters/display.var.1402949.0.cutting_emissions.php" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.theoxfordtimes.net/news/lette"><U>Cutting Emissions</U></A></FONT> on the Oxford Times site, but if they take it down or move it go to <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="oxtimesletter07.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Oxford Times Letter"><U>Oxford Times Letter</U></A></FONT>. AND DON'T JUST READ THE LETTER- TAKE ACTION!</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Friday 18th May 2007- </B></FONT>Over 30 people attended the first meeting of a new environment group called <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#996600" FACE="Arial" ><B>Didcot Earthcare</B></FONT>. The meeting took place in Baptist House, Didcot. Gareth Wilde introduced the evening with a short talk about how we are all at different stages when it comes to caring for the earth. He stressed the need for encouragement with challenge as well as creativity when it comes to helping the community recognise the need to live in an environmentally friendly way. Hannah Moser and Moira Dorey of Oxfordshire Community Action Groups gave an excellent presentation on how reducing, reusing, recycling and re-action is an essential solution for sustaining a rapidly growing population. Opportunities for discussion included the need for education on car sharing schemes, the economics of solar energy, helping shops reduce excessive packaging, manufacturing cloth bags designed by local schools and holding a swap shop. Many other ideas have been noted for a blog on a forthcoming web site. Anyone wanting further information should contact <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="mailto:gareth.wilde@btinternet.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:gareth.wilde@btinternet.com"><U><U>gareth.wilde@btinternet.com</U></U></A></FONT> </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="a3d2ce10.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="225" ALT="Simon Brignall and Jane Pendlenton" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10">Friday 11th May 2007- </B></FONT>St. Margaret's, Lewknor was totally packed for the official civic launch of the <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="lewknor.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Chiltern Gateway Project"><U>The Chiltern Gateway Project</U></A></FONT> with Dave Bookless of A Rocha, Gordon Gatward of the Arthur Rank Centre and Anne Kelaart of the Rural Forum all speaking. The Bishop of Dorchester, Rt. Revd. Colin Fletcher, commissioned Simon Brignall and Jane Pendlenton to lead the project. Large numbers of <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT> folk were there, and there was lots of good local food and drink! </div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Friday 11th May 2007- </B></FONT>Hugo Brunner, Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire, launched the website of the <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.ssmjchurchyard.org.uk/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ssmjchurchyard.org.uk/"><U><B>Ss Mary & John Churchyard Educational Resource</B></U></A></FONT> at Ss Mary & John CE Primary School, East Oxford.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Friday 11th May 2007- </B></FONT>We are sad to report that the <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="churchyard.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ss Mary John churchyard"><U>Ss Mary & John churchyard</U></A></FONT> project has had a set back when vandals attacked over the Bank Holiday. The Oxford Mail reported in <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.oxfordmail.net/news/headlines/display.var.1391169.0.vandals_smash_seats_at_church.php" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.oxfordmail.net/news/headlines"><U>Vandals smash seats at church</U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="a3f2ce10.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="225" ALT="Packed church at Lewknor" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10">Monday 7th May 2007- </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >We are pleased to announce that the </FONT>LATEST <A HREF="swords2007c.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sage Words September 2007"><U>Sage Words May 2007</U></A> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >is now available to download!</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Tuesday 1st May 2007-</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#003300" FACE="Arial" > </FONT>In a continuing attempt to keep up to date on the web <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT> now has a <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.facebook.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.facebook.com"><U>Facebook</U></A></FONT> group! You will need to register to join it, but if you are already a member you can find it at: <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://brookes.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2323098469&ref=mf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://brookes.facebook.com/group.php?gi"><U>Sage Facebook Group</U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Monday 30th April 2007-</B></FONT> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >The Door editor Rebecca Pavely looks at the problems of being environmentally friendly and being rural in</FONT> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/4910/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/4910"><U>Greener than Thou</U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Monday 30th April 2007-</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#003300" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Glyn Evans contributed the latest Ecocolumn for The Door, the Oxford Diocesan newspaper. It is entitled: </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/5084/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/5084"><U>What a Waste</U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Wednesday 25th April 2007-</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#003300" FACE="Arial" > </FONT>Simon Brignall features in <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/4867/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/4867"><U>Vicar of Dibley church to become home to conservation centre</U></A></FONT> which is a Door article concerning the <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="lewknor.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Chiltern Gateway Project"><U>Chiltern Gateway Project</U></A></FONT>.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Friday 6th April 2007-</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#003300" FACE="Arial" > </FONT>Our web site was archived for the 7th time today by the the British Library's <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/index.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/index.html"><U>UK web archiving consortium</U></A></FONT>, and you can see it at <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/pan/12233/20070407/www.sageoxford.org.uk/index.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/pan/12233/2"><U>06 April 2007</U></A></FONT>. You can see all the previous archived versions at <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="relatedlinks_sage_history.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Related Links"><U>Sage History</U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Monday 26th March 2007- </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/4458/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/4458"><U>Red Kites and Responsibility</U></A></FONT> is the title of an article in The Door by Ed O’Keefe who worships at St Leonard’s,  Eynsham, Oxfordshire. "When I was first asked by my local church, St Leonard's in Eynsham, to do a talk on 'Christianity and the Environment', my first reaction was 'Oh no!'"</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Monday 26th March 2007- </B></FONT>The <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.oxford.gov.uk/environment/Award.cfm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.oxford.gov.uk/environment/Awa"><U>David Steel Sustainable Buildings Award</U></A></FONT> from Oxford City Council aims to recognise leading sustainable building developments in Oxford. This award is nominated in memory of <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT> member David Steel, for his valuable contribution to the City Council and the Climate Change Action Team. This year's winning development is 34 East Street in Osney Island, Oxford, owned by Mr David Hammond. </div> <bR> <div> <B>Friday 23rd March 2007- </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Canon Christopher Hall contributed the latest Ecocolumn for The Door, the Oxford Diocesan newspaper. It is entitled: </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/4437/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/4437"><U>Carbon Offsetting</U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Tuesday 20th March 2007-</B></FONT> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT> members, Martin and Margot Hodson were on the road again with their presentation on Climate Change. This time they were at <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://charlburychurch.co.uk/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://charlburychurch.co.uk/"><U>St Mary's Parish Church</U></A></FONT>, Charlbury, Oxfordshire. This was one of a series of Lent meetings on the environment under the auspices of Churches Together in Charlbury. About 40 people came. Thanks to Penny Nairne for arranging it all.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Monday 19th March 2007- </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT> member,  Margot Hodson spoke at a conference at the Faraday Institute in Cambridge last November. The talk (MP3 File) is now available at: <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk/faraday/resources/short%20course%203/Margot%20Hodson.mp3" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk/faraday/"><U>Balancing Human and Environmental Concerns: A Contextual Theology for the Twenty First Century</U></A></FONT>.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Thursday 15th March 2007-</B></FONT> The camera crew from <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/programmes/songsofpraise/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/programmes"><U>BBC Songs of Praise</U></A></FONT> were at Averil Stedeford's <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="ecohouse.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ecohouse"><U>Ecohouse</U></A></FONT> filming for a programme to be shown later this year. Several <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT> members were also present, and we held an impromptu prayer meeting! More details nearer the time of the broadcast.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="a0d2cb00.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="176" ALT="Waiting for opening of the Swap Shop" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10">Saturday 10th March 2007- </B></FONT>Swap Shop is a simple idea to encourage recycling and give people an alternative to just throwing things away. A hall is opened for 2 hours on Saturday morning, for anyone to bring things they don't want and take away things they do want - no money changes hands. It has been running for a few years as an annual event at a number of places around Oxfordshire, encouraged by the County Council. (More on <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.cagoxfordshire.org.uk/2007countywide.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.cagoxfordshire.org.uk/2007cou"><U><U>http://www.cagoxfordshire.org.uk/2007countywide.htm</U></U></A></FONT>) This year was a first time for Long Furlong, which is a newish housing estate in Abingdon. It has a community centre and a school, next to each other, and a church plant started meeting in the community centre 10 years ago, then moved to the school as it grew. It now numbers over 100, and has good relations with the community association. So the Swap Shop was a good opportunity to work together. We had little idea of what to expect, so the key is to take advice, think through the whole process, and plan carefully. This does not guarantee a smooth run, but it gives a better chance of coping whatever happens. We gradually got together enough volunteers. They were needed to greet and direct people as they arrived, to attend the tables with their different categories of goods, to weigh what was taken away (so we could say how much landfill had been saved), to sell refreshments, and generally keep things running smoothly. Publicity is important of course - leaflets, banners, local media, etc. It went well. Judging from reports of previous events we expected 100 to 200 people. In fact we got nearly 500, so it was a bit frantic at its peak, but the planning paid off. Afterward we sorted the good items and distributed them to charity shops. Not much was left over, and 1700 kg of goods had changed hands. The best thing was the cheerful atmosphere - some people were amazed that they did not have to pay anything. It was very different, I am told, from car boot sales, where everyone is thinking money. It was a good model of how a church can get involved locally, do something worthwhile, and leave a good impression behind.</div> <div> <I>Richard Riggs</I></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Thursday 8th March 2007- </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CC0066" FACE="Arial" ><B>The Great Global Warming Swindle.</B></FONT> The programme directed by Martin Durkin on Channel 4 has been widely criticised. Just when we thought we were moving away from debating whether we have a problem Channel 4 have screened this! It really does not help. Congratulations to the <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.jri.org.uk" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.jri.org.uk"><U>John Ray Initiative</U></A></FONT>. who produced a very rapid <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.jri.org.uk/news/Critique_Channel4_Global_Warming_Swindle.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.jri.org.uk/news/Critique_Chan"><U>critique</U></A></FONT> by Sir John Houghton. Local Oxford climate change campaigner, George Marshall, has also posted a strong <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://climatedenial.org/2007/03/09/the-great-channel-four-swindle" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://climatedenial.org/2007/03/09/the-"><U>rebuttal</U></A></FONT>.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Wednesday 7th March 2007-</B> </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT> member, Martin Hodson, spoke on <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>"Ethical Food" </B></FONT>as part of a Lent series at St. Clement's, Oxford. There were about 20 people present, and many questions!</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="9fe2cb30.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="435" ALT="Sage Work Party March 2007" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10">Saturday 3rd March 2007-</B></FONT><B> Boundary Brook - early Spring work party. </B>A small but determined team tackled some rampant brambles on saturday afternoon, to free up some of the young saplings in the newer part of the nature park. We also uncovered in the process holly and privet. The holly was kept to replant elsewhere or sell, and the privet was identified as both the wild (slender pointed leaves) and the Japanese garden (more oval-leaved) kinds. The Japanese privet had probably been spread from the surrounding East Oxford gardens by birds, so although not a native plant, was seen as a self-sown acceptable one for the moment. </div> <div> The area was still very wet underfoot, with puddles on the woodland path, and full ponds & marsh, where there was a good mass of frog-spawn, and energetic croaking to be heard. </div> <div> Signs of life also including lots of bird activity at the feeders (mostly blue/great tits - though unfortunately no binos between us); in the woodland snowdrops just going over and primroses coming out, wild daffodils along the grassy path borders, and a few crocuses hiding in the town garden flower beds. We had a peek at the hedgehog house - old dry leaves stuffed into the entrance, but difficult to know if anyone in residence still, or at all this mild winter ...... </div> <div> <I>Next Sage Work Party late Spring/ Early Summer</I> </div> <div> <I>Next Boundary Brook Open Day Sunday April 1st 2-5pm</I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Tuesday 27th February 2007- </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT> member, Margot Hodson, contributed the latest Ecocolumn for The Door, the Oxford Diocesan newspaper. It is entitled: <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/4215/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/4215"><U>The earth is the Lord's</U></A></FONT>.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Tuesday 20th February 2007- </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT> member, Martin Hodson, spoke to the leadership team of <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.farmcrisisnetwork.org.uk/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.farmcrisisnetwork.org.uk/"><U>Farm Crisis Network</U></A></FONT> about <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF6600" FACE="Arial" ><B>Methane, Cattle and Climate Change</B><B> </B></FONT>at Offa House, Offchurch, nr. Leamington Spa. LOTS of questions!!! A good opportunity to exchange ideas with members of the farming community. </div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sunday 11th February 2007- </B></FONT>It was an early morning down at <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.jesus.ox.ac.uk/chapel/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.jesus.ox.ac.uk/chapel/"><U>Jesus College Chapel</U></A></FONT>, Oxford, UK. The BBC technicians and staff were already there, and soon the choir arrived and began to rehearse. Then in came the congregation, including quite a number of <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT> members. At 8.10am precisely <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/programmes/sunday_worship/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/programmes"><U>Radio 4 Sunday Worship</U></A></FONT> went live. The Chaplain, The Revd Margot Hodson, led the service, providing the links to glue it all together. <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#990000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sir John Houghton</B> </FONT>preached on  <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#996600" FACE="Arial" ><B>"Creation held together in Christ."</B></FONT> Former head of the Met Office, Sir John Houghton told us why Christians should be at the forefront of concerns about climate change. There was a guest appearance on a special recording by American evangelical leader Revd Richard Cizik. It was an inspired service. The choir and singing group (backed by harpist Lynn) were amazing. The students reading and leading prayers were outstanding. Oliver Hancock led the choir with his father Anthony Hancock as organist:. The BBC producer was Philip Billson. Many congratulations to all concerned. You can now listen to this service from the special <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.jesus.ox.ac.uk/chapel/sundayworship.php" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.jesus.ox.ac.uk/chapel/sundayw"><U>Sunday Worship</U></A></FONT> page of the Jesus College website. A <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/programmes/sunday_worship/documents/20070211.shtml" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/programmes"><U>transcript </U></A></FONT>is also available.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Friday 9th February 2007-</B></FONT><B> </B>Martin and Margot Hodson spoke on <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF6600" FACE="Arial" >"Climate Change – a theological and practical response" </FONT>to about sixty people at St Andrew's Church, Linton Road, Oxford. The meeting is organised by the Oxford branch of <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.cis.org.uk/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.cis.org.uk/"><U>Christians in Science</U></A></FONT>. We particularly focussed on the recent IPCC report and on the special service at Jesus College Chapel.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Monday 5th February 2006- </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CC0099" FACE="Arial" ><B>AVIAN FLU. </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Canon Glyn Evans, the Oxford Diocese Rural Officer, sent out advice today about the current Avian Flu outbreak, and we provide an abbreviated version below:</FONT></div> <div> You will have heard in the news, that there has been an outbreak of Avian Flu on a turkey farm in Suffolk. The virus found in the dead birds is the HN51 variety which is particularly lethal. It is also the strain which can be transmittable to human beings. A full cull of the flock has been instigated and a 3km protection zone and a 2090 square kilometre surveillance zone have been established. At the time of writing all movement of birds, bird shows, pigeon racing and bird markets etc has been banned nationally. Whilst there is no evidence yet that the virus is at large elsewhere no doubt poultry keepers and poultry farmers will be nervous and on high alert. This will be of concern to all poultry farmers, those who keep small flocks in the back garden, and other bird keepers such as those who keep birds for pigeon racing.</div> <div> <B><U>The following notes may be helpful at this time:-</U></B></div> <div> More information about Avian flu can be found on the <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/diseases/notifiable/disease/ai/index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/diseases"><U>Defra website</U></A></FONT> There is also Defra helpline which can be used to report dead birds including wild gulls, waders, ducks, geese or swans; groups of dead birds and to provide advice on Avian flu for anyone who is concerned: <B>DEFRA Helpline 08459 33 55 77 and choose the Avian Influenza option. </B><B>It </B><B>will be open from 9am - 5pm, Monday - Friday</B>.</div> <div> The<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><U> </U><A HREF="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/2658/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/2658"><U><U>Farming Help</U></U></A></FONT> organisations are also available. The <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.farmcrisisnetwork.org.uk/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.farmcrisisnetwork.org.uk/"><U>Farm Crisis Network</U></A></FONT> (FCN), particularly, has a helpline manned by volunteers available from 7am-11pm every day and with an answer phone available outside those hours <B>Callers are put in touch with local volunteers.</B> FCN can help keepers of small flocks as well as the large producers. <B>FCN Helpline: 7am – 11pm 07002 326 326</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>A prayer about Avian Flu</U></B> </div> <div> Heavenly Father, you are the creator of the world, through you all things have their being, in you we live and move. In the world we sometimes face dangers which threaten our health and our prosperity. Give us we pray, the benefit of your Holy Spirit that our response to the present danger of Avian Flu may be sufficient, wise, timely and effective. We pray for those whose livelihood is threatened by the danger of Avian Flu, and for those who are anxious or afraid at this time. In the name of your Son, our redeemer, Jesus Christ our Lord, <I><B>Amen</B></I> </div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Friday 2nd February 2007- </B></FONT>The <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.churchtimes.co.uk" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.churchtimes.co.uk"><U>Church Times</U></A></FONT> has announced new <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.greenchurchawards.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.greenchurchawards.org"><U>Green Church Awards</U></A></FONT>. The paper has linked up with key players in the Christian environmental movement to produce an innovative set of awards to celebrate action taken by churches to help to preserve the planet. The categories are:</div> <div> <B>Action with the community</B> - Conservation Foundation</div> <div> <B>Biodiversity</B> - A Rocha UK</div> <div> <B>Campaigning to cut the carbon</B> - Operation Noah/Christian Ecology Link</div> <div> <B>Celebrating creation</B> - Eco-congregation</div> <div> <B>Changing Lifestyles</B> - Tearfund/ A Rocha’s Living Lightly 24:1</div> <div> <B>Energy saving in church buildings</B> - Shrinking the Footprint/Marches Energy Agency</div> <div> <B>International action</B> - Christian Aid</div> <div> <B>Young people</B> - Christian Aid</div> <div> <B>Overall award: Best of the best</B> - Church Times </div> <bR> <div> Surely there must be some churches out there in our area that fit these areas? Awards of £500 for each category and £3000 for the Best of the best. Go for them! All the details are on the new website: <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.greenchurchawards.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.greenchurchawards.org"><U><U>www.greenchurchawards.org</U></U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Friday 26th January 2007- </B></FONT>The latest EcoColumn in the Oxford Diocese newspaper, The Door, is by <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT> member, Karl Wallendszus, is entitled <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/4008/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/4008"><U>‘You have been weighed in the balance and found wanting’</U></A></FONT> and concerns our rubbish!</div> <bR> <div> <B>Tuesday 23rd January 2007-</B> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >The formation of a new Christian environmental action group in Milton Keynes is very good news. See the Oxford Diocese website </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/3966/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/3966"><U>Safeguarding Creation</U></A></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > for details. The next meeting of the new group is on 28th February.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Saturday 20th January 2007-</B> </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#990000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Population and Diversity. Too many stewards, not enough creation?</B></FONT><B> </B>A one day workshop at Redcliffe College, Gloucester organised by <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.jri.org.uk" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.jri.org.uk"><U>The John Ray Initiative</U></A></FONT> The topic is not often tackled by Christian groups, but there was a lot of interest, and about 60 people were present. The conference speakers were Prof. John Guillebaud, Dr. Andrew Gosler, Revd. Margot Hodson and John McKeown, and Dr. Martin Hodson chaired the meeting. So Oxford and <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage </B></FONT>were rather well represented!</div> <div> <I><B>John McKeown</B></I> started us off well by looking at how Christians throughout the ages have looked at human population. So we went from the OT to the NT to the Early Church, what the rabbis had to say, and on to the present day natalist (Quiverfull) movement in the States.</div> <div> <I><B>John Guillebaud</B></I> is probably the leading Christian expert on human population, and gave a superb presentation. He started with his experience in Rwanda where the population had quadrupled in the 50 years before the genocide. He had an excellent video clip illustrating the increase in population over the centuries.</div> <div> <I><B>Andy Gosler</B></I> gave a brilliant lecture. He interweaved his personal testimony with incisive and up to date information on biodiversity. One fact that sticks in the mind- 97% of vertebrate flesh on the planet is now either humans or their domesticated animals. </div> <div> <I><B>Margot Hodson</B></I> started the last session of the day by looking at the population of eternity! She then moved into a short devotional time. </div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Thursday 18th January 2007-  </B></FONT><B>Have you done Oxfordshire's biggest climate survey? </B>Go to <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.climatex.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.climatex.org"><U><U>www.climatex.org</U></U></A></FONT> . It'll only take a couple of minutes, you could win some stunning prizes, and the results will help inform local climate change communications.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Thursday 18th January 2007-</B> </FONT>DEFRA  launched a consultation on carbon offsets: <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CC3300" FACE="Arial" >Establishing a voluntary Code of Best Practice for the provision of carbon offsetting to UK customers</FONT>. To contribute go to <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/consult/carbonoffsetting-cop/index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/consul"><U>Consultation</U></A></FONT>.</div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="9fa2ce10.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="225" ALT="Environmental display at Church House" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10"></B></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Friday 12th January 2007-</B> </FONT>We popped in to the <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/index.php" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/index.php"><U>Oxford Diocese</U></A></FONT> Diocesan Church House this afternoon to see the new environmental display that had just been completed in the morning. The display is entitled <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#990000" FACE="Arial" ><B>"The Fifth Strand of Mission"</B></FONT>, and has the following sections: Theology and Worship; Climate Change; Lifestyle & Action; and Resources and Groups. The boards were the first project of the newly formed <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="odeg.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Oxford Diocesan Environment Group"><U>Oxford Diocesan Environment Group</U></A></FONT> and were put together by Selina Sugden of the Church House staff. Many thanks to Selina for all her hard work. The display will remain up in Church House until Easter.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="9f62ce10.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="225" ALT="Canon Glyn Evans (r.) and Bishop Stephen Cottrell at Padworth Village Farm." ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10">Wednesday 10th January 2007- </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CC3300" FACE="Arial" ><B>PLOUGH WEDNESDAY</B></FONT><B> -  </B>About 30 people spent a day reflecting on rural issues at Padworth College in Berkshire. After some opening remarks by John Miller, the High Sheriff of Berkshire, and Revd. John Townsend the Rural Officer for the Berkshire Archdeaconry, the two main speakers were Ian Brown reflecting on farming over many years, and Revd Denise Brown on the Downland Youth Network Project. After lunch we had a rather muddy walk to Padworth Village Farm where we saw the young calves in a special polytunnel unit.  Then at Padworth Village Church we had closing prayers and Stephen Cottrell, the Bishop of Reading reflected on the day. The day ended with tea at John Miller's house. Many thanks to Canon Glyn Evans and his team for setting up such an interesting day.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Tuesday 9th January 2007-</B> </FONT>We are pleased to announce that we have now published on-line a special <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="davesteeltribute.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dave Steel Tribute"><U><B>Tribute to Dave Steel</B></U></A></FONT>, containing photos and several contributions from past and present Sage members. At the <IMG SRC="9f82ce10.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="225" ALT="In the PolyTunnel at Padworth Farm." ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10">same time our regular newsletter  <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="swords2007a.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sage Words January 2007"><U>Sage Words January 2007</U></A></FONT> is also available to download. This edition contains an exciting article from Simon Brignall on the Chiltern Gateway Project, lots of interesting news, and our calendar of events until Easter. Do note that there is now so much going on in our area that we could not fit all the events in, so do visit the web <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="calendar.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Calendar"><U>Calendar</U></A></FONT> as well or you might miss an event that you particularly would like to attend. Many thanks to Karl, our desk editor, who never fails to produce high quality newsletters.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Monday 8th January 2007-</B> </FONT>This from Laura Thompson of Oxford City Council: Although we have allocated all of the 248k for free insulation for the over 60's (thank you for all your help). Oxford City Council are now able to offer <B>FREE cavity wall and loft insulation to people on a low income and struggling to pay their fuel bills (fuel poor)</B>. We may also be able to offer boiler repairs / replacements in extreme cases. Please see the <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="occflyer07.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="OCC Insulation Flyer"><U><B>flyer attached</B></U></A></FONT> or call the energy team on 01865 252197 for more information. This is a limited offer whilst funds last (so if you visit any cold houses let me know ASAP). Please let anyone you think may be interested know about this. Contact: Laura Thompson, Assistant Sustainable Energy Officer, Oxford City Council, Ramsay House, 10 St. Ebbes Street, Oxford, OX1 1PT Tel: 01865 252197 Fax: 01865 252344 Email <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="mailto:lthompson@oxford.gov.uk" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:lthompson@oxford.gov.uk"><U>lthompson@oxford.gov.uk</U></A><A HREF="mailto:lthompson@oxford.gov.uk" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:lthompson@oxford.gov.uk"><U> </U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sunday 7th January 2007- </B></FONT>Our web site was archived for the sixth time today by the the British Library's <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/index.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/index.html"><U>UK web archiving consortium</U></A></FONT>, and you can see it at <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/pan/12233/20070107/www.sageoxford.org.uk/index.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/pan/12233/2"><U>07 Jan 2007</U></A></FONT>. You can see all the previous archived versions at <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="relatedlinks_sage_history.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Related Links"><U>Sage History</U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Wednesday 3rd January 2007-</B> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >The latest </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/files/docs2/RURAL_EBULLETIN_JANUARY2007.doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/files/doc"><U>Rural e-bulletin</U></A></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > from the Diocesan Rural Officer Revd Canon Glyn Evans is now available on the Oxford Diocese web site. It has lots on Plough Sunday and more!</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="9d82cc70.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="199" ALT="Farmoor New Year walk 2007" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10">Monday 1st January 2007-</B> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >About a dozen of us enjoyed a gentle New Year’s Day walk around Farmoor Reservoir, west of Oxford, with views of the Thames and surrounding countryside. Among the birds on display were cormorants and both great crested and little grebes. Many thanks to Caroline for hosting us before and after the walk for brunch and tea respectively.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Monday 1st January 2007-</B> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >We are grateful to Canon Christopher Hall for pointing out this </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/programmes/thought/documents/t20070101.shtml" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/programmes"><U>Thought for New Year's Day</U></A></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > by Rev. Dr Colin Morris. It is "a kind of Genesis in reverse."</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Thursday 28th December 2006-</B> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Sir John Houghton was interviewed by Joan Bakewell for her Radio 3 programme on Belief. The interview concerned Sir John's views on science and faith, and has much to say on climate change. A </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/programmes/belief/scripts/johnhoughton.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/programmes"><U>transcript</U></A></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > is available.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Thursday 21st December 2006-</B> </FONT>Anne Martin of <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.ccow.org.uk" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ccow.org.uk"><U>Christian Concern for One World</U></A></FONT> (CCOW) which operates WITH ALL DENOMINATIONS in the Diocese of Oxford area (Oxon., Berks and Bucks) is preparing a resource for churches on climate change and wants stories to inspire other church action. She writes: "We would be looking for churches which might have got a Green Team together, held a Creation service, started a car share scheme, changed the church light bulbs, use the magazine to share information on cutting their carbon footprint, started on the EcoCongregation modules, become an Operation Noah church ......or any other similar initiative in their church. Any stories greatly welcomed and we would like to talk to people so as to write it up." So if you live in the Oxford Diocese area please email <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="mailto:anmartin@onetel.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:anmartin@onetel.com"><U><U>anmartin@onetel.com</U></U></A></FONT> </div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Thursday 14th December 2006-</B> </FONT>A number of <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage </B></FONT>members attended the Annual General Meeting of <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.jri.org.uk" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.jri.org.uk"><U>The John Ray Initiative</U></A></FONT> at the Institute of Mechanical Engineers in London. It was the usual mixture of news, science and theology. Martin Hodson was elected to the board of JRI to be their Education Director (Margot has been on the board for several years). JRI has an exciting set of meetings planned for the New Year, some of which are within fairly easy range of Oxford (see <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="calendar.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Calendar"><U>Calendar</U></A></FONT>).</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="9cf64640.png" border=0 width="100" height="100" ALT="Operation Noah" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10"><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Wednesday 13th December 2006-</B> </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0099" FACE="Arial" ><B>Operation Noah appoints seasoned campaigner. </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.christian-ecology.org.uk/noah/index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.christian-ecology.org.uk/noah"><U>Operation Noah</U></A></FONT>, the Churches’ campaign to avert catastrophic climate change, has appointed Ann Pettifor, one of the architects of the hugely successful Jubilee 2000 campaign, as its new Campaign Director. Operation Noah is a project of the Environmental Issues Network of <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.ctbi.org.uk/index.php" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ctbi.org.uk/index.php"><U>Churches Together in Britain and Ireland</U></A></FONT> and <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.christian-ecology.org.uk" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.christian-ecology.org.uk"><U>Christian Ecology Link</U></A></FONT>. David Pickering, chairperson of Operation Noah said: “We are delighted to announce that Ann Pettifor will bring her extensive experience of campaigning and advocacy to the vital cause of climate change. Ann worked closely with the churches during the Jubilee 2000 campaign, and credits the faith organisations with much of the impact made by Jubilee 2000 both in the UK and also internationally. The threat of climate change means that faith organisations will once again have to mobilise, this time to bring about the changes needed to ‘cut the carbon’ and stabilise global carbon emissions. We look forward to Ann heading up the Operation Noah Campaign to tackle the biggest threat facing humanity in the 21st century.”</div> <bR> <div> <B>Monday 11th December 2006-</B> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >members, Martin and Margot Hodson, spoke about Climate Change to 25 members of Holy Trinity, Headington Quarry in Oxford. A particular focus of the talk was </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.ecocongregation.org/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ecocongregation.org/"><U>Ecocongregation</U></A></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > as the church is embarking on this scheme. There was a very good discussion afterwards. Many thanks to Andy Gosler, the church warden, for setting up the meeting.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Monday 11th December 2006-</B> </FONT>A warm welcome from <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage </B></FONT>to the new Bishop of Oxford, the Rt Revd John Pritchard. Bishop John has long Oxford connections, having read law at St Peter’s College, Oxford. Most recently Bishop of Jarrow, he is a practical theologian and likes fell walking. More details can be found on the <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/index.php" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/index.php"><U>Oxford Diocese</U></A></FONT> web site. We hope Bishop John and his family will be very happy in Oxford.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="9cd2ce10.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="225" ALT="Our set-up team!" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10">Saturday 9th December 2006-</B> </FONT>A long day in the Oxford Town Hall for <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage </B></FONT>and our mini army of supporters. How did it all happen? Well at 8.30am Martin and Margot loaded up the car with all needed to do a Green fair. When we arrived there were already lots of people setting up. Very soon help was at hand in the form of Clare, Jess and Tom, with Jane P. only slightly behind them. So this was our set-up team- stuff to put out, boards to erect and populate. Ruth soon arrived with the <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="churchyard.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ss Mary John churchyard"><U>Ss Mary & John churchyard</U></A></FONT> project materials for the half table next to ours. We were easily set up in time for the opening at 10.30am. Next on the stand were David and Jane W-R. Late morning Joyce, Simon and Maranda took over, which allowed the rest of us to have some lunch. The afternoon team was Richard, Jennifer and Averil. Finally, Ed joined Ruth, Martin and Margot for the closing down time at 4.30pm. The day was quieter than normal, but this allowed plenty of time for our team to get to know each other- many of us did not know each other, and we had Christians from many different churches- in Oxford (St. Clement's, St. Andrew's, St. Matthew's, Ss Mary and John, and St. Columba's URC), and from Lewknor, Kidlington, Abingdon and Stanford in the Vale. The whole Fair seemed a lot quieter than normal (not close enough to Christmas?), and our takings were well down on last year at £112-75 (most of this will go the Cornerstone in Grove, and we are grateful again for their support). But we had some good conversations with people, lots of literature went, and made some useful contacts. Many thanks to the whole team for their efforts. Exhausted!</div> <div> <I>Martin</I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Friday 1st December 2006-</B> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >St. Aldate's church in the centre of Oxford was totally packed with over 300 people for the Thanksgiving Service to celebrate the life of Dave Steel, one of the founders of </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >. Family, friends, work colleagues, and church members all gathered together to hear some amazing testimonies. Many Sage members came, some from a fair distance. I guess we all discovered new things about Dave, whole sides of his life that we did not know. What a wonderful guy.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Thursday 30th November 2006-</B> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > members, Martin and Margot Hodson, spoke to Bicester Deanery Synod in the continuing round of climate change talks planned for the deanery synods of the Oxford Diocese. We had a lively discussion after!</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Tuesday 28th November 2006-</B> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >The Oxford Mail carried a really nice article about Dave Steel's involvement in Wood Farm- </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.oxfordmail.net/news/headlines/display.var.1045331.0.a_man_died_two_days_before_his_dream_youth_centre_opened.php" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.oxfordmail.net/news/headlines"><U>A man died two days before his dream youth centre opened</U></A> </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >He was very much the driving force behind the new youth centre.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Friday 24th November 2006-</B> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >The latest EcoColumn in the Oxford Diocese newspaper, The Door, is by Ian James, and is entitled </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/3705/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/3705"><U>Christmas Consumption</U></A></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Friday 24th November 2006-</B> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Congratulations to Berinsfield Community Primary School, near Abingdon, who are the first school in the county to have their own wind turbine. </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/oxfordshire/6179236.stm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/oxfor"><U>Report</U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Wednesday 22nd November 2006-</B> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >The inaugural meeting of the new Diocesan Environment Group for the </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/index.php" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/index.php"><U>Oxford Diocese</U></A></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > took place at the Victoria Arms in Old Marston, Oxford this evening. Under the chairmanship of Revd. Prof. Ian James, we can expect a lot more from this group in the coming months.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Tuesday 21st November 2006-</B> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > members, Martin and Margot Hodson, spoke to Deddington Deanery Synod on </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#993380" FACE="Arial" >"Global Warming- Science, Theology and Action"</FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >. Bloxham Parish rooms were totally packed with people sitting on the floor, peering out of the serving hatch in the kitchen or whatever! We hope it leads to action in that whole area. This was one of a series planned for the deanery synods of the Oxford Diocese. We did this one for Dave Steel.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Monday 20th November 2006- </B> <B>We have some very sad news to announce. </B>Dave Steel, one of the founding members of <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT> passed away at about 6.00pm this evening with his family gathered around him. Dave was very much a central figure in Sage, and was a wonderful, wonderful man. Some very moving tributes to Dave are now being posted at the <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://poorlydavesteel.blogspot.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://poorlydavesteel.blogspot.com"><U>Steel Family Blog</U></A></FONT>. Our thoughts and prayers are now with Caroline, Dan, Jeremy and the whole family.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Friday 17th November 2006-</B> </FONT><A HREF="http://www.arocha.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.arocha.org"><U>A Rocha</U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > have asked if we can help promote their really rather wonderful looking 2007 Calendar. You can download a poster to advertise these </FONT><A HREF="arochacalendar07.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="A Rocha Calendar Poster"><U>here</U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >. Or contact </FONT><A HREF="mailto:David.coleman@arocha.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:David.coleman@arocha.org"><U><U>David.coleman@arocha.org</U></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><U> </U>We now have a small stock (£5 each), and if you want one </FONT><A HREF="contactus.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U>Contact Us</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Wednesday 15th November 2006-</B> </FONT>Averil Stedeford was invited to give the second lecture in the opening series of Eco-Renovation lectures in Glasgow concerning her <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="ecohouse.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ecohouse"><U>Ecohouse</U></A> </FONT>project. For a report see – <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.eco-renovation.org/index.php?SK=0583f583ca46f09833e2d267a163dc67&W21ID=176" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.eco-renovation.org/index.php?"><U>Award Winning Eco-Renovation in Action</U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="9bdc8960.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="150" ALT="Sage at Westonbirt" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10">Tuesday 7th November 2006-</B> </FONT>Chris Naylor of <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://en.arocha.org/lebanon/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.arocha.org/lebanon/"><U>A Rocha Lebanon</U></A></FONT> gave an excellent presentation on the work in Lebanon at  Woodstock Road Baptist Church in Oxford. About twenty people attended, and the meeting was promoted by the Granary Church, Wheatley. <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT> provided a back up team (Clare and Martin) with an A Rocha stand. We particularly thank Heather Elbourn of the Granary church who did much of the organisation.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Saturday 4th November 2006-</B></FONT><B> </B>Six <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT> members made the trip to <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.forestry.gov.uk/westonbirt" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.forestry.gov.uk/westonbirt"><U>Westonbirt Arboretum</U></A></FONT> in Gloucestershire, one of the favorite venues for us down the years. The famous autumn colours were almost at their best, and the weather was wonderfully sunny, and perfect for lots of photographs. As we walked around the arboretum our thoughts and prayers were much with Dave and Caroline Steel who should have been leading the trip. Dave was ill in hospital, and Caroline looking after him. At the end of our walk we stopped at the arboretum shop, and bought a few little presents for the Steels which we left on their doorstep on our return to Oxford.</div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="9bfc80b0.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="267" ALT="Maple framed by Plane" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10">Tuesday 31st October 2006- </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > member, Margot Hodson, spoke on "Ecospirituality" (from a Christian perspective) for the Oxford Ministry Course at Ripon College, Cuddesdon.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Friday 27th October 2006- </B></FONT>Canon Christopher Hall reviews the film <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/3546/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/3546"><U>An Inconvenient Truth</U></A></FONT> in his latest EcoColumn in the Oxford Diocese newspaper, The Door.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Saturday 21st October 2006- </B></FONT>CSV Make a Difference Day at <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="churchyard.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ss Mary John churchyard"><U>Ss Mary & John churchyard</U></A></FONT> was marked by inviting volunteers to come and plant 3,000 spring bulbs in the churchyard. 26 volunteers came over the course of the day and, despite one half hour torrential downpour, the Bluebells, Wild Daffodils, Tulips and Garlic Ransoms were nearly all in the ground by the end of the day. A Walnut tree, Spindle and Gelder Rose were also planted.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Friday 20th October 2006- </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Oxford City Council have asked if we can give a further push to their campaign on free insulation for over 60's in the Oxford City area. They have provided us the </FONT><A HREF="occposter.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="OCC Insulation Poster"><U>OCC Insulation Poster</U></A> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >for you to download. If you live in City we would be very grateful if you could print it out, and stick it up in your church or wherever!</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="9a710db0.jpg" border=0 width="272" height="219" ALT="John Brucker and Ruth Conway" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="1">Thursday 19th October 2006- </B></FONT>Congratulations to Ruth Conway (<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="churchyard.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ss Mary John churchyard"><U>Ss Mary & John churchyard</U></A></FONT>), joint winner of the first prize in the Community champion award section of last night's OSCAs (the Oxfordshire Sustainability & Conservation Awards).The awards were jointly organised by The Oxford Times and Oxfordshire County Council. The other joint winner in this category was John Brucker, who leads the St. Mary's Fields project at Kidlington (see <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="#saturday_7th_october_2006" TITLE="News"><U>Saturday 7th October 2006</U></A></FONT> below- this was where we took the photo of Ruth and John!). Well done to both Ruth and John, and to all the other OSCA winners around the county. More details are available in the Oxford Times article  <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.theoxfordtimes.net/search/display.var.980167.0.awards_honour_green_champions.php" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.theoxfordtimes.net/search/dis"><U>Green champions honoured</U></A></FONT> by Reg Little.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="9a52cb30.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="435" ALT="Boundary Brook Work Party- October 2006" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10">Sunday 15th October 2006- </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT> member, Martin Hodson, spoke on "Creation Groaning: the environmental crisis in the 21st century" at <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.some.ox.ac.uk/college/chapel/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.some.ox.ac.uk/college/chapel/"><U>Somerville College Chapel</U></A></FONT>. Very pleasant evening.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Saturday 14th October 2006-</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#660000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#996600" FACE="Arial" >Boundary Brook Work-Party.</FONT></div> <div> Tidying and clearing were the important words for our autumn work, by both muscle and petrol power.... The wildflower mound needed raking now that the previously cut grass was dry and any seeds had had a chance to drop. After the brambles were extracted (and minding the frogs) the grass was barrowed to a great compost heap in order to rot down for allotment use. Meanwhile there was path-mowing and bramble-cutting, overlooked by a few blue-tits who didn't seem to mind, in fact tried to compete with, the intermittent noise. There were plenty of hawthorn, spindle and viburnum berries to admire in their oranges, reds and pinks ..... some of the leaves were only beginning to turn colour, perhaps needing a drop in temperature, but we certainly enjoyed the afternoon of sunshine and the chance to be in t-shirts! We finished off with tea & donuts and the lovely sight of a red kite circling nearby. </div> <div> Next work-party for the winter in Jan or Feb. </div> <div> <I>Clare Newgass </I></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Thursday 12th October 2006-</B></FONT> For the latest progress on Averil Stedeford's ecohouse go to <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="ecohousef.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ecohouse work nearing completion"><U>Ecohouse- work nearing completion</U></A></FONT> Fairly significant advances!</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Tuesday 10th October 2006- </B></FONT>Moyers on America- <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.pbs.org/moyers/moyersonamerica/green/index.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.pbs.org/moyers/moyersonameric"><U><B>Is God Green?</B></U></A></FONT><B> </B>An hour long program (your computer will need to be fairly fast, and to run Real Player or Windows Media player) looking at the greening of the evangelicals in the States. Do not be put off by the adverts at the beginning or the cultural differences between us Brits and the Americans! This is important viewing, and gives the background to the growing split over the environment in the States. Look out about halfway through for a brief interview with Sir John Houghton, and mention of the <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="forum2002.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Forum 2002 Global Climate Change"><U>Forum 2002 Global Climate Change</U></A> </FONT>conference on climate change in Oxford which was an absolutely key event in the whole story. <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT> was there of course....... And there is a lot of additional information, forums etc. to look at once you have watched the program.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="9052ce10.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="225" ALT="John Brucker (beneath notice) explaining work at St. Mary's Fields, Kidlington" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10"></B><B> <A NAME="saturday_7th_october_2006"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Saturday 7th October 2006- </B></FONT>Oxfordshire's 3rd Local Environment Group Conference was held at North Kidlington Primary School. About forty people attended from across the county, and a little beyond. <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT> were represented by Clare and Martin (with display boards and literature), and Ruth was there for the <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="churchyard.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ss Mary John churchyard"><U>Ss Mary & John churchyard</U></A>. </FONT>It was a particularly good time to network with other groups, and there was a choice of some excellent workshops. The local food lunch was followed by a walk through St Mary's Fields east of Kidlington, with John Brucker who has led the conservation work there for a number of years. Many thanks to Cynth Napper and her team at <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="oncf.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Oxfordshire Nature Conservation Forum"><U>Oxfordshire Nature Conservation Forum</U></A></FONT> for organising the whole day.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Friday 6th October 2006- </B></FONT>Our web site was archived for the fifth time today by the the British Library's <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/index.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/index.html"><U>UK web archiving consortium</U></A></FONT>, and you can see it at <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/pan/12233/20061007/www.sageoxford.org.uk/index.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/pan/12233/2"><U>06 October 2006</U></A></FONT>. You can see all the previous archived versions at <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="relatedlinks_sage_history.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Related Links"><U>Sage History</U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Wednesday 4th October 2006-</B>  <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >We are grateful to Christopher Hall for pointing out to us an article entitled, "The Green House" by Will Anderson in </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#990000" FACE="Arial" ><B>The Independent </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >property supplement today (on p.9). Just underneath the article are two small text boxes, one of which contains the following text:</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="759" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 56 ><NOBR><div> <B>GREAT WEBSITE</B> </div> <div> Averil Stedeford has done a remarkable job converting her Oxford semi into an exemplary eco-house </div> <div> (<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/ecohouse.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/ecohouse.ht"><U><U>www.sageoxford.org.uk/ecohouse.htm</U></U></A></FONT>)</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> Obviously lots of people read the property supplement, because our webstats for Averil's pages have gone through the roof! So well done to Averil (again!), and a small self-congratulation to the chap who does the web site.</div> <div> More seriously, the front page of the same issue of <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#990000" FACE="Arial" ><B>The Independent</B></FONT> issues a stark warning that one third of the planet could be desert by 2100 due to global warming (see The Century of Drought). So let us hope that some of the people visiting Averil's pages get inspired to take similar action. The consequences of not doing so are now all too evident.</div> <bR> <div> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div> <bR> <div> <B>NEWS ARCHIVE</B></div> <div> The <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage </B></FONT>web site has been archived by the British Library's <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/index.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/index.html"><U>UK web archiving consortium</U></A></FONT>, and you can see it at <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/tep/12233.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/tep/12233.h"><U><B>Sage archive</B></U></A></FONT>! This is particularly useful for looking back at our old News items (back to 1st July 2004). So far they have archived the News page 8 times, and each time you can look at the whole previous year. Have a look at:</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/pan/12233/20050705/www.sageoxford.org.uk/news.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/pan/12233/2"><U>04 July 2005</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/pan/12233/20060107/www.sageoxford.org.uk/news.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/pan/12233/2"><U>07 January 2006</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/pan/12233/20060407/www.sageoxford.org.uk/news.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/pan/12233/2"><U>06 April 2006</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/pan/12233/20060707/www.sageoxford.org.uk/news.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/pan/12233/2"><U>06 July 2006</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/pan/12233/20061007/www.sageoxford.org.uk/news.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/pan/12233/2"><U>06 October 2006</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/pan/12233/20070107/www.sageoxford.org.uk/news.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/pan/12233/2"><U>07 January 2007</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/pan/12233/20070407/www.sageoxford.org.uk/news.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/pan/12233/2"><U>06 April 2007</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/pan/12233/20070707/www.sageoxford.org.uk/news.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/pan/12233/2"><U>06 July 2007</U></A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>