Author Archive: Rachel Mash
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Introducing our Eco-Bishops: Bishop David Chillingworth Primus of Scotland “I see the environment as one of the most important links with the action of God the Creator”
David Chillingworth is one of the seven diocesan bishops of the Scottish Episcopal Church, He was ordained as bishop of the Diocese of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane on 5 March 2005. On 13 June 2009, Chillingworth was elected the Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church. He was born in Dublin and studied classics at Trinity College, Dublin, theology at Oriel College, Oxford, and […]
If you love the painter, you don’t trash his artwork
YOUNG GREEN ANGLICANS GATHER FROM SWAZILAND, LESOTHO, MOZAMBIQUE AND SOUTH AFRICA Twelve young green Anglicans from Swaziland, Lesotho, Mozambique and South Africa had the opportunity to attend a week of varied and challenging teaching at Rocklands in Capetown. They had an experience of God through nature and a chance […]
Bishop Andrew Chan, Hong Kong: “The only way to save our planet is to save the heart of the people”
Introducing our Eco-Bishops Bishop Andrew Chan: Hong Kong “The only way to save our planet is to save the heart of the people” From the Chinese context, the biggest challenge is air pollution followed by both industrial and residential high rise development on the coast, blocking fresh air coming from […]
Introducing our Eco-Bishops: Nick Drayson “God asks – What are you doing to my planet?”
Deforestation and pollution are the main threats to Argentina’s biodiversity and landscapes. Deforestation continues at a frightening and overwhelming rate. The indigenous people are most vulnerable to these changes, as they have lived with their sustenance farming customs for centuries. As the forests continue to be lost to make […]
Introducing our Eco-Bishops: Bishop Tom Wilmot, Perth “Economics drives environmental policy”
Introducing our Eco-Bishops: Tom Wilmot, Perth, Australia “Economics drives environmental policy” Climate Change is the product of unreconstructed Free Market Capitalism which has made ecology a subset of economics when the reality is the other way around. The Free Market system has not delivered on its promise of the good […]
LAUNCH OF THE “FOSSIL FREE SOUTH AFRICA “ CAMPAIGN
“Like Father like daughter”, Rev Mpho Tutu was the key note speaker at the Launch of the Fossil Free South Africa campaign in Cape Town. She reminded us of the sanctions against South Africa which were one of the most crucial issues that brought the apartheid government to the bargaining […]
Introducing our Eco-Bishops: Apimeleki Qiliho “We have no mandate to destroy creation”
Bishop Apimeleki Qiliho is an indigenous Fijian from the Fiji Islands. He leads the Diocese of Polynesia or Tikanga Pasefika in the Province of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. Qiliho started seminary to become a priest during the early 1960s while staying in New Zealand. After ordination he had postings to parishes around Fiji and become […]
Meet the founder of Arocha, Peter Harris
You are invited to a talk by Peter Harris, founder of Arocha, followed by the Arocha AGM. Dont miss this opportunity meet an outstanding speaker! “What has faith got to do with the environment?” ARZA CPT Invite
Wetlands Church: hearing the voice of God in Creation
The first ”Wetlands Church” took place in Cape Town in the beautiful Glencairn Valley. Led by Fr Bob Commin we walked a poetic spiritual journey from the sea through the wetlands. We started with a prayer on the beach watching the waves and hearing the wind, sensing the presence of […]
Introducing our Eco- Bishops. Bishop Paul Sarker of Bangladesh.”Social development is a natural extension of the Church”
Bishop Paul Sarker is the Moderator of the Church of Bangladesh which was formed after the independence of Bangladesh, it is a united church comprising the Anglican, Presybterian and other churches. He sees the Church’s social development programme as a natural extension of the Church. Once when I was […]