Getting over the #Nurdles On Wednesday 29th October Green Anglicans , together with youth leaders from the catholic and Dutch Reformed church ( the #Together4Creation organizing team) gathered at Muizenburg beach to play our part in tackling the issue of nurdles washing up on our shoreline. So, what are nurdles you ask? This was one …
The College of the Transfiguration is the only provincial residential college of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa. Under the leadership of the new rector Revd Dr Vicentia Kgabe, the College is committed to take up the challenge of the Fifth Mark of Anglican Mission, to sustain God’s Creation. As a practical step they have …
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The Namibian Diocesan Environmental Conference took place at convent of the Holy Family at Onekwaya, about as far to the north of Namibia as you can get! We were greeted by the warm and hospitable Sister Gertrude who hails from Lesotho. The north of Namibia is in the grip of one of the …
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Don’t frack with South Africa! Anglicans joined the more than 200 people who marched three kilometers in strong winds to the Shell offices in Cape Town to register their objections to fracking in South Africa. NGOs. Fracking, a process of drilling and injecting water and toxic chemicals into the ground at high pressures to release …
Tree-Planting Ceremony at the Church of the Holy Spirit The Holy Spirit Parish received a donation of 35 indigenous trees including yellow wood and olive trees. Ten were planted at the parish and the rest were donated to the eco-congregation cluster (churches of other denominations). Mr. Chris Wild, from Food and Trees for …
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Ocean service at St Elizabeth’s Church We celebrated Ocean Sunday for the first Sunday of Season of Creation. Our suburb is in the sea port of Durban : many homes have distant views of the sea, some people have jobs relating to the harbour and we know the joy of visits to the beach and …
ACSA is becoming an Eco-Province! The leadership of ACSA gathered at Provincial Synod and passed to resolutions showing that environmental issues must become part of the mainstream concern of the church agenda. Two resolutions were passed, one calling for ACSA to become an Eco-Province and another calling for sustainable development.
Many young people lose hope when they struggle to find work. But some young men from St Michaels church in Harare, Khayelitsha had a different vision, they decided to start an organic garden. They have cleaned a plot of land owned by the church which involved removing a lot of rubble and rubbish!
