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A Diocese de Niassa formula planos ambientais Quatro irmãos e irmãs viajaram para o Malawi para participar de um treinamento sobre o ministério ambiental sendo administrado pelo movimento da Green Anglicans/Green Church movement. Os quatro que fomos Malawi: Ven.Eugenio Rafael,Rev.Francisco Bulaque,Rev.Malinga e Sra Ana Beade O primeiro plano e’ de plantar arvores em cada acto sacramental,baptismo crisma e casamento,todo membro baptizado crismado ou k esta a casar naquela data deve plantar uma arvore e ficar a cuidar Segundo plano e’ sobre limpeza nos locais publicos escolas igrejas hospitais mercados e ate nas praias Terceiro esta ligado com o plantio de arvores vamos falar com as organizacoes que  tem viveiros de plantas para nos ajudar em plantas para distribuirmos nas igrejas e nas escolas   The diocese of Niassa formulates environmental plans Four brothers and sisters traveled to Malawi to attend a training on environmental ministry being administered by the Green Anglicans / Green Church movement.   The four of us who were Malawi: Ven.Eugenio Rafael, Rev. Francisco Bulaque, Rev. Malinga and Mrs. Ana Beade The first plan is to plant trees in each sacramental act, chrism baptism and marriage, every baptized member christened or getting married  on that date must plant a tree and commit to taking care of it. The second plan is  ‘about cleanliness in public places – schools churches hospitals markets and even on the beaches The third  is linked with the planting of trees we talk to the organizations that  have  plant nurseries to help us with  plants to distribute in churches and schools Report – Ven Eugenio Rafael,

BRING YOUR OWN BAGS South African shoppers on average use 500 bags per shopper  per year. The vast majority go into landfill or end up in the rivers and oceans. The Anglican Church of Southern Africa has embraced bringing your own bag as a simple step that we can all take to make a difference to reduce our plastic usage. Here are a few ideas that have been embraced. St Michaels Bryanstown St Michaels embraced the idea as an income generation project for unemployed people. So far they have sold over 200 bags with beautiful material such as Shweshwe. A positive spin off is that the parish that organises goody bags for clergy widows and retired clergy ordered 140 of the cloth bags to use instead of buying plastic gift bags!!! Now the bags will be re-used as shopping bags and an additional gift. Rev Martha Gordon The Cathedral, Grahamstown The cathedral and students group embraced the project with decorating shopping bags and sold them at their Cathedral Fair.  Canon Claire Nye Hunter St Andrews, Newlands They have designed their own bag to encourage  people to take them to the shops and inspire others. Meagan Hughes #bringyourownbag #beatplasticpollution #rethinkthebag

GFS AND BFS DIOCESE OF MBASHE LAUNCHES GREEN AWARD The Girls Friendly and Boys Friendly society of Mbashe Diocese have launched a Green Competition to curb Climate Change All parishes are going to compete for the trophy for the best green project. In one years time the Diocesan organiser with go around to inspect the greening projects and the winning parish will keep the trophy for one year. The Global GBFS coordinator Thembeka Pama handed over the green Trophy at the parish of St Chad to launch the programme. Photo Credit: Thembeka Pama #girlsfriendlysociety #greenanglicans #anglican

THE HEALING POWER OF PLANTS The Green Saints of St. Patrick’s Crawford invited representatives of Edith Stephens Nature Reserve to their greenstall at the annual bazaar. The audience were taught the benefits of indigenous medicinal plants and how to propogate the plants. The children thoroughly enjoyed it. Plants and booklets were for sale. Glenda Pieters

GREEN AND BLACK FOR GENDER AND THE PLANET The Mothers Union of Highveld Diocese chose to wear black and green during 2018 Conference. This is to symbolize their commitment to two themes – Combatting gender based violence and caring for the planet. Rev Dr Rachel Mash , Provincial Environmental Coordinator was invited to address the Conference on the challenges facing our country.  The challenges are huge, as the earth is warming, we will face more drought in some areas and more floods and storms in others. Added to this is the pollution of the water by mining and the pollution of land and oceans by plastic. By 2050 there will be more plastic than fish by weight in the oceans. We have been bad stewards of God’s earth As Mothers Union, we are called to care for families, and so we are responsible for the future of our the planet that we leave for our children and grandchildren.  So we must make choices in our lives “awuboni indlela zimbini? Hey Wena – khetha eyakho?”  Do we buy bottled water which leaves plastic for generations to come? Or serve water in glasses and wash them up. Do we eat, travel, life in a way which damages the earth or choose the alternative which is healing the earth? The Provincial MU has banned the use of Styrofoam and yet we still are often using it at a parish level. Let us be healers of the Earth. The Conference was blessed by the presence of Canon Terrie Robinson, who coordinates the International Womens network of the Anglican Communion, who shared the some of the gender challenges faced. #greenanglicans