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Calling all budding Anglican artists!  There will be an exhibition of Climate Justice Artwork at Lambeth Conference. Do please encourage your youth and Sunday School groups to send in entries!  

  “Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world”. Archbishop  Tutu The period of Lent is the time when we remember the 40 days of Jesus in the wilderness. It is a time to focus on our spiritual growth and  traditionally we abstain from certain luxuries. This year we would like to invite you to fast for the planet, to reduce your use of plastic, meat, electricity and water, for the sake of Mother Earth and the generations to come. These 40  ‘little bits of good’ help us to live a more simple life, to remember our neighbour and to connect with creation. But as these small acts are put together they begin to influence others so that we can make a difference. Individual actions don’t lead to transformation change, but networked actions do! If you feel overwhelmed by the enormity of the triple challenges of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution, and you feel that we are pushing a huge boulder up a hill that is going nowhere, then remember this: “The huge boulder  is already at the top and rolling down the hill with millions of hands pushing it in the right direction, that gives us hope. It isn’t going fast enough yet; but for each new hand that joins, it will go a little faster. “Dr Katharine Hayhoe https://www.greenanglicans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/lent-calendar-2022-final.pdf

  The new Archbishop of the Congo, Dr Titre Ande was enthroned in the Kinshasa Botanical Gardens, a ” 7 ha garden located in the heart of the city of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo. By enthroning the Archbishop in this Garden, the Church wanted to send a message of safeguarding biodiversity species for a healthy environment and environmental education for Christians. And all Christians are called to obtain the species of trees in this garden to plant in their homes.” The garden was created in 1933, Fernand De Boeck Park (named after the district commissioner of Moyen-Congo at the time) in the capital of Belgian Congo. Abandoned for several decades, the garden, which has more than 100 species of trees, was rehabilitated in the early 2000s thanks to a project supported by France, the European Union, IUCN, the National Botanical Garden of Belgium and the NGO Friends of Nature and Gardens, to host environmental education activities. The botanical garden presents a summary of Congolese biodiversity in the middle of an urban environment, and is currently the only public green lung in the heart of the city which gives off good oxygen. It has a hundred different species of trees. In recent years, the garden has become the focal point in town for environmental education and a showcase for raising public awareness of nature conservation efforts in the DRC. A place for walks, discovery and relaxation in a pleasant setting. Bishop Bertin Mwale Diocese of Katanga  

. Hoje 02/02, dia Mundial das zonas Húmidas, a Green Anglican-Diocese Anglicana de Inhambane, Conselho Municipal da Maxixe e Forças da Desefa Sub-Base Naval da Maxixe em conjunto realizamos uma Jornada de Limpeza na Ponte Cais da Maxixe. Today 02/02, World Wetland Day, the Green Anglican-Anglican Diocese of Inhambane, Maxixe Municipal Council and Maxixe Naval Sub-Base Waste Forces jointly conducted a Clean-up Journey on Cais da Maxixe Bridge. rev Aurelio Uquei  

The Mothers Union of the Diocese of Lesotho received a grant from the UNDP to run a project around plastic waste management The project involved three parts – cleaning the streets from plastic waste in clean up campaigns, making crafts from plastic waste, and sewing re-usable shopping bags to enable people to stop using plastic shopping bags. Jobs were created for Mothers Union Members as well as some youth  to do the clean ups and also in creating bags and other items. Apart from the creation of employment the project grew skills  that otherwise would have gone unnoticed. For instance; project management skills (MU executive) marketing skills, as well as quality sewing and knitting skills to mention but a few.. The project came to an end in December, but the spill over  included sewing of MU branded bags, so there is likelihood of local production, thus, it will be self-sustaining to some extent. Mrs. ‘Máseitshiro Khooe – Mothers’ Union Diocesan President