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20 Sep Jonathon Porritt: The World We Made - a vision of a positive future
Talk. 6pm, Leeds. More.
22 Sep Car Free Leeds
Meet up to plan events. 2pm. More.
26 Sep Spirit In All Things: Exploring the Paths of Creation Spirituality
St Bede's York, Wednesdays. More.
15-17 Oct Carbon Conversations Facilitator Training. Leeds. More.
18 Oct Green Great Britain Week: Climate Question Time Leeds. Details.
19 Oct Unfrozen: Reports from the ice Talk. Leeds. More.
21 Oct True North A celebration of creativity, music, dance and art to glorify God our Creator. More.
23 Oct The Matter of the Soul Art installation. Leeds. More.
6 Nov Coffee Morning in Aid of Green Christian Rainforest Fund St John's. Settle. More.
10 Nov Countering Consumerism Leeds Retreat.
Details.
13 Nov UK Passivhaus Conference 2018 Leeds
More.
21 Nov The Beast from the East Talk.
More.
24 Nov Theology for a Fragile Earth Study day. York, St Bede's.
More.
1 Dec Powering God's Northern Powerhouse:
Sustainable Church Heating and Lighting
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1 Sep - 4 Oct Creationtide
22 Sep World Car Free Day
More
1 Oct Pray and Fast for the Climate Resources
here
2 Oct Green Health Live Conference. Lambeth Palace.
Details.
4-6 Oct 5th World Conference on Climate Change London.
More.
5 Oct CAFOD Harvest Fast Day
6-10 Oct European Christian Environmental Network 12th Assembly: On the way to economic and ecological justice. Katowice, Poland.
Details.
1 Nov Pray and Fast for the Climate Resources
here
3-14 Dec COP24 International Climate Change Conference Katowice, Poland.
Details
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8th November
Please send your news stories, events, resources, book reviews and jokes to
Jemima Parker
by 2nd November!
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Weekly Eco Top Tip for your parish newsletter
here
Today's top tip:
Light bulbs! If the average household replaced all of their bulbs with LEDs, it would cost about £100 and save about £35 a year on bills.
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September 2018 - Issue 20
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Welcome to the bi-monthly environment e-news. Churches across the diocese are finding creative ways to celebrate Creationtide during September and after the extremes of the long, hot summer, we see how
churches
are taking action on climate change.
Jemima Parker,
Diocesan Environment Officer
jemima.parker@leeds.anglican.org
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Creative Creationtide Celebrations
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Churches around the Diocese have been finding new ways to engage their congregations in celebrating and caring for God's creation. St John's, Wakefield are doing "Creation in a Bag" and Churches Together Harrogate held an ecumenical service.
Read more.
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Powering God's Northern Powerhouse
Booking is now open for the regional sustainable church heating and lighting conference on Saturday 1st December at Wakefield Cathedral. The day, which will be opened by Bishop Nick, is designed to inform Churchwardens and others seeking low energy solutions for warm and well lit churches.
Flyer.
Booking.
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St Barnabas' Speak Up Exhibition
St Barnabas, Alwoodley opened its grounds and Church Centre to the community as part of the Speak Up Climate Coalition campaign this summer and spoke with their MP Fabian Hamilton about their concerns about climate change. Read
more.
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Plastic in the church flowers?
Did you know that floral foam (oasis) is made of plastic and other toxic chemicals? Sadly, a lot of this finds its way down drains and into watercourses and the oceans. Read more. Find out about alternatives to oasis here.
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Call to Cut Pollution as Electric Bus Fleet Launched
Diocesan Environment Officer, Jemima Parker, has taken part in the launch of a new all-electric bus service for Harrogate. Writing in the local paper, she praised the initiative but calls on North Yorkshire County Council to do more to ease congestion and pollution in the town.
More.
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Climate Change "the Defining Issue of our Time"
The UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres has said that if the world doesn't change course by 2020, we run the risk of runaway climate change and urged world leaders to come to New York for a special climate conference next September.
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Is our Planet Really Warming?
If you or others you know are not convinced that the current levels of global warming (0.85 degrees rise since pre-industrial levels) are changing the climate much, this visual on Temperature Anomalies by Country 1880-2017 based on NASA GISTEMP data may be revealing.
View.
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Ready to print article: Together we are Powerful
The tale of two sisters, Aster and Ari, whose lives have been transformed by solar energy. Click
here.
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52 Eco Top Tips
A resource for your weekly newsletter, one top tip a week to last you through the year ahead. Click here.
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Want to find out about Health and Climate change, Fuel Poverty, Divestment, Decarbonisation of the heat network, Green Growth or Community Energy? Click
here for Hope for the Future briefing papers.
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New liturgies, examples of services and prayers from across the Church of England, action/reflection sheet and more
here.
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Parish Environment Reps
Are you the environmental enthusiast in your church or do you know the person who is? We are seeking a Rep in each parish to receive information and take up training opportunities.
More.
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