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4-12 Oct |
Birmingham |
4 -12 October 2008 marks the second annual National Quaker Week. . Tour of Cadbury’s Former House and Garden Sunday 12 October Every half hour from 2 - 4pm Free Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre 1046 Bristol Road (opposite Witherford Way ), Selly Oak, Birmingham , B29 6LJ Tel. 0121 472 5171 Web: www.woodbrooke.org.uk |
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9-11 Oct |
Norway |
Religion in Dangerous Environmental and Climate Change
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11 Oct |
Lancaster |
The Sustainability Expo eco fair is on10-4pm at the Ashton Hall, Lancaster Town Hall , entry is free. The Expo is followed by the highlight of the festival – climate change campaigner George Marshall stars in Carbon Detox , the world's first stand-up climate change comedy cabaret show at The Dukes on Saturday 11 th October at 8.30pm. Tickets are £5 / £4. Box office: 0845 344 0654. The One Planet Festival is being coordinated by LESS Climate Change and Energy Advice project, Segen (School & Community) and the Dukes. It is supported by Lancaster City Council's Festival Innovations Fund, For more information see www.oneplanetfestival.com
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11 Oct |
Bristol |
Bristol Schumacher Conference 2008 - LESS IS MORE - Can we Really Live Better by Consuming Less? - Programme Director & Chair - Jonathon Porritt
Main Presentation: BILL McKIBBEN author, educator & “deep economist” “350 ppm CO2 & The Quest for Human Satisfaction” 9.45am - 6pm, Bristol Council House, College Green |
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11 Oct |
Edinburgh |
Edinburgh Churches Climate Change Conference -
9.30am - 4.45pm
The Performing Arts Centre, Stewart Melville College, Edinburgh - How should Christians respond to climate change? - hosted by The Rt Revd Brian Smith with expert speakers:
- Chris Rapley, Director of the Science Museum in London
- Elaine Storkey, President of Tearfund
- Michael Northcott, Professor of Ethics at the University of Edinburgh
- John Ferguson, Manager of Strategic Projects at the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency
. Download poster as PDF (393Kb). Download flyer and application form as PDF (331Kb). |
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11 Oct |
York |
Transformation: York , - Discover how we can transform our world together. Spend a day and learn how you can bring about change. · Find out about the issues that keep people poor · Fun activities for children and young people · Hear from campaigners around the world – without the air miles! · Practical sessions to polish up your campaigning skills · Question Linda McAvan, MEP, about the role Europe plays in combating climate change. Find out how you can transform the world and build God’s Kingdom! Venue: York St John University. http://www.christianaid.org.uk/getinvolved/events/transformation.aspx Details: leeds@christian-aid.org 0113 2444764 |
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12 Oct |
Lymm |
An evening of Celebration, Challenge & Commitment - 6.30pm Sunday 12 October at Lymm High School - Oughtrington Lane , Lymm , WA13 0RB - Keynote speaker: Revd Dr David Pickering (chair of Operation Noah) - FEATURING exhibition – information – film – drama – music – plus refreshments |
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12 Oct |
St Paul's Cathedral, London |
Meditative Services: Faithful Scientists - 6pm Sunday evening services from 12 October to 2 November. We explore the connections between religious belief and science through the experiences of four leading scientists. The services, led by Canon Edmund Newell, will include music, readings, and conversations.
1. The Meteorologist, with Ian James- Ian James is a Professor of Meteorology at Reading University and a priest in the Church of England. This service explores the synergies and tensions of his scientific work and priestly ministry |
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12 Oct |
Lewknor, Oxfordshire |
2-4.30pm. LOAF Fair at St. Margaret's Church, Lewknor , Including dog show outside, and "Tending the Garden" Talk by Rev Glyn Evans. |
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15 Oct |
Plymouth |
FAITHS, THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE WORLD BANK -
Roland Levinsky Building Drake Circus Plymouth -
7:30pm - 9pm, - Speaker - Tony Whitten, Senior Biodiversity Specialist at the World Bank, South East Asia and the Pacific Region; Chair of the Faiths and the Environment Committee at the World Bank.
Chairperson and host - Jonathan Marshall of Plymouth Faiths and Cultural Diversity Centre. Venue - Roland Levinsky Building, Drake Circus, Plymouth. Admission free. Contact nos. 01752 254438 or 01752 511059.
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16 Oct |
World |
World Food Day -World Food Day is celebrated every year on 16 October to commemorate the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in 1945. The world produces enough food for everyone. Yet every 5 seconds a child dies of hunger or malnutrition and over 800 million people go to bed hungry |
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18 Oct |
Loughborough |
Earthkeepers, a look at the Christian response to environmental issues, Saturday 18th,
Loughborough Baptist Church 10am - 9.30pm, |
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19 Oct |
Loughborough |
Earthkeepers from 10.45am -
Loughborough Baptist Church and from 5.00pm at Sutton Bonington Baptist
Church, with Dr Rev John Weaver.
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18 Oct |
Tonbridge |
Church leadership teams or nominated church members to discuss and explore the subject of faith and the environment at 1.30pm at Tonbridge Baptist Church. -
The workshop will be run by Dave Bookless who is visiting Tonbridge as part of Hope 2008 to speak on ‘Creation Care' at a joint Tonbridge churches service the following evening. - Paul Turner, a member of Tonbridge Baptist Church , who is Lloyds TSB's Head of Sustainable Development will support Dave by covering the section on environmental challenges.
Workshop Details 01732 352757 |
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19 Oct |
Tonbridge |
Join us as part of ‘Hope 2008' at the joint churches service being held at Tonbridge Baptist Church on 19 th October at 6.30pm to hear Dave Bookless speak about the importance of "Creation Care" to Christians. Details:
01732 352757 |
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19 Oct |
Petersfield, Hampshire |
7pm at St. Peter's Church, Petersfield.
Petersfield Area Churches Together with Petersfield Christian Ecology Group
offer a united evening service for One World Week, with Ruth Jarman from CEL
talking about "The Christian Responsibility for Creation". 01730 266107 |
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19 Oct |
St Paul's Cathedral, London |
Meditative Services: Faithful Scientists - 6pm Sunday evening services from 12 October to 2 November. We explore the connections between religious belief and science through the experiences of four leading scientists. The services, led by Canon Edmund Newell, will include music, readings, and conversations.
2. The Physicist, with Russell Stannard -Russell Stannard is Professor Emeritus of Physics at the Open University, and a well known broadcaster. This service explores how the awe and wonder inspired by the study of the universe has shaped the faith of one of the most effective communicators and popularisers of science. |
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19-26 Oct |
UK |
One World Week : This year's theme: "Growing Together". |
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19-25 Oct
23 Oct
24 Oct
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Chandlersford |
Eco Labyrinth To celebrate One World Week in October, there will be an Eco-Labyrinth in the Church along with other supporting events - an opportunity to reflect on our place in God‘s creation.- The Eco-Labyrinth will be open
Monday 20th - Friday 24th October 10.00 am - 8.00 pm .
Saturday 25th October 9.30 am - 12.30 pm -
The theme will be Worshipping the Creator, and consist of eight stations based on the first chapter of Genesis. We invite you to take a personal interactive journey through the creation story. This will highlight the responsibility we all have to care for our planet, and emphasise our response to climate change.
Thurs 23 Oct Climate Change- a local perspecive - Interactive Session with Eastleigh Council
Fri 24th 19.15 Locally Sourced meal. 20.30: Climate change - A theological pespective- Rev Peter Cornick. Chandlersford Methodist Church |
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21 Oct |
UK |
Apple Day An annual celebration of the huge variety of apples grown in Britain and the richness and importance of traditional orchards.
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21 Oct |
Hereford |
St John's Methodist Church, St Owen Street, Hereford: Ethical Investment, by Haydon Morgan of Compass Financial Services Ltd. Hereford Christian Ecology Group |
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21 Oct |
St Paul's Cathedral, London |
Stories of Evolution - 21 October 2008 , 6.30 – 8.00pm - Our bodies are made of the same stuff as the planet itself and every species, including humanity, came into being against powerful odds. What does this say to us about creation and our place in it? Evolutionary biologist Steve Jones, palaeontologist Simon Conway Morris, theologian Alister McGrath and Biblical scholar Diana Lipton will discuss the place and role of human beings in the web of life. |
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23 Oct |
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Climate Justice: Voices from the South - People from the global South are the most at risk from climate change. You can hear their demands in a series of interviews to activists from the South. Discussion will follow. Sara Ayech introduces and moderates
Thursday 23 rd October 2008 - Warwick University
5.30pm Refreshments (Social Studies building Foyer), 6.00pm Talks and discussion (Room S0.20 Social Studies building) Organised by the Coventry World Development Movement group With the support of the Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation Please contact Gianluca Grimalda for more information: 0781 042 4081 / g.f.grimalda@warwick.ac.uk
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23 Oct |
Plymouth |
Chris Isles speaking on Ethical Finance. Plymouth Christian Ecology Link talk at 7.30pm at Bethany Evangelical Church, Budshead Road, Whitleigh, Plymouth PL5 4DT. Thursdays |
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23 Oct |
Edinburgh |
Facilitation Training Day (Scotland) (Social and Environmental) - Getting the best out of working with local communities.
10.00 – 16.30 -
The Melting Pot, 5 Rose Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH2 2PR
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24 Oct |
Edinburgh |
Climate Change: Effective Communication - A course that is about communicating climate change to different people in different situations.
10.00-16.30 -
The Melting Pot, 5 Rose St, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH2 2PR. |
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25 Oct |
Exeter |
a 'Creation Time' service in the Justice, Peace and Creation Chapel at Exeter Cathedral at 12 noon (organised by Devon Churches Green Action). |
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Sat 25 Oct |
Southwark, London |
Shrinking our Footprint - 2 nd Southwark Diocesan Environmental Conference -Keynote address from: Michael Northcott author of ‘A Moral Climate: The Ethics of Global Warming' - Plus Workshops and Discussion Groups - 10am to 1.30 pm - (Registration and refreshments from 9.30am ) - The Crypt, St George the Martyr Church - Borough High Street , London , SE1 - (opposite Borough tube station) - 020 7939 9412 or email caroline.gibson@southwark.anglican.org Includes workshop on CEL. |
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25 Oct |
Oxford |
10am–3.30pm. Enough is enough revisited. In a global community, how do Christians define and live “enough”? Venue: CMS, Watlington Rd., Oxford OX4 6BZ. Please send in the registration form by 14th October. Space linited, early booking recommended. |
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25 Oct |
London |
Catholic Concern for Animals, AGM. St Joseph's Hall, Brompton Oratory, 2pm. Speaker: Celia Hammond of the Celia Hammond Animal Trust UK Rescue Centres, followed by members AGM. Doors open 1pm. Bring packed lunch. All welcome. Details deborahjark@aol.com |
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