This is
CEL's old (archive) website:
Use it for archive:-
1. Useful resource and archive material ( links above & in left margin).
2. Old News on CEL's Index page - April 2012 back to 1998
3. Old New pages on website -July 2012 back to August 1998
1/4 of the world’s mammals and
1/5 of the plants are under threat of extinction
Humans - have caused more environmental degradation -
in the past 60 years -
than in all previous human history put together-
i.e. in OUR lifetime.
Spending £1 to save rainforest from being destroyed can prevent 330kg carbon dioxide being produced that's one third of a ton – a better return on £1 for preventing climate change than any other way
Species extinction rates are now 1000 times as great as the natural rate due to habitat loss
If the above facts aren't enough, watch this 5 min video, prepared for 2011 UN Year of Forests to get more useful facts and quotes
Please tell Christian Ecology Link. We will celebrate the fact by
putting a link to you from the website
We want to show the world that Christians care about the gifts God has given us – and care that future generations should enjoy them too.
Genesis 1 - God saw that is was good. This is God's world we live in, his gift to us. We owe it to him and to future generations to look after it.
Proverbs 31. 8 - speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves:-
The trees and the endangered animals cannot speak.
The indigenous tribes
and poor farmers who are thrown off their land by rich plantation farmers have difficulty being heard.
Future generations who would like to see orang utans, tigers, whales and other endangered species cannot speak
Philippians 4 v.8 - Whatsoever is good - think on this -
The beauty variety and intrinsic worth of species of forest, sea, tundra and swamp is vast.
.. as vast - or significantly more vast - perhaps as some of the material things we have to raise money for in our church buildings.
There may be opportunity to invite conservationists and wildlife amateurs or experts to you church who are not members of your church - and new friendships and opportunities can ensue.
We are trying to protect Habitats of Biodiversity Importance, not just Rainforests. However “Rainforest” is a more succinct, colourful and emotive word than the phrase “Habitats of Biodiversity Importance” , so this word was chosen for the title of the project
If you support a church abroad, why not ask them about conservation projects near them, thus increasing both their and your awareness. Contact 01729 822138 webeditor@christian-ecology.org.uk
“Whatsoever is good” – Philippians 4 v.8
Spending £1 to save rainforest from being destroyed can prevent 330kg carbon dioxide being produced that's one third of a ton – a better return on £1 for preventing climate change than any other way
Species extinction rates are now 1000 times as great as the natural rate due to habitat loss
4. Resources- Posters - other pages on CEL website
100 churches project - Posters (doc files) to download and put in your church - choose which is suitable for your occasion - whether to print as A5 handouts, or to blow up into a huge poster.
Recommended Video: Stations of the Forests - on Youtube. Use this in your church or workplace. High res DVD at UK Columbans+ work book - download booklet
