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In March 2002 we sent round a copy of the Baptist Union Vision Statement on the environment.



A letter from from Graham Sparkes at BUGB included the following

"Publicity for our Vision for the Environment - Special material will be prepared to help increase awareness within our churches, both of the statement itself and how they might translate it into action. This material will include details of such organisations as CEL. ...

Networking - Drawing together Baptist congregations involved in environmental concerns (and particularly Eco-Congregation) in order to facilitate and encourage their work".

" We were very glad to see the Vision Statement. Further we were encouraged by the content of Graham Sparkes' reply. The Vision Statement has appeared (in part) in the Baptist Times and the new BU periodical Transform ( replacing Informission) has a paragraph about it.

Recently we asked Graham Sparkes about environmental activity at the new regional level. His reply was that regions 'do not have people with designated responsibility for environmental issues'. He added that 'this may emerge sometime in the future.

It is understandable that it takes time to get a new structure going but it is to be hoped that someone in the regions is concerned about such matters. If any readers can enlighten us we should be glad to hear of it particularly in connection with Local Agenda 21"