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New events (added since 1st Feb) are printed on this orange background |
| 8 Jan |
Ripon |
Plough Sunday Service 2.30pm Ripon Cathedral. Preacher:- Howard Petch - of Farm Crisis Network. |
| 10 Jan |
Hereford |
Hereford Christian Ecology Group - talk by Richard Heathcote, Bulmers' Sustainable Development Manager, at St John's Methodist Church St Owen Street, Hereford HR1 2PR, 7.30 pm
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| 13-15 Jan |
Swanwick, Derbyshire |
Inherit the Earth? Christians Aware Annual Conference -
NEW VENUE - Hayes Conference Centre, Swanwick,
Alfreton, Derbyshire DE55 1AU -
Tel: 01773 526000 |
| Sat 14 Jan |
Buxton |
10am-12midday RECYCLE CHRISTMAS, Methodist Church, Buxton Market PlaceE Wondering what to do with unwanted Christmas gifts? Bring them along to our stall and swap them for something you do want. If you don't have anything to contribute fear not, we accept donations in lieu |
| 14-15 Jan |
Oxford |
Low Carbon Communities: - New times, new ways forward - Kings’ Conference Centre Oxford http://lccnconference2012.eventbrite.com/ |
| 17 Jan |
Falkirk |
West Lothian and Falkirk is hosting a Climate
Change Roadshow at
Falkirk Old and St Modan's Parish Church -
Manse Place, Falkirk, FK1 1JN Tel 01324 611017 -
Further information from: moragmackay@foasmpc.org.uk Directions: www.foasmpc.org.uk |
| 17 Jan |
Buxton |
7.30pm film show Gasland - Paupers Pit, Old Hall Hotel. You'll have heard about Fracking - it's a highly controversial technique of fracturing of rocks with high pressure to get at trapped natural gas. France has banned it , but our government has allowed test drilling in Lancashire, where it has already been blamed for setting off earth tremors . Meanwhile in the US it's happening all over - and being blamed for serious groundwater contamination and even flammable tap water . Film maker Josh Fox went to investigate, and this is the result. More information www.gaslandthemovie.com/ Voluntary donation of around £4 requested to cover the cost of the licence etc. |
| 21 Jan |
London |
ecocell day - CEL workshops on sustainable living 10.30am to 5pm Magdalen Centre, Eversholt Street, London NW1 1BN Guest speaker:- George Marshall author of 'Carbon detox' Info: 0208 769 4078.
organised by Christian Ecology Link
http://christian-ecology.org.uk/ecocell-day-21-jan-2012.htm |
| 21 Jan |
London |
The Third Way : Jesus Christ and Direct Action - a climate change campaigning workshop on the 21st of Jan at St Andrew's Church, Short Street, London. -
Between 11am - 2pm we will be discussing Christianity, climate change and social justice. There will be inspiring talks by priests and campaigners and workshops on ways to be involved in campaigning. It will be an excellent opportunty for Christian environmental groups to share time together, to bring together our plans for the future and also to make fresh plans together too. We will be talking about the environmental impact of the Church of England at the moment and what we would like our future church to look like. Facebook invite. |
21 Jan |
Huddersfield |
Nonviolence for a Change -
A training programme for people with some experience of working with others to address injustices and make changes -
Run by Turning the Tide and hosted by Huddersfield Quaker Meeting and other local peace and justice groups this course is all about using nonviolent power for social change. Dip-in (one day) places still available, the next being:-Don't just sit there! Exploring direct action, 21 January 2012
In this workshops we look at the role, variety of techniques and opportunities for taking direct action to press for nonviolent social change. We talk about basic preparation necessary including taking action and evaluating
The fee is £35 but concessions are available, we would be happy to hear from anyone who may have an interest.
More information see our website: www.turning-the-tide.org Or email: denised@quaker.org.uk stevew@quaker.org.uk Or call: 020 7663 1061 & 1064 |
| 23-24 Jan |
Beccles, Suffolk |
24 Hour sposored Preachathon by Chris Walton in Aid of Ringsfield Hall EcoCentre - For 40th anniversary major renovations and for bursaries for school children.-
23rd Jan - Hungate Church, Becclesfrom 9am – 9pm-
24th Jan-St Michael’s Church, Beccles, from 9am – 9pm
Chris Walton is Editor of CEL's magazine and a trustee and a former director of Ringsfield Eco-Centre. .. more |
| 2 Feb |
London |
Generic buildings Solutions Workshop - All workshops at: London Diocesan House 36 Causton Street London SW1P 4AU 2:00pm – 6:30 pm TECHNOLOGY AND SYSTEMS - Brian Cuthbertson, Head of Environmental Challenge – welcome, recap & introduction Barry Austin, Arup Associates – Generic Building Solutions research and report – Pt II
Marc Wiese, Purcell Miller Tritton & Partners – case studies in retrofitting Matt Fulford, Sustain – St Michael & All Angels Withington, Gloucestershire – photovoltaics and a biomass boiler – the UK’s first zero carbon church in use. Web page on Generic Buildings Solutions |
| 2 Feb |
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First Earthing Faith Network Gathering - for people in the Oxford Area - Diocesan Church House, North Hinksey, Oxford, OX2 0NB 7-9pm Please book 01865 208745 or visit http://www.earthingfaith.org/2011/12/13/network-gathering-2nd-feb-2012/ - there will be a free bag of resources to everyone that registers for this meeting.- The gathering will provide space for sharing stories from projects around the Diocese of Oxford. |
| 2 Feb |
Finsbury Park London |
7-10pm, Parkwood Primary school, Queens Drive, Finsbury Park, London, N4 2HQ, free ~*~*~
An exciting tale of hope, ingenuity and the power of growing food in unexpected places. Stories of transition from over the world. You'll hear about communities printing their own money, growing food everywhere, localising their economies and setting up community power stations. It's an idea that has gone viral, a social experiment that is about responding to uncertain times with solutions and optimism ... join us for this unmissable evening ... delicious food and Urban Harvest cocktails available. http://www.transitionnetwork.org/transition-2 |
| 5 Feb - 29 Apr |
Algarve, Portugal |
Birdwatching weeks in Southern Portugal - A Rocha is running various Bird watching trips to Southern Portugal. To obtain details of these follow this link. ... (read more)
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| 11-12 Feb |
Leeds |
Schumacher North Conference, at the Swarthmore Centre in Leeds- "As if People Mattered" (Schumacher's book Small is Beautiful was sub-titled Economics as if People Mattered - a title which is clearly relevant in these times of financial greed and corruption alongside austerity measures imposed on the majority, and ever-accelarating descent into ecological devastation and seeming expendability of human life and wellbeing) |
| 14 Feb |
Leeds |
OCCUPY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
- how do we survive and improve human well-being in an era of climate change and diminishing natural resources?
Next workshop:
SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
with Simon Bowens (Friends of the Earth)
and Andy Walker (SURE - SUstainable and REnewable Energy for Wharfdale)
- 7.30pm
Venue: Swarthmore Education Centre,
2-7 Woodhouse Square, Leeds LS3 1AD |
| 18 Feb |
Settle |
Settle Big Breafast: (Note it is necessary to book- 01729 825285) £3-00 - Speaker - Anne Algie - on Growing with Grace (Quaker Inspired Community Organic Greenhouses) Settle Friends Meeting House |
| 21 Feb |
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Shrove Tuesday - Why not make you pancakes using LOAF principles this year? |
| 22 Feb |
World |
Ash Wednesday.
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| 22 Feb |
UK |
Ash Wednesday. - Look out for the Operation Noah Statement that will be made then. |
| 23 Feb |
Wolverton, Milton Keynes. |
Nuclear: disaster or saviour? -
Join the debate! Do you know how nuclear works? Are you aware of the issues involved in the nuclear debate? Find out more, share your thoughts and be challenged! - Milton Leynes Christian Environment Group -we shall meet at 7.30pm at West End Church, Wolverton (which is on the corner of Anson Road and Church Street). Roadside parking is available in the vicinity. Bus routes 4 and 5 stop 100 m away on Stratford Road. |
| 24-26 Feb |
East London |
SPEAK is a network connecting together young adults and students to campaign and pray about issues of global injustice. Soundcheck is the Speak Network’s annual gathering. Book before 31st January to receive a 15% discount! (Pay £51 for the weekend).
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| 24 Feb |
Kenwyn Lychgate, Truro |
CEL ‘ecocell-1’ course is our parish Lent course this year. It will be run on Friday evenings from 7.30pm to approx 9/9.30pm in Kenwyn Lychgate, starting on 24th Feb and running for six sessions. Members of other churches would be most welcome to join us. |
| 25 Feb |
Felton, Northumb'd |
'Signs of Spring' - Snowdrop Afternoon at St Michael and All Angels
2pm and 4pm. This year’s milder winter is already encouraging the spring flowers to appear and provided that this continues we can look forward to a widespread white carpet of snowdrops followed by a broader palette of primroses, cowslips and daffodils.
Have a warming hot drink and tasty home-baked refreshments whilst viewing the exhibition work of our talented local artists.
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| 27 Feb |
Truro |
Anglican & Methodist Environment Group will be held on Monday, 27th February at 2.00 pm at Diocesan House, Kenwyn, Truro TR1 1JQ.
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| 27 Feb - 11 March |
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Fair Trade Fortnight. |
| 28 Feb |
Hereford |
Fairtrade Pudding Evening at St John's Methodist Church ... 7,30 pm - organised by Herford Christian Ecology Link
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| 2 March |
UK |
CAFOD Lent Fast Day |
| 2 March |
World |
Women's World Day of Prayer- 2012 theme:- Let Justice Prevail - written by the women of Malaysia. Do read the background to the country... It says a lot about the importance of wildlife habitats in Malaysia.
e.g. Taman Negara is Malaysia’s oldest and largest national park covering 4,343sq km and preserving virgin rainforest. It is home to 14,500 species of plants and trees, including the world’s largest orchid. (Just think in Britain we only have about 2000 native tress and plants)
Yet much of the habitat is under threat of destruction - Let us encourgae people to pray for Wildlife Justice, and Justice for future generations to prevail too. Resources |
3 March |
Redcliffe College Gloucester |
Water: Global Challenges for the 21st Century: A day conference held in partnership with the John Ray Initiative and Tearfund 9.30am-4.30pm - Advance booking is required.- Speakers include: Frank Greaves and Sue Yardley (Tearfund); Barbara Brighouse (Christian Engineers in Development); John Bimson (Trinity College, Bristol); Trevor Muten (Tapajos Limited); Micheal Travis (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel); Claire Ashton (The John Ray Initiative); and Richard Carter (Water Aid). The cost for the day is £38 including lunch and refreshments. http://www.redcliffe.org/environment-conference-2012 |
| 4 March |
Andover |
Sunday morning 10.30 service, Andover URC church will be receiving their second EcoCongregation Award:-" Our MP, Sir George Young, who has some green credentials, and is a Christian, is going to present the award. We couldn't get the speaker we'd hoped for, at fairly short notice, so we are doing a DIY service under the title "The Story of an EcoCongregation" [not very snappy, but at least descriptive!] with various people taking part. The service will be followed by Fairtrade Refreshments. (N.B. Remember CEL Conference in 2005 in Andover) |
10 March |
Stoke Gifford, Bristol |
. CEL Day Conference at Stoke Gifford, Bristol . -
Principal speaker is Jonathon Porritt -
Response from Prof Tim Gorringe
http://www.christian-ecology.org.uk/conf2012.htm |
| 12-18 March |
UK |
http://www.climateweek.com/ |
| 17 March |
Bloomsbury, London |
Diocese of London -
Route around the World -
Climate action for resilience, renewal and hope -
2:00 - 4:30pm
St George’s Church Bloomsbury -
Bloomsbury Way, London WC1
Come and hear how communities -
around the globe suffering
from environmental stress and disaster -
are gaining resilience
and building a better future. -
How can we help? -
Keynote by the Rt Rev Peter Wheatley,
Bishop of Edmonton. Talks and presentations
displays by partner NGOs -
light refreshments.
Antadou Kassogue's land stone wall contouring, Dogon Plateau.
Christian Aid and APH Bandiagara, Tounoulna, Mali.
photo Christian Aid/ Sarah Filbey
RSVP to Brian Cuthbertson (020) 7932 1229-
Diocese of London
Environmental Challenge -
2012 - NGOs to be represented include ALMA (Angola London and Mozambique Association), Tear Fund, Christian Aid, CAFOD and Progressio.
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| 18 March |
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Mothering Sunday |
| 20 March |
Hereford |
Action for Birds - The Work of the RSPB : a slide presentation by John Clews, RSPB Promotion Officer, at St John's Methodist Church 7.30 pm - Hereford Christian Ecology Link |
| 22 March |
World |
World Water Day - Lots of excellent resources - print your own posters etc at http://www.unwater.org/worldwaterday/campaign.html |
| 24 March |
Bristol |
The Eye of the Needle - Biblical Clues to a New Economy -
Keynote address by Prof Ulrich Duchrow, Kairos Europa,
Professor of Systematic Theology at the University of Heidelberg
and Dr Molly Scott Cato, Director of the Cardiff Institute for
Co‑operative Studies and author of “Green Economics”
Facilitated by Simon Barrow, Co‑Director, Ekklesia
10am to 4pm. -
£30, incl. lunch -
The Vassall Centre, Gill
Avenue, Bristol, BS16 2QQ www.ccisr.org.uk/eyeoftheneedle
organised by Churches' Council for Industry and Social Responsibility; Ekklesia; Anglican Dioceses in SW. |
| 29 March |
Truro |
The next meeting of the Book Club will be held on Thursday, 29th March at 7.00 pm at Diocesan House, Kenwyn, Truro TR1 1JQ. We will be studying at this meeting the book – The Bottom Billion by Paul Collier. - We have purchased 5 of the books for the book club. These will be available for loan from Monday, 20th February from the Front Office at Diocesan House on a first come, first served basis. More details -
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| 31 March |
World |
WWF's Earth Hour 2012- at 8.30pm
- Hundreds of millions of people turning off their lights for one hour, on the same night, all across the planet. But not to save an hour's electricity - it's something much bigger.
Earth Hour is about people coming together to celebrate this brilliant planet we all share - and focus on how we need to protect it. Not just for an hour a year, but every day. |
| 19 April |
London |
Generic building solutions - VALUES AND HERITAGE - Oliver Caroe, Oliver Caroe Architects a holistic approach to the environment
and conservation
- Magdalini Makrodimitri, Queens College Cambridge research into the heating of churches and the care of fabric and contents
Sarah Royse, InBuilt altering a historic building for a new use, low energy and multiple renewables Beaufort Court, Kings Langley
Alex Coppock, Communion Design Retrofitting a 12th c church in Herefordshire
Diana Evans, English Heritage
EH guidance on altering churches for energy saving and renewables
Brian Cuthbertson the Churchs view. -Workshop at: London Diocesan House 36 Causton Street London SW1P 4AU 2:00pm – 6:30 |
| 19-20 April |
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Just Banking - Money and banking as a force for good - University of Edinburgh Business School |
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April |
Milton Keynes |
6.30-7.30pm -
MK Urban Farm visit -
Come and visit this inspiring local project in Wolverton – growing food, growing people and growing community. organised by Milton Keynes Christian Environment Group |
| 21 April |
York |
York Minster - The service will be led by
Archbishop Sentamu, Bishop Terence Drainey and northern leaders of other denominations. |
| 21 April |
Bridge of Allan |
The Eco-Congregation Scotland National
Gathering will take place on Saturday 21st
April 2012 at Bridge of Allan Parish Church. |
| 23 -27 Apr |
Scargill House, Kettlewell, N Yorks |
Enjoying and Caring for God’s Creation Scargill House, North Yorkshire - Led by A Rocha UK, through talks, discussions and walking through the wonderful countryside surrounding Scargill, we'll explore how God |
| 6th May |
Hubberholme,
(Upper) Wharfedale, N Yorks |
11.00am at Hubberholme, Lambing Service with Bishop Nick.
Hubberholme Church is always worth a visit as it is a delightful and ancient
Church, beloved by J B Priestley whose ashes are interred in the Churchyard.
It also features one of the few Rood Screens which survived the Reformation
and has "Mouseman" pews. |
| 13 May |
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Rogation Sunday
Some Rogation Websites: History |
| 13th May |
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3.00pm Rogation Service at Halton Gill.-
Halton Gill is a lovely little hamlet at the West end of Littondale, where
there used to be a daughter Church (now closed) in the Parish of Arncliffe
with Halton Gill. We have occasional Services at Halton Gill, hopefully this
one will be in the open air, if not in the Reading Room where, under any
circumstances, delicious refreshments will be available after the service. |
| 13 May |
Broughton, near Skipton |
All Saints' Broughton - Rogation Service at 7 pm. Followed by a buffet in the hall afterwards. All are welcome. |
| 13 May |
Newsholme near Oakworth, Keighley |
St John’s Newsholme (near Oakworth, Keighley)
will be having their usual Rogation Service 3pm. It is a
fairly ‘gentle’ Rogation Service (not much walking),
visiting various points round the hamlet of Newsholme. |
| 26 May |
Linslade, Milton Keynes |
10.00am - Linslade Water Treatment Works visit organised by Milton Keynes Christian Environment Group
Join us for a tour of the water treatment works at Linslade and learn about the water cycle, what we flush away, changing weather patterns and population growth. |
| 31 May |
London |
Generic building solutions - RESOURCES AND PEOPLE
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Bob Wilson, Wilson Stephen Partnership St John Wembley Vicarage and Passivhaus
Simon Harvey, St Mary Islington a case study in energy saving & micro-generation
Catherine Bottrill, Pilio systematic energy recording by organisations and people
TBA procuring and financing retrofitting
Brian Cuthbertson envoi and conclusions.
All workshops at: London Diocesan House 36 Causton Street
London SW1P 4AU
2:00pm 6:30 pm - Web page on Generic Buildings Solutions |
| 14-25 May |
Brighton |
STEPS Centre Summer School on Pathways to Sustainability -
University of Sussex -
Brighton, UK - The deadline for applications is 31 January 2012. For full details - STEPS Summer School 2012 (pdf 400kb) |
| 3 June |
World |
Environment Sunday - is the Sunday at the beginning of June nearest to World Environment Day. A Rocha International will be producing material for this Environment Sunday - this year focussing on Trees and Forests, and relating to the Earth Summit whcih starts on 20 June.
It is recognised that many other events are happening on this Sunday - Including the big Lunch, silver Jubilee celebrations, Trinity Sunday - so Churches are encouraged to celebrate "Environment Sunday" on a Sunday close to the 3rd, but at a time suitable to each local church. |
| 3 June |
UK |
The Big Lunch. |
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| 5 June |
World |
World Environment Day |
| 20-22 June |
Brazil |
Earth Summit at Rio 20-22 June |
| 20-22 July |
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National Justice and Peace Annual Conference - "A New World Order? China Today and Our Response" |
| 24-27 Aug |
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Greenbelt 2012 |
| 1 Sept - 4 Oct |
World |
A time for Creation -
Creation time - 1 st Sept - 4 th Oct 2009: 'Time for God's Creation.' Resources are available from Churches Together in Britain and Ireland. Contact www.ctbi.org.uk . |
| 19-21 Oct |
N Wales |
CEL Retreat |
| 21 Oct |
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Apple Day |
| 24 Nov |
UK |
Buy Nothing Day |
| 26 Dec 2012 |
Ripon |
 Boxing Day 9.30am Eucharist at Ripon Cathedral and Pilgrimage to Fountains Abbey, led by Bishop of Ripon and Leeds - Walk of about 4 miles,through beautiful scenery, carol service at Fountains Abbey at the end.
See pictures from 2011 |
What's On? - 2012 calendar 
