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Eco-Booklet from Scots Kirk Paris
The Eco-Group at the Scots Kirk Paris have produced an Eco-Booklet. The children of their Young Church have made pictures for the different chapters in the booklet and have been enjoying passing it onto people who come to worship in their church. The congregation kindly agreed to share the Booklet with us, and hope that it will give you and us some more ideas and guidance.
The Eco-Booklet can be downloaded here (pdf, 239kb)
National Spring Clean!
Keep Scotland Beautiful are starting off the new decade with a massive recruitment drive for National Spring Clean 2010. Well over 7,000 volunteers have pledged to take part in a litter pick this April. And with nearly 60,000 taking part last year we’re expecting a great deal more interest in the coming months!
If you haven’t yet decided how to support the campaign, why not follow the example of organisations such as Countryside Jobs Service, Eco Congregations, Ramblers Scotland, Scouts Scotland, Living Streets, Marine Conservation Society, Rural Gateway, YouthLink Scotland, Sustainable Scotland Network, Beautiful Scotland, and Rabbie’s Trail Burners, and include an article on your website and/or in your next newsletter inviting readers to take part in one of Scotland’s biggest annual environmental campaigns for volunteers?
If you feel able to support the campaign, Keep Scotland Beautiful would be happy to include a reciprocal link from the Supporters’ page on their website, as a way of saying ‘thank you’. Get in touch with Valerie Carson (Tel. 01786 468243, valerie.carson@ksbscotland.org.uk) or visit http://www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org for more information.
Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen
On Monday, 07th December, the Copenhagen conference began, with delegations from 190 countries taking part and over 15,000 attendees. Reports from the summit can be followed at http://www.odysseynetworks.org and http://www.stopclimatechaos.org/scotland.
Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, preached in Copenhagen Cathedral on 13th December. The sermon can be found at http://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/2671.
Thank you to everyone who came along to The Wave in Glasgow on 05.12. and helped to make the event a great success.
The ecumenical service beforehand went well, and we are very grateful to Bill Hewitt, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, Cardinal Keith O’Brien, David Chillingworth, Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church and Kathy Galloway, Head of Christian Aid Scotland, for their participation in the service, as well as all of you who came along to it!
Kathy Galloway's sermon from the service can be downloaded here (doc, 31kb).
The march was, indeed, the largest climate change demonstration ever to take place in Scotland, with around 8,000 people taking to the streets. More information can be found at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/8395914.stm.
Copyright: Matthew Aitken
You can see a wider selection of photos from the day here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/stopclimatechaos/sets/72157622835088285/.
The speech given by the Right Rev Bill Hewitt, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, in Kelvingrove Park after the march can be found here (doc, 29kb).
On the same day, tens of thousands of people marched in London, Belfast Dublin, Paris, Brussels and Berlin to call on political leaders at Copenhagen to deliver the deal we need to avoid climate change getting out of control.
Thanks again for coming along to a momentous day on Saturday when we showed the level of support there is in Scotland for taking action on climate change.
For more information on The Wave, visit http://www.the-wave.org.uk/scotland.
Eco-Congregation Scotland News
16. February at St Andrew's and St George's Church, George Street, topic: Waste Management - Speaker: Anita Duffy (Edinburgh City Council, Waste Education Officer)
27. April at Morningside United Church, corner Morningside Road/ Chamberlain Road, topic: Climate Change & Carbon Footprint after Copenhagen - Speaker: Adrian Shaw (Church of Scotland, Climate Change Officer)
21. June in the Botanic Gardens, topic: Year of Biodiversity
04. October, venue tbc, Food
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