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“The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it”  Genesis 2:15 (NIV) For the Anglican Communion, “God’s mission is holistic, concerned for all human beings and…the totality of God’s creation”.

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Climate Change

There is compelling scientific evidence that recent changes in the global climate are due to human activity and that catastrophic consequences will ensue if atmospheric carbon levels continue to rise. The burning of fossil fuels and deforestation are the main causes of this. CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere are often used as an indicator because…

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Climate Actions

The Cherished Earth climate justice initiative, is about connecting faith with caring for creation and taking action on climate change Read about work already completed, including that on  Fossil Fuel Divestment, DIY Sustainability Survey, and Actions taken by parishes in the Auckland Diocese. Learn about the actions that you can take, individually or collectively, in the sustainability…

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Sustainability Matters

Sustainability Matters

October has been an impactful month from a sustainability perspective. The Government last week released a new report Essential Freshwater: Healthy Water, Fairly Allocated, on how to improve the quality of our freshwater systems. We will all be affected by new rules, to be in place by 2020, that are intended to halt the degradation […]

Rise for Climate and Cherish our Earth

Rise for Climate and Cherish our Earth

Homo Sapiens have lived on Earth for around 10,000 generations***, yet since the industrial revolution (1760-1830), just ten to twelve generations ago, we have been the cause of much lasting damage to the earth. We have degraded the world’s soils to the point that all it could be gone within three generations.  We watched species […]

Ecological Overshoot is a tragedy, not a tactic

Ecological Overshoot is a tragedy, not a tactic

It’s an easy and sometimes advantageous strategy to overshoot a mark we have in our sights. When selling a house, it is usually the case that the asking price is set higher than the expected selling price.  It gives some wriggle room for the negotiations between buyer and seller. And in salary negotiations, a confident […]

Cherishing our Earth and the Zero Carbon Bill

Cherishing our Earth and the Zero Carbon Bill

Was there something special about Monday, 1st May 2018? Weather wise, the rain of Auckland’s weekend was clearing to sunny skies with a temperature high of 20°C and strongish southerly winds.  Nothing special there. The news reports of the day covered a homicide, the closure of the Waitākere Ranges Regional Park to protect Kauri trees, […]

Submission on the Zero Carbon Bill

This submission represents the collective views of the Anglican’s Climate Action Network (Anglicans CAN), Auckland, and does not purport to be the position of the Anglican Church of Aotearoa New Zealand. Anglicans CAN is a group of Anglicans who have been raising awareness, providing education and supporting political action on climate change issues since 2006 […]

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