Greenflame
Jottings on science, religion, technology, pop culture, photography and faith from the Aotearoa New Zealand
Category: Environment
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A while ago, Upshot Studios/AWA produced an excellent series of stories from the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic (see: COVID Comics). Over the past few months, in partnership with NBC News, they’ve been doing the same thing with grassroots stories of climate change. The stories are published online (at the link below) and will be…
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Interesting article that came across my desk today. David Pritchett explores how we can ‘read’ the cultural landscape and become more educated about the ‘invisible structures’ that exclude people from the land and from the wider permaculture movement. See: Settlers in the Land: Decolonising Permaculture | Permaculture Magazine Another article that might be useful for…
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I’m looking forward to the book launch next week of “Spirituality and Cancer: Christian Encounters”, edited by my friends and colleagues Caroline Blyth (University of Auckland) and Tim Meadowcroft (Laidlaw College). The book is a collection of papers delivered at a ‘Spirituality, Theology and Cancer’ Laidlaw/University of Auckland symposium held at the University of Auckland…
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A few links on how people’s perception of the future (incl. theological eschatologies) might shape environmental ethics. Does End Time Belief Really Cause Climate Change Apathy? | Atheologies | Religion Dispatches. Public Sees a Future Full of Promise and Peril | Pew Research Center for the People and the Press. End-Times Theology, the Shadow of…
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A (very) brief op-ed piece looking at why (US) young(er) evangelical Christians might be more sympathetic to environmental concerns. See Why Are Young Evangelicals More Likely to Link Their Beliefs With Environmentalism? Jonathan Merritt Answers – Science and Religion Today Does anyone know where the reports mentioned in the piece might be found? I’ve come…
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Related to the previous post, Spiritual Growth Ministries recent issue of Refresh, their journal of contemplative spirituality has an issue titled “Earth and Spirit” that looks at spirituality and ecology. Refresh, Vol. 8 No. 2 (Summer 2008-2009) “Earth and Spirit” (PDF)
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Interesting set of resources by A Rocha UK for resourcing churches ecologically. See Free Resources | Eco-Congregation.
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Time to recycle those old computer bits and pieces. Saturday October 4 is the day. Check out the venue near you. See eDay 2008.
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I’d be a bit more skeptical about this if I hadn’t nearly been run over by a Prius a couple of times walking up the hill to work. I guess I’m more reliant on audio cues for crossing the road that I’d like to think I am. See Lotus Makes Hybrids Sound Like Real Cars.…
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More details are now available for the A Rocha conference, “Eden to Aotearoa: From Biblical Hope to Ecological Action”, being held at Raglan over 30 May to 2 June. Conference Registration Forms (150kb) Brochure – Cover (150kb) Brochure – Inside (930kb)