The annual Zoom event of Prayers and Meditations for our Earth and for the United Nations Climate Change Conferences have been well supported. You are invited to join our upcoming silent meditation session dedicated to prayers and reflections for our Earth and in support of the UN Climate Conference, COP29. This will begin on Tuesday Mornings at 07:00 commencing on 6th August, 2024 … Australian Eastern Standard Time. The first session and meditation will be led by Bishop Philip Huggins.
Faiths for Earth
Side event will explore impact of climate change on human rights
The World Council of Churches – as a member of the Geneva Interfaith Forum on Climate Change, Environment, and Human Rights, is co-organising a side event at the 56th Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland. Focusing on the intersection of human rights and noneconomic loss and damage in the context of climate change, the event will take place on 1 July from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm at Room XXV, Palais des Nations.
Australian Religious Response to Climate Change: Conference 2024
The Australian Religious Response to Climate Change (ARRCC) warmly invites you to participate in our second national Conference.
The Australian Religious Response to Climate Change has a unique role in Australia in bringing together diverse people of faith as witnesses to both our common humanity and respect for the earth.
Groups and communities in many different parts of the country have supported ARRCC’s work on Faiths 4 Climate Justice, ethical investment, solidarity with First Nations people and challenging new coal and gas projects.
Caring for Creation: Making the transition to Renewables without so much noise
Bishop Philip Huggins writes about the transition to renewables where so many other faith bodies and international organisations are doing so without theatrical grandstanding and rhetoric. It is all noise, whereas the committed take the need of Earth – the only home we have – into their prayer, their meditation, their hearts.
Going to Church on the Sunday after the Coalition spoke on Nuclear Reactors
Bishop Philip Huggins – member of the United Nations Interfaith Liaison Committee and Patron of the Australian Religious Response to Climate Change has written a reflection on the Coalition announcement about building seven nuclear power plants, and that which will bring Peace on Earth. It is a journey fractured by much noise and building of division instead of unity.
Two Years to Save the World
Bishop Philip Huggins is a member of the United Nations Interfaith Liaison Committee to the Climate Change Conferences, those events labelled as COP, Conference of Parties. Here, Bishop Huggins addresses the need for government to take action with regard to the Climate Emergency.
Season of Creation 2024 Celebration Guide
The official Celebration Guide for the Season of Creation 2024 will be launched online on 5 June at 3 pm CEST. The live streaming in English will be available on YouTube. Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and French interpretations will be available via Zoom for registered participants.
Sacred Ecology: An Interfaith Perspective
Patriarch Bartholomew I, the Archbishop of Constantinople and the spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodox Christians, is in Lisbon this week for a conference on interreligious dialogue.
On Wednesday morning, he delivered a stirring speech to the KAICIID interfaith forum on the “spiritual obligation” to fight against climate change.
Grow in your Sense of Place + Listen to Wisdom from Elders
Faith Ecology Network is an Australian hub for strengthening an interfaith dialgue between science and religion. Faith Ecology Network is an interfaith network of people from various traditions including: Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Ba’hai’, Sikh, Buddhist, Hindu, Brahma Kumari traditions united in growing our care for biodiversity. A hybrid event on ways to care for biodiversity will be delivered on Sunday, 2 June 2024 at Blacktown NSW and online.
7 Point List to Reduce your Carbon Footprint
The Australian Religious Response to Climate Change is providing two FREE sessions on Reducing your Carbon Footprint and aligning with your faith. Do you want to know more about aligning your carbon footprint with your faith to protect the planet? The Australian Religious Response to Climate Change is presenting an information session via zoom on on June 5 (daytime) and June 6 (evening).
Honouring International Mother Earth Day: A Call to Faith-Based Climate Action
Each year, on April 22nd, we mark International Mother Earth Day, a global moment for introspection on our relationship with our home planet. As Australians representing diverse faiths within Religions for Peace Australia, we recognise the urgency of this day in the face of escalating global warming. Our faiths teach us to cherish and steward the earth, making this day especially significant as an interfaith community. This essay delves into the importance and urgency of International Mother Earth Day and its relevance to our diverse faiths and the broader global community.
Pope Francis to COP28: ‘Choose life, choose the future!’
Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin delivers Pope Francis’ speech to delegates at the UN Climate Change Summit, urging world leaders not to postpone action any longer but to craft concrete and cohesive responses for the well-being of our common home and future generations.
