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Clergy from the Diocese of Oxford recently cycled to Downing Street to deliver a petition with 10,000 signatures in support of more government action on climate change. The petition, compiled by relief and development agency Tearfund, urges Prime Minister Gordon Brown to do everything he can to secure a strong Climate Change Bill.
Last week Sandbach, UK’s A ROCHA group heard a ‘story of hope from Lebanon’, with Chris Naylor first setting out the background of the Middle East and Lebanon in particular.
He then described the remarkable success of the Lebanon project since it began 11 years ago with the aim of conserving the last remaining wetland in the country.
He explained the commitment to conservation which motivates the independent A ROCHA projects, now in 18 countries worldwide.
The speaker described the Aamiq marsh project set up by A ROCHA Lebanon in the Bekaa valley, and its significance to the huge number of birds that migrate to Europe.
He further explained how the project has contributed to a growing interest in the environment in this troubled region of the Middle East.
Conservation education has been promoted through building of strong links with local schools and organisations from across the community and from all religious backgrounds.
Christian conservation organization A Rocha brings people of all religions together in saving the planet.
Churches are not burying their heads in the sand, and they recognize the need to deal with and pray about the ecological problems that face humankind.
