Given the fires that consume large extensions of flora and fauna of our Amazon, the organizations that make up the Evangelical Coalition for Climate Justice express:
Our deep pain at the shouts and the cry of our territories, as well as the brothers and sisters of the
We contacted some young people from 13 different cities in Peru to lead the Week of Prayer that ran from 3 to 9 June. We asked them to lead this week in their cities, so that they could meet, share and pray, following a guide that we had prepared for the event, in churches and university campuses. Some ran creative ecological awareness activities on university campuses, others organised meetings at their churches to talk about environmental issues with videos, or on a topic related to a case of violation of indigenous rights that occurred 10 years ago in Bagua, in the Amazonas region of Peru. This problem began with the action of the Government, which regarded the Free Trade Agreement with the United States and laws promoting extractivism as more important than the common good.
Moving from Maputo to Chimoio was a life change. As soon as I got to Chimoio, I realised how important my skills and my knowledge of sanitation water and hygiene would be fundamental to improve the lives of thousands of people in the peri-urban areas in Chimoio City. Chimoio is a small city with a modest economy, where retail and services are the main income sources for many people.
What springs to mind when you think of air pollution? If you live in a relatively developed part of the world, it’s likely to conjure up thoughts about exhaust fumes from cars on busy roads, or dense smoke being pumped into the air from power stations or factories.
Plastic was supposed to make our lives better: simpler and more convenient. But I join millions of people around the world who have woken up to the fact that this is myth. We have a global plastic emergency. A rubbish problem.
In the lead up to World Environment Day on Wednesday 5th June, we will be showcasing some of the great work Renew Our World in Brazil are doing.
The team there have been busy mobilising Christians to take Creation Care seriously. Check out the videos below. You can also sign their petition.
BEFORE THE DATE
Choose a location. Ideas include a beach, riverbank or park.
Pick a date. Consider choosing an international celebration day, such as World Environment Day (5 June) or World Clean-up Day (a date in September each year).
In March 2015, the government of Malawi banned the production, sale and use of single-use plastic bags. However, putting the ban into practice was not easy. The plastic bag manufacturers appealed and got a court injunction to halt the ban. While waiting for their appeal to be heard, they continued to produce and sell the bags. This continued for more than three years.
Atualmente, 2 bilhões de pessoas nos países mais pobres vivem e trabalham entre pilhas de lixo, bebem água poluída, respiram ar tóxico e lutam contra doenças. Empresas multinacionais ajudam a agravar o problema vendendo bilhões de produtos plásticos que são usados uma única vez e descartados sem o tratamento adequado.
The Tearfund office in Haiti has managed to work closely with networks of passionate youth all over the country and have been stirring these groups to step out in advocacy. I travelled to the region of Nippes to meet these young people first hand and run a movement building Bootcamp with them. The aim was to enable a group of 40 young people to start a movement campaigning on creation care that would eventually move out into other regions of Haiti.
Today, two billion people in the world’s poorest countries are living and working among piles of waste – that’s one in four of us. Drinking polluted water. Breathing toxic air. Battling sickness. Each day waste mountains are growing causing preventable deaths.
