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@greenchristian.org.uk

UK-based organisation for Christians who care about the environment. Inspired by our faith, we work to care for Creation through prayer, living simply, public witness, campaigning and mutual encouragement www.greenchristian.org.uk

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Promise the Earth – A Safe Climate in Good Faith – Book Review – GreenChristian GreenChristian

Promise the Earth – A Safe Climate in Good Faith by by Julian Allwood and Andrew Davison – Book Review by Martin Davis buff.ly/EAvNjPH

02.03.2026 16:32 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Join us for this year's YNU Conference on Saturday 21st March at The Priory Street Centre, York: 'Recording Yorkshire's natural history - beyond ‘The State of Yorkshire's Nature’ report'. Purchase your tickets here: www.ynu.org.uk/join-the-ynu... or contact membership@ynu.org.uk.

13.02.2026 11:52 👍 5 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 1
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A reminder for our next YNU Zoom Chats session, which will be held on Friday 6th March from 19:00 - 20:00 (longer for those wishing to stay for a chat!). Topics include Yorkshire's dragonflies, @teamneyedc.bsky.social grassland fungi project, and moths further afield. See below for the link to join!

16.02.2026 14:42 👍 0 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Brian Webb’s Stubborn Optimism: A Christian Case for Climate Action - Good Faith Can Missionaries, Not Politics, Depolarize Climate Change for Christians?

Brian Webb's Stubborn Optimism: A Christian Case for Climate Action - Good Faith

27.02.2026 11:10 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Clean water can’t wait.

The Government must take action now for nature and people.

26.02.2026 10:03 👍 50 🔁 20 💬 1 📌 3
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Revd Johannes Nobel: Why Look for the Living Among the Dead? Natural life in churchyards – connecting with the Biodiversity of church land. The Revd Johannes (Jan) Nobel is a parish priest in York, as well as the Green Ambassador for the Diocese of York.…

A Green Christian video about managing churchyards for wildlife - prepare now for" Love your Burial Ground Week & Churches Count on Nature" in June,

19.02.2026 18:29 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Trump has pulled the US out of the World Health Organization – here’s why that’s sheer hypocrisy | Devi Sridhar There’s a lesson here for the UK and the anti-WHO Nigel Farage – Trump attacks it in public, but in private he knows he still needs it, says Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the…

Trump has pulled the US out of the World Health Organization – here’s why that’s sheer hypocrisy | Devi Sridhar buff.ly/T5JBzBX

17.02.2026 09:02 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The hidden national park
The hidden national park

Why are Churchyards so important for Biodiversity? buff.ly/9pyyDu8 #churchyard #nationalpark #biodiversity

17.02.2026 06:43 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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This week 🍎

Join us for the upcoming Joy In Enough workshop to hear how organiser Michael Stuart began fruit harvesting initiatives, and to learn how you might be able to start, join or support a similar project yourselves.

Register at greenchristian.org.uk/could-you-st...

16.02.2026 15:49 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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💚 #ShowTheLove2026 is here! 💚

🌍 People across the UK are sharing green hearts to show what they love and want to protect—because climate and nature action is at the heart of a healthier future.

👉 Send a green heart to your local politician
📮 Send a postcard to your MP

16.02.2026 10:34 👍 13 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0
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Could you Start a Fruit Harvesting Group? – GreenChristian GreenChristian

Could you Start a Fruit Harvesting Group? – GreenChristian
Zoom talk and discussion - Wed 18 Feb 7pm – Online Joy in Enough talk with Michael Stuart

16.02.2026 11:10 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The real meaning of the word.

09.02.2026 22:47 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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BBC Sounds - The Fibre Factor - Available Episodes Listen to the latest episodes of The Fibre Factor on BBC Sounds.

BBC Sounds - The Fibre Factor - Available Episodes buff.ly/z5iHO4k
five good 15 minute radio programmes - Improve your health from today.

15.02.2026 18:29 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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About Earth Overshoot Day - #MoveTheDate of Earth Overshoot Day Earth Overshoot Day marks the date when humanity’s demand for ecological resources and services exceeds what Earth can regenerate.

About Earth Overshoot Day - #MoveTheDate of Earth Overshoot Day buff.ly/siaWRAE This year it will be in July.. find out when

15.02.2026 13:12 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Scarlet Elfcup seen Friday 23 Jan #cuerdenvalleypark

25.01.2026 18:45 👍 0 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Take Big Money Out of Our Politics British politics is awash with money from super rich donors. In 2023, two-thirds of all private donations came from just 19 people. These so-called ‘mega donors’ enjoy privileged access to political p...

A crypto investor just donated £9 million to the Reform Party. Right now, billionaires can pour unlimited money into our elections, effectively buying our democracy. Think that's wrong? Add your name to call for a cap on donations today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...

05.02.2026 22:03 👍 0 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Photo of a man on a bicycle with boxes of apples and fruit harvesting equipment.
Text: "Could you start a fruit harvesting group?
Wednesday 18 February 2026, 7-8.15pm
https://ctbi.org.uk/events"

Photo of a man on a bicycle with boxes of apples and fruit harvesting equipment. Text: "Could you start a fruit harvesting group? Wednesday 18 February 2026, 7-8.15pm https://ctbi.org.uk/events"

Could you start a fruit harvesting group?

18 Feb 2026, 7-8.15pm

Hear how organiser Michael Stuart began these terrific initiatives in this online event from @greenchristian.org.uk

ctbi.org.uk/event/could-...

13.02.2026 14:00 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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My novella #Aerth is published tomorrow (4/2/26) in Italy by @zona42.bsky.social. Wonderful translation by @madampsychosis.bsky.social Chiara Reali, beautiful cover art by Annalisa Antonini. Nota bene: No generative AI used in any part of this work.
Molte grazie, Giorgio Raffaelli & all the team!

03.02.2026 12:28 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 1
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In Our Time - The Code of Hammurabi - BBC Sounds The impact of the wide-ranging laws of Hammurabi, King of Babylon from 4,000 years ago.

Thoroughly enjoyed
this conversation about
The Code of Hammurabi.

Misha Glenny is an
excellent host, a worthy
successor to
Melvyn Bragg.
#InOurTime

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

13.02.2026 10:02 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0
Your tallest buildings show what you value most: Finance capital is killing us | Rupert Read
Your tallest buildings show what you value most: Finance capital is killing us | Rupert Read Across the UK in communities, workplaces and wherever they have power, people from all walks of life are organising the kinds of serious climate action that will make governments take notice. The…

Watch: You can tell a lot about what a culture values by its large buildings. Are they cathedrals? Palaces? Universities? Temples? Hospitals? Or are they shrines to consumerism and finance?

Check out my latest #YouTube short for more.

youtube.com/shorts/Ibcxo...

13.02.2026 09:43 👍 5 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
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Through the Kalumbi Tujiinue Sand Dam and Environmental Conservation Project, 12,980 trees were planted across three target communities!

Join us in celebrating:

🌳 Restored landscapes
🌳 Healthier water catchments
🌳 Improved biodiversity
🌳 Strong community ownership of environmental recovery

11.02.2026 15:49 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Across the Irish countryside, hedgerows are constantly being annihilated.

So often, these are the last wildlife refuges in a landscape denuded of habitat.

Just where is nature supposed to go?

12.02.2026 08:21 👍 191 🔁 46 💬 13 📌 1
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Site Map – GreenChristian GreenChristian

Did you know that the Green Christian Website
has an old fashioned site map as
an extra way of finding information from its many pages.
buff.ly/xaQltat

10.02.2026 09:17 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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WCC launches “Ten Commandments of Climate-Responsible Banking,” encouraging faith communities to divest from fossil fuels The World Council of Churches (WCC) has released a new resource, Ten Commandments of Climate-Responsible Banking, calling on individuals, churches, and faith-based organizations to align their…

WCC launches “Ten Commandments of Climate-Responsible Banking,” encouraging faith communities to divest from fossil fuels buff.ly/PdwsMdO

06.02.2026 11:13 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Greener Jobs
Helping students learn to be systems thinkers and effective change
managers is a key component of quality education for a green economy.

02.02.2026 11:10 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Blue-tinted photo of snowdrops featuring text "The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land." Psalm 95:5. February Prayer Guide. Green Christian Logo

Blue-tinted photo of snowdrops featuring text "The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land." Psalm 95:5. February Prayer Guide. Green Christian Logo

The Green Christian February prayer guide is available now 💘

Our prayer guide features daily points to pray for, as well as liturgy to use in your own intercessions.

Download at greenchristian.org.uk/introduction/resources/prayer-guide 🙏

02.02.2026 10:04 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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A Call to Mission Just One Thing this edition is to start a conversation in our churches on climate resilience. Moral, spiritual and practical leadership is going to be needed in the next few decades. Why should this not...

Read Green Christian's latest email newsletter
A Call to Mission

29.01.2026 11:10 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Show the Love! – GreenChristian GreenChristian

Every February, people across the UK make and share green hearts to show what’s at the heart of the future they want to protect.

28.01.2026 18:29 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Storm of Hope 2026 – GreenChristian GreenChristian

Storm of Hope 2026 buff.ly/Oe2jCON
Green Christian's Annual Brochure:
Adaptation and Resilience is this year's theme

28.01.2026 13:02 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Our #RewildTheChurch campaign has put nature on the agenda for the Church of England!

Our motion needs at least 100 signatures from Synod members to be considered for debate. You can ask your local representative to sign the motion here:

actionnetwork.org/letters/help...

#Rewilding #Stewardship

22.01.2026 17:30 👍 5 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0