wfn.org | [ENS] Global warming: Call for Comment;

["Matthew Davies" <mdavies@episcopalchurch.org>]

Daybook, from Episcopal News Service
May 9, 2005 -- Monday Mission

[FEAST: Faith, Environment, Action, Science, Technology]

* Global Warming: Call for comment
* Anglican Communion's Environmental Network meets in Australia

Call for Comment: Global Warming

[ENS] -- "We have only a few years, and not ten years, but less, to do
something" to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and global warming, Dutch
environmental secretary Pieter van Geel tells writer Elizabeth Kolbert
in
the third and final part of her series "The Climate of Man" printed in
The
New Yorker magazine (May 9, 2005, edition).

To address this environmental crisis, the Episcopal News Service plans
an
article reflecting Anglican views and voices. Please send comments and
reflections to news@episcopalchurch.org.

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Worldwide Anglican Green Force: Environmental Network meets in Canberra

[Source: Anglican Communion News Service, April 27, 2005] -- Rising sea
levels, droughts and climate changes were among the issues considered by
delegates at the inaugural meeting of the Anglican Communion's
Environmental
Network in Canberra, Australia, the week of April 18. [Further reports
on
meeting content will follow.]

The Network, which currently includes representatives of more than 20 of
the
Communion's 38 provinces, has been established at the instigation of the
Anglican Consultative Council (ACC).

The meeting was hosted by Bishop George Browning of Canberra and
organized
in association with the Communion's United Nations Observer's Office.

The gathering enabled delegates to report on issues affecting their
individual provinces, report on local initiatives both underway and
planned,
and included presentations by leading Australian experts including
Professor
Ian Lowe and Professor Peter Cullen.

The Anglican Environmental Network aims to provide the Anglican
Communion
with support, encouragement and expertise to enable churches and church
organizations to take positive action including auditing, training and
theological education to ensure all levels of the Church follow good
environmental practice and awareness.

Organizers envision that the Network will eventually represent all
provinces
of the Communion to ensure that the Church, both in developing and
developed
countries, takes its environmental responsibilities to new levels of
understanding and action to help fulfill the Communion's fifth Mark of
Mission.

For further information:

Anglican Communion Environmental Network Communications
Mr. David Shreeve: davidshreeve@conservationfoundation.co.uk
The Rev. Ken Gray: adventpr@telus.net
The Rt. Rev. George Browning: george.browning@anglican.org.au

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