WCC - CHRISTIAN YOUTH TO BE TRAINED FOR ECO-JUSTICE

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CHRISTIAN YOUTH TO BE TRAINED FOR ECO-JUSTICE For
immediate release: 07 July 2011 Young Christians
aged 18-30 years are invited to apply for a
programme addressing the links between
environmental and socio-economic justice which is
jointly organized by the World Council of
Churches (WCC) and the Lutheran World Federation
(LWF) in the context of United Nations climate
negotiations in the latter part of 2011. â??Youth
for Eco-Justiceâ?? is a transformational training
programme for young change-makers in churches,
faith-based organizations and networks worldwide.
The programme starts with a two-week training and
immersion in the context of the international
climate change negotiations (COP 17) in Durban,
South Africa. The seminar will take place at the
Glenmore Pastoral Centre in Durban from 26
November to 10 December 2011. In the months
following the seminar the participants will
initiate and implement projects in their home
countries on a volunteer basis. The postmark
deadline for applications is 15 August. The WCC
has a long tradition of addressing the links
between Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation.
Today, this approach is applied and updated in
regard to some of the most urgent global
challenges by the WCC's programmatic cluster on
eco-justice, consisting of the Ecumenical Water
Network (Link:
http://www.oikoumene.org/index.php?RDCT=fdf71a51e41718387d43
), the climate justice campaign (Link:
http://www.oikoumene.org/index.php?RDCT=9fa40f402c4d638713c2
) and the Poverty, Wealth and Ecology (Link:
http://www.oikoumene.org/index.php?RDCT=e3ce79a00d2124b22463
) project. The LWF has recently launched an
experiment in global online youth exchange called
LWF together ­ the Earth needs You (Linnk:
http://www.oikoumene.org/index.php?RDCT=5531cf31576420267c73
). It brings together more than 100 youth groups
in 45 countries that address eco-justice with
concrete activities. â??Youth for Eco-Justiceâ??
will also link up with other ecumenical youth
networks such as the World Student Christian
Federation (Link:
http://www.oikoumene.org/index.php?RDCT=5c77783f2dd22e78b162
) (WSCF) and the Ecumenical Youth Council in
Europe (Link:
http://www.oikoumene.org/index.php?RDCT=cd7488d6a3c6e7acd419
) (EYCE). Both the WSCF and the EYCE have
recently launched campaigns focusing on
environmental justice. (Link:
http://www.oikoumene.org/index.php?RDCT=b55233ed51e971a212ae
) Download the Youth for Eco-Justice brochure
(Link:
http://www.oikoumene.org/index.php?RDCT=9f2ed6568093e40aa485
) (pdf, 200 KB) Online application form (Link:
http://www.oikoumene.org/index.php?RDCT=f54fe07268cc5a390faf
) Print application form (Link:
http://www.oikoumene.org/index.php?RDCT=9a63b9ec3ea3a837bfd3
) (MS Word, 54 KB) The World Council of Churches
promotes Christian unity in faith, witness and
service for a just and peaceful world. An
ecumenical fellowship of churches founded in
1948, today the WCC brings together 349
Protestant, Orthodox, Anglican and other churches
representing more than 560 million Christians in
over 110 countries, and works cooperatively with
the Roman Catholic Church. The WCC general
secretary is Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, from the
[Lutheran] Church of Norway. Headquarters:
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