Tag Archives: climate change

Pacific News | Landmark Decision From UNHRC Paves Way For Climate Refugees 

Fijians
Written by Helen Dempster & Kayly Ober In October 2017, New Zealand’s (then) new minister for climate change, James Shaw, announced that the country was considering issuing “an experimental humanitarian visa” category for Pacific Islanders displaced by the effects of climate change. The new scheme would aim to bring around 100 people a year to New…
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(Sydney) Advent 2019 at the Grail: Deep Despair, Ferocious Hope

Evening #1 - Rev Dr Jason John A series of two-evenings opening space for us to acknowledge the deep despair many feel as they reflect, for example, on the state of the world in the shadow of the ecological crisis, or the state of the Church in the wake of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses…
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Pacific News | Nuclear Legacy Continues to Loom Over the Marshall Islands

US nuclear weapons test at Eniwetok in 1956 by International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons

The Marshall Islands bore the brunt of the United State's nuclear testing with 67 bombs detonated from 1946 to 1958. In the aftermath of these violent tests, radioactive debris was buried on Enewetak Atoll under what is called the Runit Dome. However, as sea levels continue to rise due to the increasing effects of climate change and contaminated marine life is discovered, the integrity of the Dome is being called into question.

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LENT 2019 | Time For Some Reflection

Sunlight and Tree
You and your friends are warmly invited to join us for five evening reflections during this Lenten season on the theme of – Is Christianity Wild? - exploring the relationship of Christianity to the natural world. The program offers participants both spiritual refreshment and inspiration to action. To guide us on this journey, we will…
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