nature
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Preparing for the Season of Creation 2025: Faith Communities and the Climate Emergency
As we approach this year’s Season of Creation (1st September–4th October), we are invited to reflect and act under the global theme Peace with Creation, inspired by Isaiah 32:14–18. The Season of Creation is not only a time of prayer and ecological reflection, but also an opportunity to recognise the urgent reality of the climate…
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Public Consultation – Private Member’s Bill on improving tree protections in Northern Ireland
Consultation starts 27/11/24, ends 06/03/2025 Peter McReynolds MLA plans to introduce a Private Member’s Bill to improve protection for trees across Northern Ireland. This legislation would seek to strengthen the legal protection of individual and groups of trees, as well as ancient and long-established woodland in Northern Ireland. A proposed Bill would cover three key…
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Biodiversity COP 16: Important Agreement Reached Towards Goal of “Making Peace with Nature”
CALI, Colombia — The 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 16) was suspended in the morning of Nov. 2 but not before countries agreed on an expanded role of Indigenous Peoples and local communities in saving biodiversity and a groundbreaking agreement on the operationalization of a…
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COP 16: “Peace with Nature”
The 16th UN Biodiversity Conference (COP16) in Cali, Colombia, 21st October-1st November, is a pivotal meeting where international leaders and environmental advocates are working to address biodiversity loss. Building on the goals of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF), this year’s theme, “Peace with Nature,” highlights the urgency of harmony between human activity and the…
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A view from Louise Taylor
Northern Ireland has not always been good at accepting and embracing differences or acknowledging the brilliance in our collective variances. Yet it is in our variety that our greatest strength as a population lies, which is arguably in our resilience. As the renowned and well-respected theologian and spiritual advisor to the late Prince Philip, Professor…
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Lough Neagh Consultation Webinar
As part of the consultation process for the Lough Neagh Resilience Plan, the 30th July webinar provided an opportunity to hear from four experts on landscape acquisition and management; considering the development of a new Lough Neagh heritage resilience plan and the various environmental and conservation challenges surrounding Lough Neagh together with examples of innovative…
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WCC joins conference in France to address human relationship with nature
The conference, “Anthropology and Ecological Spirituality,” focused on Psalms 8:4, “What is human that you think of him?” The event examined the complex relationship between humans and the rest of creation, highlighting the historical dominance of anthropocentric exploitation and advocating for a shift towards stewardship as envisioned in Christian ecological thought. In his presentation, Andrianos…