Copenhagen– before, during and after
The last few months have been very busy ones for many of us involved in JRI. Undoubtedly the main reason has been the COP15 UN Climate Change Conference which was held from 7th to 18th December 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Let us give you some insights into the run up, the conference, and the aftermath. We work in chronological order, starting with our JRI Pre-Copenhagen consultation. We then look at The Wave demonstration in London. Then Dr Tjirk van der Ziel, a science journalist from The Netherlands, who was at the Copenhagen Summit sent us a short report on his experiences. Finally, the Newsletter concludes with the first analysis of the results of Copenhagen from JRI President, Sir John Houghton.
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21st January 2010
JRI/Redcliffe College Environment day Conference: Food Futures
Organised in partnership with Redcliffe College, CMS and the Agricultural Christian Fellowship
9.30am – 4.30pm, Saturday 6 March 2010
Newspapers and TV programmes herald the ‘end of cheap food’, warning us that the global food systems on which we have come depend are increasingly fragile. The cost to other nations and the environment, and the impact on UK food producers, mean that in a few years we will not be living as we do now. The Food Futures Day Conference at Redcliffe College, Gloucester help us respond by asking what God wants us to learn and how we could personally change and adapt. We will look at what Scripture says about our relationship with food and those that produce it, and at what can be done to improve global production, food security, and patterns of trade. For those of us who do not grow food but do eat it, we will explore the jungle of food ethics and whether ‘conscience in the supermarket’ is an adequate response to the coming storm.
Speakers include:
The speakers are Rev Dr Mike Rayner (British Heart Foundation, Oxford), Patrick Mulvany (Chair of UK Food Group) and Ruth Valerio, author of ‘L is for Lifestyle’.
The Food Futures day is in association with Redcliffe College, the Church Mission Society, and the Agricultural Christian Fellowship.
Cost: £35 including a two-course lunch.
To book:
Please download the booking form and send with a cheque to Mrs Diane Carter, Redcliffe College, Wotton House, Horton Road, Gloucester GL1 3PT.
A LEAFLET with more details is now available.
There is a special Facebook Event Page for this meeting. Do join us there for updates and the latest information. You will need to be registered with Facebook to do this.
20th January 2010
For some time now the Christian Rural & Environmental Studies (CRES) web site has been looking a little tired. Fortunately John McKeown, the JRI webmaster, has designed a nice new site. Thanks very much John! Although the CRES course starts and finishes in September each year, the Spring and early Summer are the times when many people are looking for courses. CRES is now getting quite a few enquiries every week, and we recommend that potential students make their applications by about June as this allows us to find a local tutor and give instructions on the course before it really gets going! If you are interested probably the best place to look first is our CRES Certificate page. Then you might have some questions. If so go to the Contact CRES page. Then finally if you would like to apply download an Application Form and send it back to us with your payment.
19th January 2010
A briefing by JRI Associate Dr John Lockwood about an Australian website called “The Skeptics Handbook”. JRI has received a few enquiries about this website and the briefing provides an effective answer to the claims made there.
PDF download (5 pages)
8th January 2010
Applications are invited for the post of Researcher/Administrator on the project ‘Hope for Creation’ administered by the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion (based at St. Edmund’s College, Cambridge) jointly with the Kirby Laing Institute for Christian Ethics (KLICE) (based at Tyndale House, Cambridge).
For more details go to:
http://www.jri.org.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Faraday-KLICE-advert.pdf
7th January 2010
Team Vicar of High Beach Parish [Waltham Abbey Team] & Chaplain of Lee Valley Regional Park & Epping Forest
Our friends from A Rocha UK have asked if we could advertise an exciting post for an Anglican vicar! Are you looking for a pioneering ministry with opportunities for innovative mission? Is conservation, the environment or recreation your passion? If so then look at the JOB ADVERT
6th January 2010
The Royal Society has recently issued a 2 page statement, Preventing dangerous Climate Change, that can be downloaded from the Royal Society website. It is a very good, up to date comprehensive statement of the science of climate change and what needs to be done.
16th December 2009
