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Archive for September, 2009

New Book from Hilary Marlow

A new book from JRI Director, Hilary Marlow ‘Biblical Prophets and Contemporary Environmental Ethics’ will be published in November. The flyer gives details of a special pre-publication deal. Many Congratulations to Hilary

2009 Albert Einstein World Award

Congratulations to JRI President, Sir John Houghton, who will be the recipient of the 2009 Albert Einstein World Award of Science from the World Cultural Council. The twenty-sixth Award Ceremony of the Council will take place on Wednesday 25th November, at 16.00hrs, in the Academic Hall, Université de Liège, Liège, Belgium.

OTC student increase

Sixteen students have enrolled for the next presentation of the module “Christian Faith and the Environment” (OTC, University of Gloucestershire). This is higher than any of the previous four years. The module was written and is tutored by JRI Associate John McKeown.

Four New CRES graduates

On Saturday 12th September 2009, another four students on Christian Rural and Environmental Studies (CRES) graduated at Ripon College Cuddesdon, nr. Oxford. Simon Brown, Hazel Byford and Alison Hudson all gained Certificates, and Jean Lorimer had a Diploma. Congratulations to all four! This brings the total CRES graduates to 17 since the course started. We [...]

United Nations Climate Change Conference

Many in the science community, government and NGOs consider this winter’s United Nations Climate Change Conference to be a ‘make or break’ occasion, an opportunity for concerted change to avoid taking the Earth’s climate to the brink of disaster. Find out more.

JRI Facebook page

FB.init(“8c32a045e98e6f8f761a6deffe87c1e5″); JRI now has a Facebook Page which you can follow. You will need to register with Facebook if you wish to access this page.

Newsletter 21 (summer 2009)

JRI newsletter 21 is available online and in print.

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