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Water: Global Challenges for the 21st Century

Water: Global Challenges for the 21st Century We are delighted that the 2012 JRI and Redcliffe College Environment Conference will this year be in partnership with Tearfund. The theme is “Water: Global Challenges for the 21st Century”, and the meeting will take place on Saturday, 3rd March 2012  between 09:30 and 16:30 at  Redcliffe College in Gloucester. Water [...]

Hope for Creation

On Sunday 6 November 2011 Tearfund is joining with partners across the world for Hope for Creation – a global day of prayer and action on climate change – and JRI is supporting this initiative!  Tearfund are expecting thousands of Christians around the world to join in by praying and speaking up for justice for our [...]

FOOD MATTERS: Wednesday 21st September 2011

Food Matters (Wednesday 21st September 2011) This was the first of what we hope will be a series of events at Holland House near Pershore in Worcestershire and we had 15 present. After arriving we had coffee and Mike Rayner led us in a session on The Bible and Food. The middle of the day [...]

THE GOSPEL’S GREEN LIGHT- Leeds in March

THE GOSPEL’S GREEN LIGHT: Motives for Environmental Care SATURDAY MARCH 26th 2011 A day conference exploring Christian environmental activism in theory and practice. Rev. Peter Harris: A Rocha’s Green Light: A remarkable story of faithful response to the Creator Prof. Andrew Basden: Green Activism with Christ: Is spiritual regeneration needed for effective change? Prof. Tim Cooper: Christians in [...]

Climate of Hope- Leeds in March

Climate of Hope (10.00-15.30, 12 March 2011 at South Parade Baptist Church, Leeds) This is a conference being put on in Leeds to encourage and equip churches to act on climate change. The event will take place on 12th of March 2011 at South Parade Baptist Church in Headingley and will feature Sir John Houghton [...]

Summer 2010 Field Trip to Whetstone Fruit Farm, Leicestershire

Summer Field Trip to Whetstone Fruit Farm, Leicestershire. Saturday 10th July 2010 (11.00am to 4.00pm) For some years now CRES, in association with JRI and CRuC have run summer field trips around England. These visits have varied from farms to woodlands, from urban to very rural, and we aim to vary our content every year. [...]

JRI/Redcliffe College Environment day Conference: Food Futures

9.30am – 4.30pm, Saturday 6 March 2010 After months in the planning the JRI/Redcliffe College Environment day Conference: Food Futures finally came to fruition. Around 70 people attended a highly successful day. This page now gives reports on the day which was organised in partnership with Redcliffe College, CMS and the Agricultural Christian Fellowship. The [...]