CHRISTIAN ECOLOGY LINK: 5th to 7th July 2002

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CHRISTIAN ECOLOGY LINK CONFERENCE
While Stocks Last?: Christians, Consumerism & Creation

SATURDAY 6th JULY 2002
University of Sheffield, 10.30 am to 5.30 pm

CEL Annual Members' Meeting
9.30 am - 10.15 am
Conference Registration: 10.30 am
Conference Opens: 11 am


SPEAKERS INCLUDE

Rt Hon John Gummer, MP
Chairman of the Oxford Commission on Sustainable Consumption
'Sustainable Consumption'

Sir John Houghton
Co-Chair of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Scientific Assessment Working Group
'Global Warming: a challenge to Christians' lifestyles?'

WORKSHOPS ON SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION
Prof. John Rogerson
Emeritus Professor of Biblical Studies, University of Sheffield
Biblical Perspectives on Consumption

Rev Christine Jones
Director of Studies, Urban Theology Unit
Ecology and Inner City Issues

Dr Tim Cooper
Head of the Centre for Sustainable Consumption, Sheffield Hallam University
Waste and Our 'Ecological Footprints'.

Ruth Conway
Author: Choices at the Heart of Technology
Sustainable Consumption in the Context of the Earth Summit

Dr Simon Shackley
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, Manchester
Obstacles to Cutting Fossil Fuel Use

Ruth Jarman & Paul Bodenham
CEL Energy Campaign Team
Operation Noah and CEL's Church Energy Campaign

Dr Euan McPhee
Lecturer, Ecologist & Smallholder
Living Simply

Sarah Darby
Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford
Domestic Consumption choices and Possibilities

Richard Buckley
Christian Aid Area Co-ordinator (S. & E. Yorks)
Globalisation: good or bad?

Cost: £18 (includes Saturday Conference fee and vegetarian lunch). People are welcome to come for the full weekend programme, with accommodation in University Halls of Residence, or to join us for one or more of the events. See below for details of accommodation costs, more information about the events on Friday and Sunday, and to book a place at the Saturday Conference.

Booking is essential for the Saturday Conference.


FRIDAY 5th JULY

Academic Seminar: 10.30am
Consumption, Christianity and Creation
An interdisciplinary seminar with around 20 academic papers.
Keynote address: the Rt Rev James Jones, Bishop of Liverpool.
Sheffield Hallam University. 10.30 am to 4.30 pm. Cost £40 (tbc).
Academic Seminar as pdf and as rtf
Further details. 0114 225 2864 or d.e.green@shu.ac.uk

Public Debate: 8.00 pm
Victoria Hall Methodist Church, central Sheffield.
7.30 pm onwards: Refreshments & Bookstall.
The Question to be debated is:
Worldly Goods: God's Blessing or Curse?
Donations on the door to cover costs. There is no need to book. Further details: 0114 244 3394 (evenings) or ian.jones@sheffield.ac.uk


SATURDAY 6TH JULY
CEL ANNUAL MEMBERS' MEETING
9.30 am - 10.15 am
Stephenson Building, Oakholme Road, University of Sheffield.
CEL's Annual Members' Meeting is FREE and open to all to attend. However, those wishing to stay on for the Saturday Conference must book a place on the booking form below.

SUNDAY 7th JULY
Walk in the Peak National Park from Edale
The walk, in beautiful surroundings, will be led by a National Park Ranger.
or
Visit the Earth Centre at Conisborough
The Earth Centre is one of Britain's most innovative visitor attractions. A guided tour will be arranged.
Departure for both these events from Sheffield railway station. Further details will be sent to all who book for the conference. You will need to pay your own fares and admission costs.