Christian Ecology Link Web Site -
What's new?
See also: Other pages which are also continually being updated:
- The Whatson (Coming events)
- News
Section of the Home Page,
- T the daily prayer
guide and
- Monthly
articles for church magazines
|
| Date added |
Item |
| June 2008 |
Green Christian - extended article on Population |
| May 2008 |
Script for short humourous play on pollution and global warming |
| May 2008 |
ecocell - a new CEL resource |
| May 2008 |
June Prayer Guide |
| May 2008 |
June parish magazine item |
| May 2008 |
May Prayer Guide |
| May 2008 |
Breastfeeding |
| May 2008 |
Eco-Spirituality ppt - free resource |
| Apr 2008 |
Links to CEL members websites |
| Apr 2008 |
Eco-Spirituality powerpoint - free resource |
| Apr 2008 |
LiveSimply |
| Mar 2008 |
Heathrow T5 protest |
| Mar 2008 |
Do the Maths- Travel - April magazine article |
| Jan 2008 |
Sean McDonagh at Bradford |
| Jan 2008 |
February Prayer Guide |
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Bethesda Church EcoCong |
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Lent Courses updated |
| Jan 2008 |
CEL delivers symbols to 10 Downing Street -press release and report on day. |
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10 New Years Resolutions |
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January Prayer Guide |
| Dec 2007 |
How to make a CEL display portable hanging leaflet holder or buy a very cheap counter stand. |
| Dec 2007 |
Climate March Pics 8 Dec |
| Dec 2007 |
Christmas - alternative etc |
| Dec 2007 |
Jan Magazine article |
| Nov 2007 |
Prayer guide as daily email |
| Nov 2007 |
Dec Prayer Guide 25/11 |
| Nov 2007 |
Pictures from Lancaster Day |
| Nov 2007 |
New Hymn 5/11 |
| Nov 2007 |
Advent/Resources 5/11 |
| Nov 2007 |
Advent Resources/Kids/WFI |
| Nov 2007 |
Poster - 8 Dec Climate Service Nov 2007 |
| Nov 2007 |
CEL Retreat 15-17 Feb |
| Oct 2007 |
Poster - 8 Dec Climate Service at London |
| Oct 2007 |
Nov Prayer Guide 26/11 |
| Oct 2007 |
Dec. Magazine article 25/11 |
| Oct 2007 |
Hymn added: For the beauty of the earth by S Redmond |
| Oct 2007 |
Hymn added: Lord of All Languages by A Bryant |
| Oct 2007 |
Bradford Energy Day - 13/10 |
| Oct 2007 |
CEL Biodiversity/Wildlife pages 6/10 |
| Oct 2007 |
Europe Women - Fourth Ecology Summer School 2007 .
Parish Magazine Article - Faithfulness.. 2/10 |
| Sept 2007 |
Cath bishops at UK Parliament..
Isabel Carter's report of journey and events - EEA3 Sibiu
Ruth Conway's Summary of issues emphasised in the Creation Forum EEA3 Sibiu |
| Aug 2007 |
Cut the Carbon March - reports from Leeds (11 Aug) Huddersfield (13 Aug) and Birmingham (27 Aug) |
| Aug 2007 |
Heathrow Climate Camp and Protest |
| Aug 2007 |
Environmental Justice Conference and CEL Annual Members' Meeting 3 Nov 2007 Lancaster - Programme |
| July 2007 |
Report of Storm of Hope Conference |
| June 2007 |
Sixth hymn added: Creator God |
| May 2007 |
Fifth Hymn added: The Earth is the Lord's |
| May 2007 |
New Season of Creation Notes for use in September 2007
(Ocean, Fauna, Storm and Cosmos Sundays) |
| May 2007 |
Going Green? - The Christian Way leaflet now online |
| May 2007 |
Kidzone - pages for children and young people |
| Apr 2007 |
CEL's new vision statement |
| Apr 2007 |
Fourth Hymn added - Entwining circles |
| Mar 2007 |
Details of "Storm of Hope" 7 July - CEL to celebrate 25 years. |
| Feb 2007 |
Operation Noah Press Release |
| Feb 2007 |
Article by Mark Dowd - On the Vatican and climate change |
| Feb 2007 |
Hymn page - links to hymns |
| Feb 2007 |
Hymn written for Creation Sunday 2007 - Feb 11- : The Glory of Creation |
| Jan 2007 |
VideoClip Page |
| Jan 2007 |
Lent Courses |
| Dec 2006 |
Operation Noah appoints Anne Pettifor as Campaign Director |
| Nov 2006 |
I Count Stop Climate Chaos Rally 4 Nov |
| Mar 2006 |
Faith and Power Report: (Non-Nuclear energy a "Moral Imperative", say Church Leaders Summary | Press Release | Report 26 March |
| Mar 2006 |
Stop Climate Chaos Carbon Dating Event |
| Jan 2006 |
EcoTeams |
| Dec 2005 |
Prayers for the Planet Climate Service at Hinde Street, London 3 Dec
Ruth Jarman's Speech at Climate Change March 3 Dec |
| Sept 2005 |
Join CEL's Community of Prayer |
| July 2005 |
Operation Noah - Climate Justice - Video launched on 9 July |
| May 2005 |
Prayers for hope in the face of climate change |
| April 2005 |
The following CEL leaflets re now available Online - so print a few out and put them in your church: Biodiversity, Ethical Investment, Green Shopping, Holidays and Tourism, Use your LOAF , Vegetarianism ,and water |
| April 2005 |
Sample letter to MP and Action Tips on Climate Change |
| April 2005 |
Anglican Page added to CEL's website - includes Archbishop of C's environment question for party leaders on 31 March - and link to C of E's own environment section on their website |
| Feb 2005 |
The Environment Motion that was passed at Synod on 17 Feb |
| Feb 2005 |
Read CEL's Briefing to Synod
14 Feb CEL Press release: Briefing to Synod on Synod environment Motion. |
| Feb 2005 |
CEL Press Release on Kyoto and The Cool Church Toolkit. The Tool kit helps churches to calculate their annual contribution to climate change, and take steps to reduce it. |
| Jan 2005 |
page describing CEL membership categories |
| Jan 2005 |
Sean McDonagh publishes new book: The Death of Life: The Horror of Extinction |
| Oct 2004 |
Operation Noah Launch - CEL Conference 9 Oct 2004 Press Release and pictures
|
| May 2004 |
JustShare Report
-churches May Day event in the City of London |
| Apr 2004 |
The Methodist Church has signed a new energy contract
which will provide electricity from renewable sources to
Methodist Church House, London.
. A cost increase of approximately 10 per cent will be covered by
the Church's 'going green' budget. More..
|
| Mar 2004 |
Two of the most popular Operation Noah Resource
documents, (already online as doc files) have now been added as
web pages:
Cimate change - call to conversion
and
What can Christians
do? |
| Feb 2004 |
Feb 2004 CEL Press Release
on GMOs |
| Nov 2003 |
Global
Warming Report on Nov 19th's event at St James Piccadilly
with Michael Meacher, Aubrey Meyer, John Oliver and Michael Grubb |
|
| May 2003 |
Green Christians 51: Editorial,
Contents
and article by Bruce Kent: The
Missing Link Bruce Kent asks why war and militarisation
are so often ignored in discussions of the environment and of development
|
| April 2003 |
Leaflet describing the forthcoming CEL
weekend on 30 May - 1 June at Rathmell, North Yorkshire.
This is for members and others. Activities will include walks in
the countryside, discussions, green Christian Songs, Environment
friendly food, a chance to meet others. |
| March 2003 |
Link added to excellent Prayer
and Liturgy material provided as doc file by ECEN for Creation
Time 2003. |
| Feb 2003 |
Press Release 25 Feb 03 Energy
White Paper "Courageous but built on sand"
Press Release 15 Feb 03: Iraq, Just Wars and
Environmental Criteria
New
prospectus for Operation Noah
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| Jan 2003 |
Sample letter to Tony Blair about
Iraq
A Briton
in Johannesburg - The Personal Story Of A Delegate At The World
Summit by Terry Miller
|
| Dec 2002 |
Special 50th editon of Green
Christians gives the Christian angle on The World Summit
on Sustainable Development. The contents and the Editorial are given
on this website.
It is now possible to subscribe online for Green Christians by using
INK
|
| Nov 2002 |
The
Christmas 2002 Issue of ChurchLink can be downloaded now (175kb
pdf fle). We invite you to print it out and display it at
your church.
It contains a Christmas reflection from Archbishop Rowan Williams;
a church magazine article on post-Christmas waste; a prayer from
CEL's monthly Prayer Diary; and news of a special issue of CEL's
magazine Green Christians.
|
| Oct 2002 |
Read CEL's October contribution in the
public debate on the commercialisation
of GM Crops:
Membership Form
updated to include Standing Order Form and Gift Aid Form
The
Common Declaration on Environmental Ethics signed by Pope John Paul
II and Bartholomew I, the Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch
--- More
on this ---
Green
Christians, CEL's magazine needs new editor. Could it be
you?
October 18: Church plans to use photovoltaic
tiles in church hall roof.
Report on Rainbow
Promise, a five day Environment Event at Liverpool
Cathedral at the end of September
Concern over USA
asking Church to intervene in use of GMOs in food aid in Africa
- Oct 2002 - Letter to socially concerned Church groups
Here's a CEL ecological article you may like to use in your November
Parish Magazine
October: New
local CEL group starts at Sheffield
Report on the Anglican
Society for the Welfare of Animals Service at Liverpool
5 Oct
|
| Sept 2002 |
Your Church
and Local Sustainablility - A Briefing Note Download this A5
leaflet - added to Resources Page
Stafford Borough Council produces Faith
for the Future LA21 Action Pack (Index
page)
Development and Peace A Canadian Catholic
organisation have produced useful material on
Bio-patenting (Weblinks page)
CEL Press Release 4 Sept
2002: Change in values needed following disappointing world
summit:
Parish Magazine Article:Johannesburg
- What does it mean for us? (October)
Selly Oak Methodist Church produce leaflet on Recycling
Portugese
page
|
| Aug 2002 |
Download the Creation
Time 2002 dossier (1 Sept-mid Oct) produced by ECEN (European
Christian Environment Network). This has a special Earth Summit
Section
Article
by Tim Cooper (CEL Chairman) on the fish.co.uk website
Christian Aid says
"Big business must be regulated" - 20/08/02
Read this important report online
CEL's Information Note on: Health
Risks and Mobile Phone Masts
|
| July 2002 |
A link has been put to the Churches'
Earth Summit Briefing paper Please put a link to this briefing
from your website too, if you have one.
John Gummer's talk on
Sustainbable consumption at CEL's conference on 6 July is
reported
as is Sir John Houghton's
talk at the same meeting: Global
Warming: a challenge to Christians' lifestyles? |
| May 2002 |
The website has now been put on a new server and all pages can
be referred to individually: e.g.http://www.christian-ecology.org.uk/index.htm
A new page about Operation Noah
has been added. It is possible to get details about CEL's
conference |
| March 2002 |
Agenda21
page added. Also the daily
prayer guide is now added each month, and is also downloadable
in booklet form |
Feb
2002 |
EARTH SUMMIT
page added. Also notes on UNED
preparatory meeting on 22 Jan |
Nov
2001 |
CEL PRAYER GUIDE
CEL's Prayer Guide gives a prayer, or ecological thought or fact
for the day each day of the month and is compitled by Philip Clarkson
Web. People have been able to subscribe and get the printed prayer
diary for several years, but this November we have a trial online
and downloadable form of the diary.
|
| March 2001 |
GREEN POINTERS FOR PREACHERS
Ecological Notes to the Common Worship Lectionary - by Keith Innes
Introduction and Index
to weeks so far put on line The notes are being added in
serial form, week by week.
|
| November 2000 |
WCC, CEC, CCEE, ECEN, CTE, EIN, ICC, ACTS,
Cytun, Churches Together in Our-Town, : Ecumenical bodies, denominations,
local churches and Care of the Environment - A guide to how these
organisations and you and your church are related.
|
| October 2000 |
CEL's Millennium Conference held on 21
October which was attended by 300 people. This page includes
pictures of the conference
The Climate change page had been added
|
| March 2000 |
Creation time is the title of the
newest web page just created on the CEL website. This describes
the resolution at the ECEN conference, that churches should observe
the period from September 1st to the second Sunday of October as
a period of celebration of the Creator and Creation.
A link has been made so that it is now possible to Search
this site
|
| February 2000 |
A link was made to the Priests and People
web page, since the February Edition of this Magazine deals specifically
with the environment |
| January 2000 |
Tourism is the title of the newest web
page just created on the CEL website. Find out about air pollution
caused by planes, and some of the problems experienced in third
world countries.. and first world countries by the development of
tourism.
The Catholic Resources page with
ideas sent in by the Catholic team has been set up. Contributions
welcome
Pictures and a report of the
European Christian Environmental Network
conference held in October 1999
|
| December 1999 |
Falmouth Baptist Church and Chipping
Sodbury Baptist Church are the first two Baptist churches to
gain millennium certificates...
The Catholic Resources page with
ideas sent in by the Catholic team has been set up. Contributions
welcome
Pictures and a report of the
European Christian Environmental Network
conference held in October 1999
|
| Aug 18 1999 |
Denby Dale Methodist Church (West Yorkshire)
and Settle Northern Friends Peace Group
(North Yorkshire) will both shortly be receiving CEL Millennium
Certificates and pages describing their activities have been added |
| Aug 1 1999 |
Should the Church of England allow trials of
genetically modified crops on its land?
A Response by Christian Ecology Link
This paper has been referred to directly or indirectly in articles
in papers such as the Independent, the Church Times and The Methodist
Recorder |
| June 20 1999 |
A section CEL Members' Websites has been added to the Weblinks
page. If you are a CEL member with a private website you think may
be of interest to people visiting CEL's website, do contact us |
| May 15 1999 |
Web Editorial of Summer 1999 Green
Christians
Contents List of Summer 1999 Green
Christians |
| Mar 13 1999 |
A Sitemap for this web site is included.
This is a much more detailed index than the Homepage |
| Mar 1 1999 |
A Methodist Resources page has been
added, written by CEL's Methodist Denominational Team |
| Jan 21 1999 |
There is now a link to the journal Ecotheology
's web site (Before it was just a link to their email number) The
site lists the articles that are in its journal. |
| 1998 |
|
| Dec 5th 1998 |
The account of the London Churches Conference
on the environment at Southwark on 28th November has been added.
This has big pictures. |
| Oct 24 1998 |
The News Page has been added. News will
be added to the page as events happen. |
| Oct 15 1998 |
Pages in four other languages have been provided which can be
accessed from the index page: Welsh, German,
French and Italian. They are summaries of some of the main activities
of CEL. They are not identical. The Welsh page (Cymraeg) is based
on our long English introductory leaflet.
Comments are welcome. |
| Oct 14 1998 |
On the Resources Page:
- Material for School Assemblies at the Hibbert Trust Site
- Description of Nature Conservation leaflets available from
the Church and Conservation Project at the Arthur Rank Centre
- The Words for Rogation Service.. an outdoor service held by
the Anglican Church in Springtime
|
| Aug 24 1998 |
Press Release About the forthcoming presentation of the second
CEL millennium certificate (and first Certificate to an Anglican
group) to the "On the Edge" Youth Group at Skipton on Sept 6th
Link to the The
Resolutions the bishops made at the Lambeth Conference - on Creation
and The Environment
|
| Aug 14 1998 |
Resources of other organisations:
Going for Green (Now
called Encams in 2002) have an excellent game/quiz called
Eco-Cal or EcoCal EcoCal which can be downloaded from The Future
Centre's site: BestFootForward. You fill in scores for your family's
household for transport, water use, waste etc and get a final score
|
| Aug 10 1998 |
ChurchLink pages are added to
CEL's Web Site |
