During lockdown a beautiful documentary film was released which I know many of us loved called ‘My Octopus Teacher’. In this documentary, naturalist and filmmaker Craig Foster spent nearly a year diving in a kelp forest off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa. Over this year he closely followed …
This week’s Church Times (9 August) carries an interview with JRI board member and former Director of Operations Dr Martin Hodson. Learn a little more about Martin’s research work, his Christian testimony, his ongoing commitments to engagement with environmental issues at church, in connection to organisations, as an author and …
Shelly Dennison offers her reflections on the new government’s planning reforms and their environmental impact: Week one of a new government and planning reform has been making headlines. The incoming Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has indicated that planning rules will be overhauled and national infrastructure projects speeded up. There will be …
JRI founder Sir John Houghton is a named character in this insightful portrayal of the build-up to, and dramatic turning point at COP 3 in December 1997, the eponymous Kyoto Protocol. It wasn’t the reason I attended, the characters and cast list being unknown until I opened my programme, but …
Rev James Watterson reflects on Christian political and environmental engagement: Back in 2004 the electoral commission ran a TV advert to encourage an apathetic electorate to engage with the political process (the turnout at the 2001 general election had been the lowest in 80yrs). The advert featured a line drawn …
Canon Brian Wakelin reflects on a trip to visit Muhabura diocese in Uganda and issues of environmental care, sustainability and climate change. The Setting The Ugandan Diocese of Muhabura borders Rwanda and DR Congo. It is based in Kisoro – perhaps best known as a base to view mountain gorillas …
