CHRISTIANS
TOGETHER SOUTH NORWOOD
ENVIRONMENTAL
REPORT :SEPTEMBER 2001
Croydon Local Agenda 21
Peter McDonald , LA21 community officer, is willing
to do another presentation to CTSN .All Churches should have received copies
of the recent LA21 Bulletin.
If you have not seen it, please ask me for a copy.
Appointments
Eddie Taylor has succeeded Barbara Wilcox as
leader of Croydon LA21 team .Two ( job -sharing) LA21 Community Initiative
Officers - Rachel Janes and Emily O’ Brien have started work helping community
groups with environmental projects (020
8760 5640)
Events
Car Free Day Saturday 22
September
European
Car Free Day Eleven London
boroughs and many towns and
cities throughout Europe will
close off sections of road as a demonstration. In Croydon , Fell Road and
Queens Gardens will be the focus
with various events taking place
between 10 am and 6pm
Annual conference 20
October Braithwaite Hall, Katharine
St. (to reserve a place phone Emma Hart 020
8686 4433 Ext 4935
Farmers’ Market LA21 funding has made it possible to have a Farmers’
Market in Croydon; the first was on 15 September and it is hoped that this
will be a regular event at Central Parade, New Addington; watch the press
or ring 8686 4433 ext 2765
Inter Faith Road Show 24 October ; starting at the Town Hall and visiting various churches and
other places of worship to find out about schemes to improve neighbourhoods (
details 8760 5692) This
is part of a new project involving an inter-faith social and economic network
(contact: Terry Drummond on 8681 5496)
I have copies of a press release about this project.
Website
www.croydon.gov.uk/la21
LONDONSCARE (London and Southwark Churches Action Re-
the Environment)
Events
29 September 10 am Day
Conference Transport in Waterloo St
John’s Waterloo SE1Cost £5
Booking
to Conference Secretary 1 Secker St SE1 8UF
4 October 7pm Lecture and Discussion “ The Healing of the
Land” Led by Rev Chris Brice ( Adviser for Social Justice, Diocese of London)
At St Olave’s Church . Hart
St EC3 ( registration-Caroll
Potter, 36, Causton St, SW1P 4AU Tel 020 7932 1127)
11 October 6.30 pm London Scare meeting at Trinity House, Chapel
Court, Borough High St
29 November 6.30pm Discussion
“Is there a role for tall buildings?” at Trinity House (as above)
Bookings to Deirdre Munro 42 Deanhill Rd SW14
7DF by 20 November
Christian Ecology Link
Earth Summit
I reported at the last meeting on the campaign to
be launched by CEL and other Christian environmental organisations to
raise awareness of the next Earth Summit in Johannesburg in September 2002.CEL
is about to distribute a Service of Worship for churches to use in this connection
. If you would like a copy please let me know.
LOAF
In the edition of the CEL Church Link Newsletter I sent to churches a
few weeks ago there was an item about the LOAF Principles for
food and suggesting that churches should follow one or more of these principles
when planning communal meals (The letters stand for Locally produced, Organic,
Animal friendly, Fairly traded) A poster is available about this. You
might consider displaying it your church or using it for a magazine article
Website www.christian-ecology.org.uk
ECO CONGREGATION-
- the Churches’ Environment Programme
, produced by Going for Green under the auspices of Churches Together in
Britain and Ireland
The
first module for the resources under this scheme
is now available for churches . This is an introduction to the whole programme
Churches are asked to work through and decide whether they will participate
in the full programme.
Eco-Congregation Registration, Going for Green,
Elizabeth House, The Pier, WIGAN WN3 4EX
email ecocongregation@tidybritain.org.uk
I hope that at the CTSN meeting
on 18 September there will
be time to say something about some of these items and in particular about the possibility of an LA21 presentation
I may be able to supply more
information on some events - or you can use the contact addresses given.
In any case please keep your congregation informed. If you are the person
in your church concerned about environmental matters and you did not
get the last mailing please
let me know so that I can update my mailing list.
Raymond Tringham 204,
Beulah Hill SE 19 3UX Tel
8670 2964
email retringham @compuserve.com