Have you ever heard of the five Rs? Here they are: Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Rot. They are a useful model when you want to get started with fair and sustainable living. I use it like this – I say no to plastic bags and straws (Refuse). My phone is three years old and […]
I admit that each year as Lent approaches, I am pricked by a feeling of dread. Traditionally, the Lenten fast involves abstaining from certain foods (meat and meat products) and generally eating less in order to make us mindful of our dependence on God. Especially in the early days of the fast, this can mean […]
Simon Stuart Over Simon Stuart’s career, he has been Chair of the IUCN Species Survival Commission, Director of Strategic Conservation at Synchronicity Earth, and latterly Executive Director of A Rocha International. In 2020 he was awarded the prestigious Blue Planet Prize for his role in the creation of the Red List. We asked him to […]
This is the final installment of our blog posts from around the A Rocha family exploring how someone first found a home with A Rocha, their memories of hospitality here, and how this changed how they know God. A book exploring these themes, A Place at the Table: Faith, hope and hospitality, has just been […]
This is the third in a new series of blog posts from around the A Rocha family exploring how someone first found a home with A Rocha, their memories of hospitality here, and how this changed how they know God. A book exploring these themes, A Place at the Table: Faith, hope and hospitality, has […]
By Betty Cynthia Baidoo ‘By faith we see the glory; to which thou shalt restore us, the cross despise for that high prize which thou hast set before us.’ ― Charles Wesley, Methodist Hymn Book 411 Once, a nature lover wrote, ‘Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, […]
Season of Creation 2022 The Season of Creation runs from 1 September to 4 October each year, as a time for churches around the world to celebrate, pray and act to protect God’s creation, our common home. It’s become a huge global event, supported by all the major Christian denominations and networks, and for several […]
This is the first in a new series of blog posts from around the A Rocha family exploring how someone first found a home with A Rocha, their memories of hospitality here, and how this changed how they know God. Jo Swinney is Director of Communications and has co written a book with her mother, […]
What do you think are the top environmental problems? Biodiversity loss? Pollution? Land use changes? It’s likely you could write a long list, but I don’t know how many items would make it to your list before you wrote down ‘pride’, ‘injustice’ and ‘greed’ – all of which appear to feature as environmental problems in […]
Is a despairing Christian an oxymoron? I’ve been thinking about this question a lot of late. It presented itself to me – not for the first time, but certainly with renewed urgency – in the wake of COP26 in November 2021. I had spent much of the year campaigning with Young Christian Climate Network around […]
