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What does Labour’s budget mean for Britain’s nature?
The announcement of Labour’s first budget has serious implications for every area of society; from schools to defence, farming to train tickets but what does it mean for Britain’s nature? Prior to the release of the budget there were widespread fears that there would be cuts of £100 million to DEFRA’s nature-friendly farming budget, primarily…
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The Theological Case for Rewilding
So where does re-wilding fit into the Bible and to our faith. I would say that this is the thread that runs all the way through from Genesis and on into the New Testament and beyond.
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Summary of the Rewild the Church Webinar
The Rewild the Church webinar was very well-attended, with about 350 people joining us to see how we can drive forward this campaign into tangible outcomes.
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Rewild The Church – Answering Your Questions!
What is Rewild The Church? Rewild the Church is a growing movement of Christians, scientists, policy makers and other conscientious citizens calling for the Church Commissioners to commit to rewilding 30% of their land by 2030 – the target set by the UN and committed to by the UK Government – to help avert the…
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Wild Card Visits Langholm
The weekend after our action at St Paul’s Cathedral, most of the Wild Card team headed up to Langholm for a weekend to be together in person, without managing a large crowd and photographers, to dream into the future, and to gain inspiration from visiting the Tarras Valley Nature Reserve.
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Rewild the Church Action!
We were blessed with the weather. Planning an action for October in London, and especially by the Thames was a potential disaster, but the sun was shining and the breeze light for our Rewild the Church action.
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The Archbishop’s Response to Wild Card
On the very day we marched to St Paul’s Cathedral, Archbishop Justin Welby issued this statement. We at Wild Card applaud the Archbishop’s clear and positive response to our campaign calling for 30% of Church land to be rewilded by 2030. We’re delighted that he “welcomes the initiative” and shares our concerns around biodiversity decline.…
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Rewilding Christian Approaches to Ecological Issues
The Christian tradition has often taken one particular biblical text as its guide for tackling ecological issues: Genesis 1:28. This passage’s divine instruction states that humans should “fill the earth and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that…
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Chris Packham challenges the Archbishop of Canterbury to stop failing nature and rewild the church’s vast estate
Chris Packham today demanded that the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Church of England “practise what they preach” and protect nature by committing to rewilding 30% of their 105,000 acre estate by 2030.
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Christian Climate Action’s response to the Rewild the Church campaign
The creation accounts in the book of Genesis contain profound teachings about how human life is grounded in three fundamental and closely intertwined relationships: with God, and with our neighbour, and also with the earth itself.
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