Tag: Rewild the Church

  • The Synod Nature Debate: Reflections and Implications

    The Synod Nature Debate: Reflections and Implications

    Cat Jenkins

    Well: it’s been a week since the Reverend Canon Val Plumb put forward her Private Members’ Motion, calling on the Church of England to make a measurable commitment towards the UK’s 30by30 goal.  This goal comes about because the UK is one of over 190 countries which have signed up to the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity…

  • The Church’s missed opportunity to lead on nature

    The Church’s missed opportunity to lead on nature

    By Cat Jenkins

    The General Synod motion calling for the Commissioners to commit to 30by30 was blocked by a watered down amendment. Still, the fight for nature continues and the Church must step up to the challenge.

  • Landmark legal opinion supports the Church Commissioners to go further for creation care

    Landmark legal opinion supports the Church Commissioners to go further for creation care

    By Cat Jenkins

    A landmark legal opinion has confirmed that the Church Commissioners for England need not feel inhibited from going further in their care for creation. The opinion confirms that they face no legal barrier to adopting “30by30” nature restoration targets – indeed, there are sound moral and theological imperatives for them to do so.

  • What does the Bible say about Rewilding?

    What does the Bible say about Rewilding?

    By Rev Jules Middleton

    As Rewild the Church asks the Church Commissioners to rewild 30% of their land by 2030, guest author Rev Jules Middleton asks the question What would a theology of rewilding look like? What does the Bible say that might help us make a case for nature protection?

  • New Report: Getting Back to the Garden

    New Report: Getting Back to the Garden

    Exploring how the Church can lead on nature At a time when the UK has committed to protecting 30% of land for nature by 2030 – a key UN target adopted by nearly 200 countries – one question remains: who will deliver it? The Government’s Land Use Framework released last month makes clear that meeting…

  • Rewild the Church Update: Our Seed of Hope Takes Root!

    Rewild the Church Update: Our Seed of Hope Takes Root!

    By Claire Rogers

    This year, the Rewild the Church campaign is really bursting into bloom! Thanks to the passion and efforts of so many across our movement, the seeds of hope we’ve been planting are now sprouting into something truly remarkable – and it’s as exciting as watching the first green shoots of spring!

  • An ark, a bag of seeds, and a call for the new Archbishop to give nature hope

    An ark, a bag of seeds, and a call for the new Archbishop to give nature hope

    By Claire Rogers

    Bright and early last Friday morning, donned in beanies, gloves, wings, leaves and feathers, members of the Rewild the Church movement gathered at Festival Gardens outside St Paul’s Cathedral, coming together to deliver a message of hope to the incoming Archbishop of Canterbury and current Bishop of London Dame Sarah Mullally.  With Bishop Sarah’s historic…

  • How Rewilding Can Boost Farmers’ and Landowners’ Income

    How Rewilding Can Boost Farmers’ and Landowners’ Income

    Farmers – whether owner-occupiers or tenants – manage around 70% of UK land. If we are to rewild 30% of land by 2030 without compromising food security, some of this must come from farmland.

  • Church communities rewilding together

    Church communities rewilding together

    Across the country, church goers and church communities within the Church of England are taking action to restore the health and flourishing of biodiversity within their local areas, driven by the passion within their congregations for creation care

  • Failure to rewild could cost the Church of England

    Failure to rewild could cost the Church of England

    In this article, we explain four key risks the Church Commissioners face if they fail to meet 30×30, and what they can do to avoid them.

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