Tag: Rewild the Church

We don’t always think of the Church as a landlord, do we?! The Church of England as a whole owns 200,000 acres of land – some of which includes the things you would expect, like church buildings and graveyards. Less obviously, 105,000 acres of this land is actually owned and managed by the Church Commissioners,…

We have the well-known accounts of creation in Genesis 1 and 2, andagain in Proverbs 8 and in the book of Job, marvelling at the wonder andgoodness of creation. We have psalms that speak of the earth declaring the glory of God, ofthe trees and the fields clapping their hands. Of God’s care and concernfor…

The webinar was very well-attended, with about 350 people joining us to see how we can drive forward this campaign into tangible outcomes. Building off an amazing legacy from the Church that has already fully divested and set a net zero target, as well as the 100 acre nature restoration project started by the Church…

What is the Rewild The Church campaign? The Rewild the Church Campaign is a movement of people within the Church and beyond, asking 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…

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.…

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…