Tag: Rewild the Church

  • The Church Commissioners and Tenant Farmers

    The Church Commissioners and Tenant Farmers

    How can large landowners like the Church Commissioners rewild their tenanted land? We’re asking the Church Commissioners to commit to rewilding 30% of their land by 2030 but we are also aware that much of this land is leased out to tenant farmers. With a just transition forming part of Wild Card’s values statement, we…

  • What land does the Church of England own?

    What land does the Church of England own?

    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,…

  • Another warm invite to the Church Commissioners

    Another warm invite to the Church Commissioners

    On March 1st, 200 members of the Climate Choir Movement put on a stunning show in St Paul’s Cathedral, in support of the Rewild the Church campaign. The rousing choir called on the Church Commissioners to protect nature by rewilding 30% of their 105,000 acre investment estate by 2030. Amongst other media, the Church Times…

  • Climate Choir Flash Mob Sings Out for our Rewild the Church Campaign

    Climate Choir Flash Mob Sings Out for our Rewild the Church Campaign

    On Saturday, Wild Card joined forces with the Climate Choir Movement to call on the Church Commissioners, the investment body of the Church of England, to commit to rewilding 30% of their 105,000 acre estate by 2030 – as part of our Rewild the Church campaign

  • The Theological Case for Rewilding

    The Theological Case for Rewilding

    By Dr. Rev. Clara Rushbrook

    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.

  • Summary of the Rewild the Church Webinar

    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.

  • Rewild The Church – Answering Your Questions!

    Rewild The Church – Answering Your Questions!

    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…

  • Rewild the Church Action!

    Rewild the Church Action!

    By Elena Grice

    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.

  • The Archbishop’s Response to Wild Card

    The Archbishop’s Response to Wild Card

    By 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.…

  • Rewilding Christian Approaches to Ecological Issues

    Rewilding Christian Approaches to Ecological Issues

    By Peter Atkins

    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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