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This is a useful list of resources from quite a wide variety of viewpoints and emphases. This does not necessarily mean that the Network endorses the views of any of these publications. That is for you to decide for yourself. The list has been begun by Ruth Conway for the ECEN Environmental Education Coalition. So far they are almost entirely UK resources, because Ruth is English. We'd love to have details of similar organisations and information from all over Europe. That's up to you to tell us! If you have additions to make then Email the ECEN Webmaster, stating "ECEN Resources" in the title. |
Eco-congregation
- an environmental programme for churches
This ecumenical environmental project encourages church congregations to
rejoice in God’s gift of creation through worship and to become beacons of
environmental excellence and social care in and for their local community. The
Eco-Congregation resources cover a wide variety of environmental issues from a
church perspective. All the resources can also be downloaded
freely from the Eco-Congregation
website.
Contact (Scotland): Victoria Beale at the SRT Project,
ecocongregation@srtp.org.uk
Contact (the rest of Britain and Ireland): Jo Rathbone at the
Arthur Rank Centre,
ecocongregation@rase.org.uk
The Council of European Bishops’
Conferences (CCEE)
-
environmental consultations
CCEE is the Roman Catholic counterpart to the Conference of European Churches.
CCEE held a series of six consultations on environmental issues between May 1999
and June 2004. The programme, papers and final reports of each can be accessed
on the environmental
pages of the CCEE website.
Environmental Issues in the Church of England.
Report of the conference of May 25, 2000.
Church of England Board of Social Responsibility. This includes a summary of the
activities of environmental organisations with Christian links, the resources
they make available, and their contact details. The organisations described are:
A Rocha, Arthur Rank Centre
(base for the C of E National Officer for Rural Affairs), Christian Ecology
Link, Conservation Foundation (inc. the Parish Pump
initiative), Eco-congregation, Environmental Issues Network, The
John Ray Initiative, The Religious Education and Environment Programme,
The Society, Religion and Technology Project of the Church of Scotland
Roots and Branches - an environmental starter
pack for churches
£4 from the
United Reformed Church, 86 Tavistock Place, London WC1H 9RT.
Caring for God's World - a free Eco-Church Audit
London Diocese of the Church of England, London Diocesan House, 36 Causton St.,
London SW1P 4AU
Tel. +44 207 932 1100
Caring for the earth? - a poster
produced by the Methodist Church, it
invites people to find out more about the Methodist Church's Environmental Policy and
also about the
Eco-congregation Programme.
A Spirit Aware - Reflections & Prayers to challenge current attitudes
- a booklet
produced by Vision 21, a Scottish Churches Environmental Group.
(contact the Society Religion and Technology Project for details)
Caring for Planet Earth. Stories and Prayers for Children
- a book
Written by Ian Fraser, Saint Andrew Press, 121 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 4YN.
Rescue Mission Planet Earth - A children's edition of Agenda 21.
Pachamama: Our Earth - Our Future based on GEO-2000 - the Global
Environment Outlook Report of the United Nations Environment Programme.
both from Peace Child International, written by and for young
people.
Ecotheology - journal.
published twice a year by Sheffield Academic Press, Mansion House, 19
Kingfield Rd, Sheffield S11 9AS, UK
Principles for Global Corporate Responsibility: Bench Marks for
Measuring Business Performance. 1998. Ecumenical Council for Corporate
Responsibility (ECCR)
Email: ECCR@Geo2.poptel.org.uk
Society of Friends (Quakers)
The following are mostly available from the Quaker Bookshop, Friends House, 173
Euston Rd., London NWI 2BJ or Quaker Peace Concern (Tel. 01568 780886):
NEW! The Working Group on Climate Change and Development is a recently formed group in the UK that includes some of the Christian Aid and Development Organisations e.g. Tearfund and Christian Aid. It does not have its own website but their Oct 2004 report "Up in Smoke" is available from the Christian Aid website www.christian-aid.org.uk/indepth/410smoke/
Energy - The Changing Climate -
2000 Report
Summary of the Report of the UK Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution:
The Earth's Atmosphere: Responsible Caring and Equitable Sharing for a
Global Commons - statement
A justice Statement regarding Climate Change from the World Council of
Churches (WCC) in anticipation of the COP6 on Climate Change at The Hague, Nov
2000:
Climate change and the quest for sustainable
societies -
Reflections on a WCC Study project (1998).
World Council of Churches, 150, route de Ferney, 1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland
Mobility. Prospects for sustainable mobility -
Study paper for
WCC member churches (1998)
World Council of Churches, 150, route de Ferney, 1211 Geneva 2, Switzerlan
International Religious/Secular Partnerships on Climate
Change Initiatives - handbook
The Alliance of Religions and Conservation are promoting International
Religious/Secular Partnerships on Climate Change Initiatives and have prepared a
partnership document and this handbook.
Who owes who?
Climate change, debt, equity and survival - policy position paper
(1999)
Global warming, unnatural disasters and the world's
poor - policy position paper (2000)
Unnatural Disasters. Climate Change and developing countries -
policy position paper (2000)
All from Christian Aid
The Dyson Effect. Carbon "Offset" Forestry and the
Privatisation of the Atmosphere - Briefing (1999)
24pp Briefing No. 15 from The Corner House:
It’s God’s World: Christians, the Environment and Climate Change -
study material
A five session study published by the Eco-Justice Working Group of the
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA, PO Box 968, Elkhart,
Indiana 46515: $1.00
Two EECCS/CEC working group reports:
The Dominant Economic Model and Sustainable Development - Are they Compatible?
(1995),
Executive Summary
The Market Economy and Sustainable Development" (1999)
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Report of Bossey consultation on economics and sustainability.
It’s God’s World: Christians, the Environment and Climate Change
- study material for congregations
A five session study for congregations published by the Eco-Justice Working
Group of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA.
Environmental Justice Resources, NCC, PO Box 968, Elkhart, Indiana 46515, USA
Mobility. Prospects for sustainable mobility (1998)
-
WCC Study paper for member churches.
World Council of Churches, 150, route de Ferney, 1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland
Principles for Global Corporate Responsibility:
Bench Marks for Measuring Business Performance (1998)
The Ecumenical Council for Corporate Responsibility (ECCR)
PO Box 4317, Bishop’s Stortford, CM22 7GZ, UK. Email:
ECCR@Geo2.poptel.org.uk
Supporting sustainable development through educational resources: a
voluntary code of practice (1999)
Sustainable development: a guide to selecting
educational resources (1999)
Both from Dept of the Environment, Transport and the Regions.
DETR Free Literature, PO Box No 236, Wetherby LS23 7NB, UK
Downloadable from
www.detr.gov.uk
Who owes who? Climate change, debt, equity and survival (1999)
Engineering Genesis - the Ethics of Genetic Engineering in Non-human Species
The result of a 5 year expert working group of the The Society, Religion and
Technology Project (SRT) of the Church of Scotland; includes an analysis of the
commercial and environmental aspects. Email:
srtp@srtp.org.uk
Selling suicide. Farming, false promises and genetic
engineering in developing countries (1999)
A critique of corporate ambitions in the area of biotechnology and development.
Christian Aid, PO Box 100, London SE1 7RT, UK
Website:
www.christian-aid.org.uk
Engineering Genesis - the Ethics of Genetic Engineering in Non-human Species
The result of a 5 year expert working group of the The Society, Religion and
Technology Project of the Church of Scotland.
Genetically Modified Crops and the Countryside
- June 1999
GM agriculture in the UK -
July 1999
Two pamphlets clearly setting out the research, and its justification, that is
being sponsored by the Government-funded Biotechnology and Biological Sciences
Research Council:
What is Genetic Engineering?
Genetically modified food
Environmental risks from GM crops
The importance of Public Values in the Safety and Risk Assessment of GM foods
Information sheets from the Society, Religion and Technology
Project (SRT) Email: srtp@srtp.org.uk
GM Crops? - A Christian Response - leaflet
One of the topic leaflets from the Christian Ecology Link:
Food? Health? Hope? Genetic Engineering and World Hunger
- briefing
28pp briefing from The Corner House (free electronically from
cornerhouse@gn.apc.org):
Genetically Modified Seeds: Corporate Control over Farmers in the Third
World - briefing paper
World Development Movement:
Biotechnology and Genetically Modified Organisms - policy briefing (Jan 2000)
Selling suicide. Farming, false promises and genetic engineering in developing countries
- policy briefing (1999)
Could GM crops benefit the poor? - The case of GM Vitamin-A rice
- policy briefing (March 2000)
International Policy Briefings from Christian Aid.
AstraZeneca and its genetic research. Feeding the world or fuelling
hunger?
- booklet (1999)
based on ActionAid research
Genetically modified chaos in the USA
- Bulletin of the ECCR,
No 39, (Dec 2000)
ECCR (Ecumenical Council for Corporate Responsibility) reporting research
by its sister organisation in the USA, ICCR (Interfaith Center on Corporate
Responsibility):
The Politics of GM Food: Risk, Science and Public Trust
- briefing (1999)
ESRC Global Environment Change Programme published a Special Briefing (No 5),
University of Sussex .
Scientific Rationality, Public Values and
Democracy
- address (June 2000)
the summary text of an address given by the SRT Director Donald Bruce to Working Group 2 at the OECD Workshop 'Re-inventing
the Social Sciences' June 2000:
Drawing the Line - The Ethics of Biotechnology
- paper (1997)
Occasional
Paper No 5. Ecumenical Association for Church and Society
(now the Conference of
European Churches Church and Society Commission, 174 Rue Joseph II, B-1000
Brussels)
Genetic Engineering for a New Earth
- booklet (1999)
Grove Ethical Studies booklet by Celia Deane-Drummond, including a further
bibliography
E 114, Grove Books,
£2.25
Engineering Genesis. The Ethics of Genetic
Engineering in Non-Human Species - book (1998)
The book that resulted from the 5 year Society, Religion
and Technology Project (SRT) Genetic Engineering Working Group.
Earthscan, 1998 reprint 1999, pbk Bruce, Donald and Ann:
£14.95
Email: srtp@srtp.org.uk
Human Cloning - The Ethical Issues
Is it right to clone animals?
Cloning for Therapeutic purposes
Information sheets from the Society,
Religion and Technology Project (SRT) Email:
srtp@srtp.org.uk
The next three are from Quaker circles:
Inventing Heaven ? Quakers
confront the challenges of genetic engineering - book (1999)
by Carroll, Amber and Skidmore, Chris (eds.)
Sowle Press and
Bedfordshire General Meeting. ISBN 0952781522. £7 plus P&P.
Playing God ? Ethical and theological issues in
genetic manipulation - study pack (1995)
Scully, Jackie Leach, Quaker Resources for Learning, Quaker
Home Service and Woodbrooke. 1995. £2.50.
Quaker Ethics and Genetics Network Newsletter
obtainable
from Amber Carroll, 165 Riverside Rd., St Albans, ALI IRZ.
Making Our Genes Fit: Christian perspectives on the
new genetics - study pack for 6 sessions
The Methodist Church Genetics Working Party
If Cloning is the Answer, What was the Question? Power and
Decision-Making in the Geneticisation of Health.
The Corner House 44pp Briefing Paper 16
Genetic Engineering. Brave New World? - Should we redesign nature?
- leaflet (1999)
setting out the concerns of the Green Working Group on Genetic Engineering in
the European Parliament
Ethical Judgements in Genetic
Engineering: The Implications for Technology Education - article (2000)
An article that draws lessons for design and technology education in
schools.
Conway, Ruth: International Journal of Technology and Design
Education 10
Trade, Intellectual Property, Food and
Biodiversity - discussion paper
Key issues
and options for the 1999 review of Article 27.3(b) of the TRIPS Agreement.
by Geoff Tansey, commissioned by Quaker Peace and Service
The first briefing paper from The Corner House:
No Patents on Life! A briefing on the Proposed EU
Directive on the Legal Protection of Biotechnological Inventions -
(1997)
The Corner House
Patenting, Piracy, and Perverted Promises. Patenting life: the last
assault on the commons - paper (1997)
GRAIN, Email:
grain@bcn.servicom.es
Patenting Life? Who owns the rights to genes and transgenic organisms
- information sheet
Society, Religion and Technology Project (SRT)
Email: srtp@srtp.org.uk
Submissions to the European Commission and Parliament on Gene Patenting
regarding the EU Directive on biotechnology patenting
The EECCS (European Ecumenical Commission for
Church and Society) Bioethics Working Group
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