Eco Calendars
Goal
- To help church leaders deal with the changing climate and global environmental crisis from a religious perspective.
- We strive to break down something large and complex into practical and tangible actions that make a difference.
- We want to be a connection point where people can share their stories, work together, and get information.
Focus
- Our task team would like to help people rediscover their roots in creation by going back to the Bible’s narrative about nature and creation.
- Creation plays an important role in God’s story with man and our dream is to guide people to the realisation that our life and faith cannot be detached from nature.
Activities
- Weekly contributions for VrydagNuus
- Eco Tips
- Developing sermons, reflections, and making liturgical material available
- Congregational guidance and actions
- Sharing news articles on media platforms
- Publications
- Research / Material Development
Networks and involvement
- A Season of Creation
- SAFCEI (Southern African Faith Communities’ Environment Institute)
- Together4Creation Youth ecumenical group
- DinkJeug podcasts (September)
Important documents
- 2016 Environment Outlook Executive Summary
- National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy Draft
- Climate Change – A Challenge to the Churches in SA
- Endorsements – Climate Change Document – 9 Dec 2009
Contact
Hanli Grové (Co-ordinator of the Ecology Task Team)
083 226 6333
hanli.groenewald@gmail.com
Task Team Members
- Rev. Hanli Grové (chairperson)
- Rev. Dewald Hoffmann (vice chairperson)
- Dr Braam Hannekom (MSS)
- Ms. Anneke Groenewald
- Rev. Petri Coetzee
- Dr Rudolph Scharneck
- Mr Rumarque Cowan
- Prop. Dewald Jacobs
- Rev. Jacques Strydom
- Rev. Nox Fihla
- Dr Mias van Jaarsveld
- Mr Albie Steenkamp
- Mr Layton Isak Kok