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CTB newsletter - May 2008 - is available for download via the link on the left, or possibly still in local churches] |
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| Previous notable events this year... |
 The
B&NES Green Companion 2008/09 launch!
Come along & get involved on Saturday 12th July between
11.00am-2.00pm at St
Michael's Church, Broad Street, Bath.
Now in its second year, the focus of the Green Companion for 2008/09
is participation. With this in mind, many active and varied local
green groups and initiatives will be there at the launch, including
the Twin Tunnels Project, Bath Organic Group, Bath Fair Trade Group,
Oxfam Bath and many, many others. So do come along - it's a great
opportunity to meet lots of interesting and like-minded people and
to find out how easy it is to get involved in green and ethical
issues in Bath in a way that suits you.
More colourful and completely redesigned to be more useful than
ever, the Green Companion 2008/09 is packed with features on recycling,
buying local food, organic gardening, investing ethically, green
improvement grants for home and business and much, much more. The
Green Companion 2008/09 also offers the most up to date and comprehensive
directory of environmentally conscious goods and services in Bath
& North East Somerset Council that you will find.
Information & Enquries: bex@faragherjones.com This event is organised by Faragher Jones, proud publishers of the
B&NES Green Companion 2008/09.
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The Wilberforce
Lecture 2008 - by Professor John Hull "Towards a
prophetic Church: Church as an agent of social justice today"
will be held in Bath
Abbey on Wednesday 4 June, 7.30pm, tickets £5 -
available from the Abbey Shop or Office. |
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"Theology
& Human Rights" - an Ecumenical Study Fellowship
workshop facilitated by Revd. Dr Stephen Plant, (Senior Tutor
& Director of Studies, Wesley House Cambridge) will be held
at the Ammerdown
Centre on Saturday 7 June, Day workshop - details from
Peter Jarvis, Admin Secretary, 01747 826623 meripet
(AT) supanet.com |
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CLIMATE CHANGE DEBATE
report (added 29 April):
Over
450 people attended this stimulating debate on climate change
and amongst others, considered issues such as "What is happening?
What can we do? Can Bath become a Transition (Eco)city?" Many
apt questions were asked by the audience, and some very challenging
and thought-provoking opinions given by the panel members.
A full report will be placed here shortly. |
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CLIMATE
CHANGE DEBATE - a
public debate with speakers...
Tuesday 29 April, 7.30pm @ Bath Abbey.
What is happening?
What can we do?
Can Bath become an Eco city?
Four
eminent speakers with different backgrounds and experience
have agreed to be on the panel. The evening has been organised
by Churches Together in Bath to give people of the city a
chance to hear authoritative views on this, the most urgent
issue of our lifetime. The speakers will summarise the
present state of the climate change debate, and give their
views about what organisations and individuals need to do
to respond. In particular there will be discussion about how
Bath can move towards being an ‘eco city’ following the example
of ‘Transition Towns’ Bristol and Totnes, amongst many others.
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Speakers will include:
Professor Anil Markandya, University of Bath
economist, major contributor to U.N. Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change.
Martin Palmer, Director of the Alliance of Religions
and Conservation;
Andrew Pendleton, Climate Change Adviser, Christian
Aid;
Sarah Pugh, working with ‘Transition Bristol’.
The chairman will be Rev Roger Nunn, Executive Secretary
of Churches Together in Bath. |
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The debate will be at 7.30pm, in Bath Abbey; entrance
will be free, but there will be a retiring collection
to meet expenses. People from all walks of life and outlooks
will be welcome, but particularly members of churches, and
it is confidently hoped to fill the Abbey, as for the long-remembered
debate on ‘Should we invade Iraq?’ in 2002.
For details click
here for PDF poster |
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| "AN INCONVENIENT
TRUTH": The film by Al Gore... Over 100 people
have now attended free showings of this highly topical film in
preparation for the debate above. The film was kindly shown at
Manvers St Baptist Church on Friday 28 March, and at Bath Abbey on
Thursday 24 April, organised by Churches Together in Bath. |
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