SOUTHERN AFRICAN FAITH COMMUNITIES’ ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE (SAFCEI)
(Association incorporated under
Section 21)
HOW
TO BECOME INVOLVED
The Southern African Faith Communities’ Environment
Institute (SAFCEI) is an emerging movement of faith communities committed to
cherishing living earth.
If any of the following environmental issues have
become a matter of concern to you, SAFCEI would like to develop a relationship
with you to learn how our diverse faith traditions can together become “the
difference that makes a difference” in creating a life-affirming, healthy and
happy society.
- Enriching the soils of the earth and caring for water resources and
catchments.
- Stemming the extinction of rare plants and animals.
- Finding ways of reducing fossil fuel consumption, eliminating
waste, and inventing clean energy supply systems.
- Creating ‘green’ buildings and infrastructure.
- Promoting sustainable livelihoods and income generation options for
people most vulnerable to environmental shocks.
- Educating both children and adults to better understand the
splendour of creation and what role they could play to ensure current and
future generations can enjoy it as well.
SAFCEI caters for people to participate at various
levels of involvement, ranging from “on the mailing list for digests and
updates” to “fully committed for the long haul”. Our short history has already shown what can
be done by even a few people working with passion and commitment. By making connections and building partnerships
between faith communities and environmental organisations, we are discovering
that beneath the ‘grassroots’ there are many hidden ‘taproots’ that are ready
to sprout and flourish with new growth.
If you, together with one or more people from your
faith community, want to work with people of other faiths in a shared
pilgrimage toward an economy that serves life, a community that builds peace
and an environment that manifests Divine truth, here’s what you can do.
Subscribe to our mailing
list to receive a regular digest of environmental issues that are important to
faith communities.
Pledge a regular sum of
money to support our work, by debit order.
Volunteer to join up
with people of other faith communities in your area to respond to environmental
challenge in your local community.
Be trained in the
process for helping faith communities to become ‘eco-congregations’
Be trained in how to
make a report on abuses of the environment that you notice
Be trained as a cleaner
and greener energy innovator for domestic usage.
Apply now for full membership of SAFCEI, and participate
in the leadership process.
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for Membership Forms
Please
complete and return the application form by Fax, Post or email to:
Fax: 021 7023625 SAFCEI
Email: secretary@safcei.org.za