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Sermon by Anglican Archbishop Thabo Makgoba: Creation - Crucified by Greed

At a  Good Friday service in Durban on 2 April 2010, the Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, Thabo Makgoba, preached on the theme: Creation – Crucified by Greed. This is the text of his sermon.

30 Jun 2010
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Short Course at UWC: Climate Change and Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM)

The University of the Western Cape (UWC) is presenting a short course on Climate Change and IWRM at its campus from 11 to 13 August 2010.

29 Jun 2010
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Letter to Faith Leaders re Climate Change

Bishop Geoff recently wrote to faith leaders about climate change, specifically about the climate negotiations to be held here in South Africa next year and about the current discussions related to Government's Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) for electricity generation.The aim is to foster closer cooperation among faith communities with regard to climate change and to get these topics onto the agenda of every faith community. Creation care must surely be a central issue for all people of faith!

 

29 Jun 2010
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Government's Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) 2 process - an overview & why we protest

The Mail & Guardian recently published a letter from Bheki Khumalo, spokesman for the Department of Energy, under the headline: "Fair say for all in energy plan" in which Khumalo defended the 'consultation' process after criticism in an earlier article  - see  Eskom dominates energy plan.

SAFCEI, along with other civil society organisations, is protesting that civil society has not been given a fair hearing so far and fears that the process will be pushed though by big organisations with agendas clearly biased towards increasing the number of coal-fired and nuclear powered stations. 

07 Jun 2010
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Experts required: Climate change adaptation project development in coastal zones

The UNDP is looking for English and Portuguese-speaking consultants for projects in the area of climate change adaptation in coastal zones and  islands.  (Please contact Jessica Troni directly if interested.)

 

07 Jun 2010
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