Divest Irish Churches
@divestni
Divestment campaigner in the Church of Ireland (€50m divested). Views my own.
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http://thetrews.com 02-03-2007 16:06:40
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Last night the Diocese of London Bishop's Council voted to disinvest from fossil fuels. The Bishop’s Council includes diocesan bishops, archdeacons, and elected lay and clerical members of Diocesan Synod. #CaringForGodsCreation @CClimateAction Young Christian Climate Network Church of England Environment Programme
Nothing like the joy of young children The Drelincourt School jumping out of seats to watch the birds in our school garden. ECO council getting ready for the #bigschoolsbirdwatch! #natureinaction RSPB RSPB NI RSPB Learning Eco-Schools
Why #DivestThisLent? Because Christians are called to care for creation and for our neighbours; by investing in #FossilFuels, we do neither of those. Thank you for divesting BishopSarah & London Diocese! #40Days40Dioceses
Such a beautiful morning for 30 volunteers from Magheralin Parish Down and Dromore to plant 100 trees as part the The Queen's Green Canopy & thanks to ABC Council for the trees. Plus 13 bird species recorded on BTO Northern Ireland’s BirdTrack. #care4creation
On Day 15 of #40Days40Dioceses, we're celebrating Lichfield Diocese's decision to #DivestThisLent! On 16 February, #Lichfield publicly announced its full divestment from fossil fuels. Nearly 1/2 of all The Church of England dioceses have now divested, proclaiming #NoFaithInFossilFuels.
"Faiths urged to repent and divest from fossil fuels" for unwittingly allowing their savings to finance coal, oil and gas mining. Call supported by Most Rev. Vincent Long; Venerable Bhante Sujato, Rabbi George Mordecai, Ahmet Ozturk, the Rev. Dr Mansour. southsydneyherald.com.au/faiths-urged-t…
The pollinator garden created by Magheralin Parish Magheralin Parish featured in yesterday's Guardian tinyurl.com/ryva3sks
It’s good to see church #divestment from fossil fuels highlighted in this article in the Guardian yesterday. Operation Noah theguardian.com/environment/20…
BREAKING: 31 faith institutions from 6 countries, including London Diocese & Canterbury Cathedral, have joined today's Global Divestment Announcement, proclaiming #NoFaithInFossilFuels. The announcement represents over $2bn in assets under management. More: operationnoah.org/featured/press…
I hope Bishop’s in the Church of Ireland reflect on how they can show leadership to help #StopClimateChaos before General Synod ina couple of weeks #coigs
'It's time for the government to step in & force BP & the rest of the oil industry to start paying for the damage they're causing...& use the money to address the devastating climate impacts already being experienced around the world.' – Greenpeace UK bbc.co.uk/news/business-…
Ireland's automatic pension scheme, which would apply to around 750,000 workers "should not invest in fossil fuels", Government told (via TheJournal.ie) jrnl.ie/6059097 Divest Invest UK Divest Divest Irish Churches Divest Invest Europe
The Church of Ireland RB now has a climate change policy for all its operations in addition to investments. #coigs