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Ann Pettifor (campaigns director) and Mark Dowd (director of education and communications) are available for interview for interview for print, broadcast and TV.

They are happy to talk about theology, social mobilisation and political aspects of climate change.

Press coverage:

23rd November
Birmingham Mail: world record attempt at largest origami ark!
Youngsters from Bartley Green school get involved with ON's ARK campaign by attempting a world record size ark!
 

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14th October
Telegraph: Archbishop of Canterbury: 'go green to save your soul'
Going green is good for the soul, according tot the Archbishop of Canterbury, who has called on church-goers to make 'small changes' to save the world...

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14th October
Daily Mail: Archbishop of Canterbury calls for end to economic growth to save the planet
The Archbishop of Canterbury called for an end to economic growth to save the planet. Dr Rowan Williams said that economic growth based on consumer power had led to towards 'the death of what is most distinctively human'.

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14th October
Spero News: Canterbury calls for respecting the environment
Archbishop of Canterbury, speaking on October 13 at Southwark Cathedral, set out his vision of how people can respond to what a news release from the Anglican Communion said is a “ looming environmental crisis...

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14th October
Belfast Telegraph: Environmental efforts good for the soul, says Archbishop
Recycling rubbish, scaling back on air travel and other 'green' changes are good for the soul...

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13th October
Radio 4 The World Tonight: Archbishop to give lecture on climate change
Coverage starts 33 minutes into the programme...
 

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13th October
Guardian: Dr Rowan Williams says climate crisis a chance to become human again
People should use climate change as an opportunity to become human again says Dr Rowan Williams at Operation Noah's annual lecture...

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21st August
BBC Radio Suffolk: Neil Winship discusses the Deben Ark
Listen again to Neil Winship discuss the Deben Ark with Mark Murphy (2:36minutes in)...
 

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12th August:
The Evening Star: Canute Prepares to Row Ark
A homemade wooden and metal Ark is to be rowed across treacherous Suffolk estuary to raise awareness of the worldwide probelms of climate-cange...
 

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7th August:
The Church Times: Operation Noah May Sink
Operation Noah, a pressure group set up in 2001 by Churches Together in Britain and Ireland and CEL (Christian Ecology Link) is running short of cash... 

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1st August:
The Tablet: Christian Cimate Campaign Faces Funding Collapse
The only Christian group campaigning exclusively on climate-change is in danger of extinction because of a lack of funding...

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 12th July:
Catholic Times: Friars Board 'Ark' to Climate Change
Carmelite friars from Aylesford priory joined an Anglican Bishop, 200 Christian schoolchildren dressed as animals, and an array of real alpacas, sheeps, goats and ducks at a colourful climate event...

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11th July
The Economist: New Sins, New Virtues
As the world heats up and economic dislocation ravages the poor, religious leaders offer up their diagnoses and prescriptions...

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11th July:
The Tablet: Modern Day Noah
The Bishop of London threw caution to the wind last week and joined in a colourful event organised by ecumenical climate-change campaign Operation Noah...

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9th July:
Baptist Times: London's Very Own Noahs
The Biblical Noah should have had such a trouble free passage. A modern-day Ark cruised along the Thames last week before docking at Parliment...

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6th July
New Statesman: All Hot Under the Collar
This past week the goverment outlined its preperations for the forthcoming climate-change summit in Copenhagen at a private briefing in Whitehall...

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4th July:
Independent Catholic News, Noah's Ark on Thames Urges Climate Action
A Bishop, Carmelite friars from Aylesford priory, 200 schoolchildren dressed as animals and an array of real alpacas, sheeps, goats and ducks celebrated a colourful climate event beside the palace of Westminster...

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3rd July:
Diocese of London News: An Ark on the Thames and a Call for Bold Leadership at Climate Summit
The Bishop of London led more than 200 children in animal masks and costumes on a 'Noah's Ark' style journey up the river Thames yesterday...

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2nd July:
Daily Mirror: Noah's Ark Sails the Thames
Watch the video here. The Bishop of London and hundreds of local children recreate Noah's Ark for Christian climate-change campaign...

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2nd July:
Carmelite Friars Support for Operation Noah Ark Event
As part of the Carmelite Order's prophetic vocation, the British Province of Carmelites supports a number of campaigns that uphold justice, peace and upholding the integrity of Creation...
 

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20th June:
The Times: It is Time to Love Thy Neighbour in a Sustainable Fashion
The Bishop of London, the Right Rev Richard Chartres, is emphatic - environmentalism is not about the fashionable concern for polar bears or about saving money on lightbulbs but a matter of religious duty...
 

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1st April:
The Ecologist: Ann Pettifor Named Ecologist Visionary
Ann Pettifor has changed the world once, now she wants to do it again. The driving force behind the Jubilee 200 campaign, last year she was also a key player in the launch of the Green New Deal...