The John Ray Initiative (JRI) is an educational charity with a vision to bring together scientific and Christian understandings of the environment in a way that can be widely communicated and lead to effective action. It was formed in 1997 in recognition of the urgent need to respond to the global environmental crisis and the challenges of sustainable development and environmental stewardship.
A Transition Initiative is a community that is unleashing its own latent collective genius to look Peak Oil and Climate Change squarely in the eye and to discover and implement ways to address this BIG question/
The livesimply project is a project based on a radical idea: that God calls us to live simply. This is in direct contrast to what Western society demands of us - to earn more and more in order to consume on an ever grander scale.
A Rocha is a Christian Environmental movement working in 18 countries across 6 continents. In the UK, A Rocha helps individuals, groups, churches and communities think about their use of God's creation, and helps them develop practical ways to care for people and the planet, both locally and globally.
The many different Christian churches and denominations often need to work together - and to co-ordinate the work they each do. Churches Together in Britain and Ireland networks specialists across the churches, arranges regular meetings of Church Representatives - including periodic major Assemblies - and links the Churches to a wide range of inter-church organizations.
OneClimate is an initiative of OneWorld UK. They are a not-for-profit organisation, and their mission is ‘to leverage media innovatively for a fair and sustainable world’. They say, "clearly, we cannot have a fair and sustainable world without tackling climate change."
This is a coalition of environmental and development NGOs concerned to see urgent action on climate change.
On 3 October 2008 the Prime Minister announced the creation of a new Department of Energy and Climate Change which will be able to give an even greater focus to solving the twin challenges of climate change and energy supply. Ed Miliband is Secretary of State for the new department.
Articles and special reports from the BBC about the environment:
IIED is an international policy research institute and non governmental body working for more sustainable and equitable global development.
