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News, Resource
30 October 2024
Operation Noah has released a new resource which outlines how churches and Christian landowners can protect peat, locally, at landscape scale and through their investments. Peatland is a huge carbon store globally, but when it is degraded it turns from a carbon sink to a source of greenhouse gas emissions. 
Article, News
21 October 2024
We’re thrilled to announce that we are now more than halfway to meeting our £20,000 Anniversary Appeal target. We’ve raised nearly £11,000 so far – will you help us get to £20,000 by the end of the year? You can donate to our appeal here to support our vital work. Also, did you know that individual churches can support our work with a monthly or yearly donation?
Article, News
8 October 2024
I was thrilled to join Operation Noah supporters at All Saints Ascot on Sunday to celebrate their Climate Sunday and Harvest Festival service – which included dedicating and planting a new crab apple tree in their churchyard in honour of Operation Noah’s 20 year anniversary.
Book Review
7 October 2024
In his latest book, Brian McLaren considers a range of issues that all pose significant threats to the future of existence as we know it – from increasing inequality and the rise of extremist politics to the climate and biodiversity crises. He does not hold back on outlining the scenarios that he sees as possible outcomes in the medium to long term and none of them are comfortable.
News
30 September 2024
As September comes to a close, we look forward to two important events: our 3 October Green Investment Declaration webinar at 3pm and our 18 November Anniversary Service at St John’s Waterloo featuring Rowan Williams. We also invite you to download our new tree-growing resource, discuss the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty and highlight some of the important environmental news from the past month.
Article
26 September 2024
The Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty is a global initiative proposed to address the climate crisis by managing and eventually phasing out the production and use of fossil fuels—coal, oil, and gas. Modelled after the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, it seeks to ensure a rapid and just transition away from fossil fuels to cleaner energy sources. The treaty aims to fill the gaps left by current international climate agreements, which focus more on reducing emissions rather than curbing fossil fuel production itself. 
News, Resource
16 September 2024
As churches around the world reflect, pray and take action to protect our common home as part of the Season of Creation, now is a great time to think about Growing Trees for the Climate – and we’ve released a new resource to help you get started on your tree-growing journey.
News
13 September 2024
On Monday 18 November 2024, join us for a 20th Anniversary Service featuring Rowan Williams as we celebrate two decades of inspiring the Church to take action on the climate crisis. The 6.30pm service will be held in the beautifully restored St John’s Waterloo – a short walk from London Waterloo Station – and we’re encouraging you to reserve your free ticket here.
Article, Book Review
5 September 2024
Giles Goddard’s 'Generous Faith' is an incredibly honest and heartfelt book. It weaves together the author’s autobiography alongside the story of the development of outreach at the church, St John’s in Waterloo, of which the author is the vicar – all set against the background of the seasons of the Church of England calendar.
Article, News
29 August 2024
Today we’ve had the brilliant news that the UK government will not defend the last government’s decision to approve the Rosebank oil field in a court case challenging its legality. It’s not yet clear if the oil company Equinor or the regulator that signed off Rosebank’s approval (the NSTA) will defend the case. If they do, the legal challenge will still move through the Scottish courts. But the government’s concession makes it even more likely that the decision to approve the field will be declared unlawful and need to be remade. The new government will then have the chance to stop Rosebank once and for all. 
Article, News
29 August 2024
Bright Now campaign manager Sharon Hall shares about our creative stall at this year’s Greenbelt Festival which featured our new climate solutions game, Greenopoly
Article, News
29 August 2024
We were delighted to join friends from JustMoney Movement and Christian Climate Action to present the ‘Greening Our Money’ panel discussion at the Greenbelt Festival last weekend.
News
31 July 2024
We're well into the summer conference season, and the Operation Noah team have been enjoying getting out and meeting Christian campaigners across the UK. Operation Noah’s Bright Now Campaign Officer Bokani Tshidzu was at the National Justice and Peace Network conference in Swanwick in late July, while at the beginning of July, Operation Noah’s Bright Now Campaign Director Clare Fussell travelled up to Leeds to attend the Methodist Conference.
Article, News
31 July 2024
The Season of Creation is an ecumenical movement supported by the World Council of Churches, Church leaders and environmental theologians, encouraging the world’s 2.2 billion Christians to care for our Common Home and stop fossil fuel expansion. 
Article, News
29 July 2024
In celebration of our 20th Anniversary, will you or your church plant a tree (or 20)? We have loads of advice and inspiration in our tree-focused Anniversary Update, including how one Berkshire church has planted nearly 7,000 trees!
Article
26 July 2024
Sharon Hall, our Bright Now Campaign Manager who is leading our work on Church land-use, revisits why it is important for Churches to grow trees and what can be done to support this work.
Article, News
26 July 2024
Some churches might feel limited in the number of trees they can plant given the small amount of land they own, but Operation Noah’s Sharon Hall recently interviewed Revd Mike Saunders about how his Berkshire church planted nearly 7,000 trees on land owned by local farmers, charities and a school. ‘Twelve of us managed to plant 840 trees in a morning’.
Article, News
26 July 2024
Earlier this year, Lee Abbey Christian Community planted approximately 1,100 native trees on its property in an effort to help further restore the original Atlantic woodland that once covered the site. Atlantic rainforest is important for many reasons, from soaking up carbon to maintaining the unique climate of the area.
Article
23 July 2024
On Thursday 4 July 2024 Labour won a general election with a large majority and formed a new UK government.  Now that a new parliamentary session has begun, there are many opportunities for us as citizens and organisations to be actively engaged in politics and with the new government.
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