Below are some ways you and your faith community can engage further this Season of Creation and take action for God’s beautiful creation.
2024 Season of Creation Art and Photography Exhibition - September 1 to October 4
All works displayed on the Queensland Churches Environmental Network Facebook page. A selection will be exhibited at St John’s Cathedral, Brisbane throughout September.
Faiths 4 Climate Justice Week of Action - September 14 - 24
From September 14 to 24, in cities across Australia, people of faith will be joining with others all over the world in a Week of Action, calling for an urgent and fair shift from fossil fuels to clean energy. On September 17, Australian Religious Response to Climate Change (ARRCC) will be coordinating the hanging of giant banners at well-known places of worship across the country, with a message for the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition calling for urgent climate action with an end to new coal and gas projects and plan the economic transition to clean energy in a way that leaves no one behind. Find out more about actions happening near you as part of the Week of Action - https://www.arrcc.org.au/flagships
Platy-Project - September
Throughout September the Australian Conservation Foundation is asking people to head down to their local creek or river, find a quiet place on the bank, try to spot a platypus and record what you see to help researchers understand more about this elusive animal and how we can better protect it. Find out more here.
Blessing of the Animals Service - Sunday 29 September
10am at Canberra Baptist Church, Ngunnawal and Ngambri land, 11 Currie Cres, Kingston ACT 2604
Knit For Climate Action
Since September 2020, knitters from across the Common Grace movement have been putting their knitting skills and deep care and concern for God’s beautiful creation into action by knitting more than 700 #KnitForClimateAction scarves. Each scarf has been generously crafted as a powerful reminder of our warming climate through the vivid stripes representing the last 101 years of the average global temperatures.
These hauntingly beautiful scarves are being generously gifted by the Common Grace movement to our nation’s leaders with a call to take urgent climate action. You can find out more about the impact of #KnitForClimateAction here. Would you like to take action and knit your own #KnitForClimateAction scarf? Register to take part here.
Five Leaf Eco Awards
The Five Leaf Eco Awards were founded in 2008 by Jessica Morthorpe who is part of Common Grace’s Creation and Climate Justice Team. The Five Leaf Eco Awards are a national ecumenical environmental change initiative encouraging church communities to take holistic environmental action. These awards encourage and support churches from across all denominations in Australia to make sustainable changes in the practical running of their venues as well as encouraging their community to become more informed and engaged in taking action for God’s creation. Through the Five Leaf Eco Awards program your church will be provided assistance and support in taking steps towards sustainability, with your efforts rewarded and promoted as well as helping connect you to a network of churches around the country already taking action. For further information, please visit here.