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Preach the Green Word
Article in The Tablet, November 11th 2009, on bringing environmental concern into the daily life of the church.
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Religion Can Succeed Where the Environment Movement has Failed
Article in The Guardian, Septemeber 23rd 2009. It got some debate going...
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Loreto Grammar School Centenary Speech.
Mary Ward lived in the early 17th Century, a pioneer of education for women. her legacy has been immense, although she died thinking her work had been abolished by Pope Urban V111 - she was even imprisoned as a heretic for a while by the Inquisition. Loreto schools are founded on Mary Ward's vision and I gave the centenary speech to the school in Manchester on Sept 8th 2009
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Mud, Tides and Energy
An article published in JUSTICE magazine, 4th September 2009.
The Severn estuary is a unique treasure, it is a dynamic and rich habitat for many thousands of birds, fish, insects and plantlife. But its huge currents could provide us with carbon free energy, so what is more important?
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Faith on the Farm
The Tablet Article published on 4th September 2009.
Victor Barry is a Catholic farmer in his 70s, passionate about organic, low carbon "old fashioned farming" but can this type of food production really feed 6 billion people - and rising?
Victor Barry Interview on YouTube
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Susan, Methodist Ladies and The Planet.
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An article for the Methodist Recorder for July 2009. What do Methodist ladies and a cavewoman have in common? Read on...
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Come - Let Us Pod
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An article for The Tablet, July 24th 2009, on podcasting. Is it easy? How do you do it? Why bother?
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The Environment is a Spiritual and Moral Concern
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This is the full version of an article that appeared on Friday 24th April 2009 in the Guardian Online about a US climate change initiative.
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The Population Time Bomb
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This is an article I wrote with Prof Tina Beattie on Jonathan Porritt's proposal to the government to encourage a limit on family size to 2 children, in an attempt to curb the burgeoning population of the world. It was published in the Western Daily Press in February 2009
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Slime Moulds, Human Dignity and the Environment
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Published on Thinking Faith, the online journal for Jesuits worldwide
10/03/09
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The Future of the Amazon
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With so much pressure on the Amazon Basin, what can really save it?
Published in The Tablet - 6/03/09
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Drink and be Thankful
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A reflection on gratitude and how we should be wary of relying solely on our ingenuity to get us out of the environmental crisis.
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Heaven and earth
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This was written after the visit to the UK by Bishop Chris Toohey, who was present at the opening of Sound of Many Waters
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Silent Cliffs
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The disappearance of our seabirds is horrifying! I wrote this after filming some seabird colonies in Scotland for the BBC 4 series I made Born to be Wild
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A Revolution in the Monastery
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Simple living, community, humility, quiet observance, tolerance, mutual respect are all values deeply embedded in monasticism, and values we need to find in our lives if we are to face a sustainable future.
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Ampleforth
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A copy of the text of a talk I gave to the Union of Monastic Superiors at Ampleforth in 2007
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Communicate Conference 2007
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This is a short resume of the conference I spoke at – it is a vary interesting meeting that draws together anyone who wants to communicate about the environment. This is the website for this year, where I also spoke. www.festivalofnature.org
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Divided We Fall
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An article published jointly with Mark Dowd by The Tablet in March 2008
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Gardens of Harmony
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An article I wrote after making the radio series Gardens of Faith. It explores how a garden is a non-threatening and hopeful place to find out what binds the great religions of the world, and that is love and care for the natural world.
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Green Witness
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I think many of us are a bit confused by organic, sustainability and green living! This was published by The Tablet in 2006
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Sea Creatures
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My son wrote this when he was 8 after hearing on the news that the Japanese wanted to resume whaling.
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Shrove Tuesday Reflection: Is Catholicism really green?
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A published article on Catholicism and the environment.
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The Age of Loneliness or Holiness?
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Another published article that looks to a future without other species to live alongside us.
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Too Big For The Planet
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An article on population published by The Tablet in 2007
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Rise and Fall of Stewardship
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Published by The Universe, are we really competent stewards? I wrote this after visiting “managed retreat” sites for Radio 4.
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Wing And A Prayer
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Another seabird article published by The Tablet.
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Cramond Island
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I wrote this reflection after visiting this Scottish island with my Jesuit friend Chris Boles. It was published by The Universe.
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Warming to Religion
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The end of the last ice age was utterly dramatic and had profound consequences both environmentally and in the minds of those who witnessed it. Is Genesis a vestigial memory of the greening of the land once the ice had left the N hemisphere? And what will happen if we enter another phase of dramatic environmental change?
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Parish Pump
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An article I wrote for the Parish Pump newsletter.
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The world is your oyster
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Published by The Universe, are we really free to do whatever we want?
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In the Beginning
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I wrote this after reading about the proposed drilling in the Alaskan wilderness area ANWR (Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge www.arctic.fws.gov. I had also just read Cardinal Ratzinger’s (as he was then) book of the same name.
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Aubrey Manning on Population
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Cafod Mark Dowd
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Mark Dowd on St Giles
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Article given at The Oxford Science Festival
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Abbot Christopher Jamieson on Changing Climate Spiritual Steps
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Sr Margaret Atkins
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