What’s On



The calendar below contains CEL events plus events from CEL local groups, and linked organisations.
CEL’s dates for future events are listed immediately below 

  • CEL Weekend Retreat,  18-20 Oct 2013, Ringsfield Hall, Beccles, Suffolk. Details to follow.
  • CEL Annual Members Day – 2 Nov 2013 - St Aloysius Church, Euston, London NW1 1TA.

Calendar

We invite you to tell us (  webeditor@christian-ecology.org.uk ) about new events to add.
Please contact event organisers to confirm latest details/changes.

National/International Awareness Days
2013 International Year of Water Cooperation.
2013 UN International Year of the Quinoa (IYQ)
11 May Hurst Green, Clitheroe Church goes wild: Drawing workshop at Hurst Green Church near Clitheroe -3pm -Ed Foster will lead a drawing workshop showing us how to draw animals and birds.www.edwardfosterart.co.uk. – The afternoon will be followed by the usual Jacob’s Join.
10-12 May Bron y Llys , mid Wales “Wild Reading” Exploring the idea and practice of reading sacred texts alongside the book of nature and how wild places influence what we read in them. Led by Brian Daines. £110 per person. Bron y Llys is a B&B and retreat house in the Cambrian mountains half way between Llanidloes and Machynlleth www.bronyllys.co.uk
12 May Austwick Yorks Dales Annual Primrose walk – meet at Austwick Church at 3pm – stop for afternoon tea en route.
13-19 May UK Dying Matters Awareness Week - Have you talked to your friends/relatives about any green wishes you have for your funeral? And possessions. Make life easier for your relatives.
16 May Blackburn Cathedral

Cathedral Quarter – Hope for the Urban Landscape: Perspectives from Architecture, Theology and Ecology - A Day Conference at Blackburn Cathedral PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME

Morning Prayer is held in the Jesus Chapel at 8.40am
Coffee and tea from 9.30am
10.00am Introducing the Context: Canon Ian Stockton, Canon Chancellor
10.10 -10.55am Vision and Plans: Architecture and Landscape James Sanderson, Blackburn Cathedral Architect, and Plan-it
11.00 -11.40 am Theology and the Urban Environment: Professor Tim Gorringe, University of Exeter
11 .45am -12.25pm Boundless hope, limited sustainability: An ecological perspective on how we quarter the world Canon Professor John Rodwell
12.30 -1.30pm Buffet Lunch
1.30 – 3.30 Workshop Choices (A, B, C, and D, including regeneration)
A The Pattern Language: implications for planning and building(Tim Gorringe)
B Sustainable regeneration, community cohesion & place-making (Clare Turner)
C Architectural Issues
D Green Cathedrals & Eco-dioceses (John Rodwell)
3.30 – 4.00pm Plenary Discussion
4.00 – 4.30pm Final Reflections: Canon Ian Stockton with others
Tea and Coffee available
16 May London Facilitation Training Day – London 2013 Date: Thursday 16th May 2013, Time: 10.00—16.00 Location: TCPA, 17 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AS Gain the tools and techniques to make your facilitation engaging and productive
16 May Lancaster
Do the Math: The Movie – Global Premiere – in Lancaster
7.30pm Thursday 16th May, Lancaster University Chaplaincy Centre
Come and see this groundbreaking movie.- The Do The Math documentary is a 42-minute film about the rising movement in the United States to change the terrifying maths of the climate crisis and challenge the fossil fuel industry. While it is set in the United States, the maths the film outlines apply globally — making it important for all of us to watch.
19 May Clapham Yorks Dales Lambing Service – Wenningside Farm, Keasden nr Clapham 7pm
21 May Hereford Hereford Christian Ecology Group AGM, at St John’s Methodist Church, St Owen Street, Hereford HR1 2PR, at 7.30 pm
21 May London Talk Action -Volunteer Management Training - London 2013 Date: 21st May 2013 Time: 10.00 – 16.00 Location: TCPA, 17 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AS Helping volunteers love you – your organisation and the role they play. -
22 May World International Day for Biological Diversity See also Decade for biodiversity
24-26 May Hilfield Friary Dorchester Hope out of Chaos – Hilfield Friary, Dorchester – Making sense out of caring for a radically changing World – A weekend led by Andy Lester and Sir Ghillean Prance. Andy is the Conservation Director of A Rocha and Sir Ghillean, a committed Christian, is an eminent botanist/conservationist and a former Director of Kew. The two days will include walks, talks, meditation, exercise and quiet.
28 May Ingleton N Yorks Time: 6.30-7.25 Book Launch-”The Wildflowers of the Ingleton Churchyards” by Doris Cairns Cost: Free Age: Suitable for all Venue: St Mary’s Church Room Come along and join Doris for the launch of her book entitled “The Wildflowers of the Ingleton Churchyards”. Doris has illustrated the book herself with watercolour paintings of the flowers found in the local churchyards. Light refreshments will be available followed by a short walk in churchyard to see some of the flowers. Part of Ingleton OGUG Festival (Ingleton Overground Underground)

Time: 7.30-8.30 Spring Flowers of the Ingleton Area – an Illustrated Presentation by Dr Judith Allinson Cost: Donations in joint aid of Rainforest Fund & St Marys Church. Age: Suitable for all Venue: St Mary’s Church Room Join local botanist Dr Judith Allinson for an illustrated presentation of flowers that can be seen in the Ingleton Glens, limestone pavements and on heather areas at this time of year.
29 May Ingleton N Yorks Time: 6.00-8.30pm The Secret World of Mosses - Workshop - led by Dr Judith Allinson of Craven Conservation Group, this workshop is for absolute beginners and for people who know a tiny bit about mosses. Find out more about mosses found in churchyards, several of which you’ll also find in your garden. There will be an introductory session in the church followed by a walk in the churchyard to see some of the mosses. Hand lenses available for loan. Cost: £5.00 incl. refreshments & handouts. Age: Suitable for all, but tailored for adults. Venue: St Mary’s Church Room. Booking: Essential call 01729 822138. See pictures of a workshop earlier this year - it will be warmer in May. Part of Ingleton OGUG Festival
2 June UK Environment Sunday
2 June UK The Big Lunch
5 June World World Environment Day
6 June Wytham Woods, Oxford On Thursday, 6th June 2013 we will be holding two events at Wytham Woods near Oxford focussed on connecting with God and nature and exploring expressions of Forest Church. We hope you will join us for one or both Registration for both events on 6th June is essential. Earthing Faith Retreat Day – 9.30am-4.30pm on 6 June This retreat style day will explore the relevance of natural theology to our faith, with lots of space for guided practical exercises interwoven as we walk through the woods. Cost: £22 per person, which will include refreshments, but attendees are asked to bring a packed lunch. Spaces are limited to 25 people, and booking for the day is essential. Register for the day – we will then contact you with details of how to confirm your place with payment.http://www.earthingfaith.org/
6 June Wytham Woods, Oxford Earthing Faith network gathering – 7.30pm-9.30pm The focus for the evening will be to introduce the idea of Forest Church and explore together how we might nurture expressions of Forest Church in our local areas and hear from those already running such groups. This will be free of charge and open to anyone. Register for the evening. Please note: both the day and the evening will require walking in the woods and uneven surfaces participants will need to be physically fit to walk in such terrain.http://www.earthingfaith.org/
7-9 June Woodbrooke Birm’m Global Restorative Climate Justice – what might it look like? £194 ensuite, £184 standard In her 2011 Swarthmore Lecture, Pam Lunn asked, “What would restorative climate justice look like, on a global scale?” In his 2000 Swarthmore Lecture, Tim Newell explored a Quaker vision of restorative justice. The principles of restorative justice (repair, stakeholder participation, and community transformation) have an obvious relevance to the challenges and opportunities of sustainability. During this weekend we will explore both sustainability and restorative justice issues, how they link and interact, and what our Quaker responses might be. Tutors: Pam Lunn and Tim Newell More 1046 Bristol Road, Birmingham B29 6LJ
http://www.woodbrooke.org.uk/courses.php?action=course&id=7826
8 June World World Ocean Day
9 June Lightcliffe (east of Halifax) Open Churchyard Event St Matthew’s Church, Lightcliffe (east of Halifax) on 1pm-4pm (in conjunction with Yorkshire Wildlife Trust) -

(Cherishing Churchyards Week) Come and see the work of the Friends of the Churchyard Guided walks, headstone rubbing, refreshments Lightcliffe Church lies in HX3 on the A649 a few miles east of Hipperholme, east of Halifax
9 June & 12 June Skitpon Friends of Raikes Road Burial Ground, Skipton invite you to visit their site on Sunday 9th June and Wednesday, 12th June, 2013 from 10 -3 to see a Ground which is still in its original state following closure in 1876. The Friends are about to start on a restoration project which will see deadwooding, tree and wildflower planting, erecting bat/bird boxes and other wildlife habitats
22 June Wilberfoss, nr York Open Churchyard Event – St John the Baptist Church, Wilberfoss (A1079 just east of York) on Saturday 22 June 10am-4pm (in conjunction with Yorkshire Wildlife Trust)-

Discover what we are doing to develop our churchyard for wildlife. Information about end of life things and memorials. Church open and refreshments available. Served by East Yorkshire buses
14-23 June UK Green Transport Week
15-23 June Bristol Bristol’s Big Green Week, 15-23rd June.
15-23 June UK National Bike Week 2013
Sat 22 June Milton Keynes The Well at Willen: A Day is to be organised with Milton Keynes Christian Environment Group and Revd Liz Baker – Details will be published soon.
23-27 June Grzybow, Poland Christianity and Sustainability – a five day workshop in Poland - aims to be challenging and practical – supported by European Union “Learner workshop program” – hence no charge. Closing date for application: 31 Jan 2013 http://ziarno.org.pl/component/content/article/149.html
1 July London

 

 Lecture: The Tree of Life- 6.00pm- Venue: Gresham College - The Rt Rev’d Richard Chartres, Bishop of London (lecturer) - the Bishop of London will explore trees as spiritual, mystical and religious symbols of faith and life.
1-5 July May Bron y Llys , mid Wales No Planet B - Looking at issues of ecology and faith, our place in creation and how we can create hope in the face of environmental crises. Led by John Bimson. £180 per person.Bron y Llys is a B&B and retreat house in the Cambrian mountains half way between Llanidloes and Machynlleth www.bronyllys.co.uk
5-7 July Kings Lynn Celebrating Creation weekend The Kings Lynn Christian Ecology Link Group (newly founded) would like to invite you to join us for the above weekend in Kings Lynn. There is no fee.
The theme of the weekend will be Celebrating Creation. As Christians we believe God intends humans to worship and celebrate God’s gift of life through serving the whole of creation. Over the weekend we will consider how we can do this in our local communities in the light of our own personal circumstances. This might mean looking at our consumption attitudes towards oil, food, and water in the light of God’s commandments to celebrate life through cultivating habits of restraint. The emphasis will be on personal sharing and listening as well as having time to pray, read, cook, sing, knit, swim in river, and garden (and many more). ”.
There will be contributions by a Cambridge Transition member, mature distant learning student of theology, tutor and writer in biblical studies and ecology, Christian green campaigner, and reflections of a small-holder family living off grid with two young children. If you are interested please let me know by email: mrjbtanz@hotmail.com or phoning me on 07746779984 or 01553 675421 or writing to the above address. I can then keep you informed and arrange for hospitality.
7 July Weaverthorpe, Yorks Open Churchyard Event – Weaverthorpe Village Gardens and Church (very species-rich churchyard) 1pm-5pm (entry to gardens £3)
10 July London Climate Emergency Day with Parliamentary Lobby. -
11 July World World Population Day and here
13 July Exeter DEVON’S LIVING CHURCHYARDS Workshop at The Old Deanery, Exeter (including visit to St. Bartholomew’s Churchyard, Exeter) Saturday 13th July 2013 10.00a.m. – 2.00p.m. Numbers Limited Book with Joan Harris 01392-294940 / joanie@exeter.anglican.org
13-18 July High Leigh
Conference Centre		 The Earth is the Lord’s: Renewing the Covenant of Creation - Chair: Dr Margaret Barker; Speakers: David Shreeve, Helen Hutchison, Jeffrey Newman, Hylton Philipson, Tom Spencer
http://www.modernchurch.org.uk/conference/2013.htm
19-21 July Hayes Conference Centre, Swanwick, ANNUAL JUSTICE & PEACE CONFERENCE ‘Breaking Open the Word: A Call to Faith in Action’ 19 – 21 July 2013, The Hayes Conference Centre, Swanwick, Derbyshire KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Megan McKenna – Theologian, Storyteller, Pax Christi Ambassador for Peace See http://meganmckenna.com MORE DETAILS AND BOOKING FORMS AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE: http:www.justice-and-peace.org.uk Or contact admin@justice-and-peace.org.uk, 020 7901 4864
28 July World International Bog Day
Th 8 – Sat 10 Aug UK National Moth Night 2013 (includes 2 days…)
17-24 Aug Lee Abbey, Devon
Earth, Wind and Fire: Experiencing Creation through Isaiah
Lee Abbey, Devon
A creation-loving, family-friendly week to suit all ages. Join Ruth and Greg Valerio as they lead the adult sessions with biblical teach… (read more)
23-26 Aug Cheltenham Greenbelt 2013 - CEL will be taking part
1 Sep – 4 Oct Europe Creation time - A Season to celebrate and raise awareness of creation and the environment.
16-20 Sep Europe European Mobility Week
21 Sept-6 Oct UK British Food Fortnight
22 Sept World World Car Free Day
29 Sept UK Back to Church Sunday
4 Oct World World Animal Day
6 Oct UK Animal Welfare Sunday
20-27 Oct UK One World Week 2013
18-20 Oct Ringsfield, Beccles CEL Retreat/Weekend Ringsfield, Beccles, Suffolk:
2 Nov London CEL Annual Members Meeting 2013, 2 Nov, St Aloysius Church, Euston,
London NW1 1TA.
4-8 Nov Scargill House, Yorkshire
Why Should We Care For God’s World?
Scargill House, Yorkshire
A biblical and practical exploration on the theme of caring for God’s world – Led by Steve Hughes Using reflections on key bible passage… (read more)
17 Nov World World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims – third Sunday of November
26 Dec2013 Ripon Boxing Day 9.30am Eucharist at Ripon Cathedral and Pilgrimage to Fountains Abbey, led by Bishop of Ripon and Leeds – Walk of about 4 miles,through beautiful scenery, carol service at Fountains Abbey at the end.

See pictures from 2011

 

 

Other Events Calendars:

http://projectbritain.com/specialdays/apr.htm - awareness raising days

http://www.projectbritain.com/calendar/april.html -pictorial fact of the day

http://www.tfw.org.uk transport event links