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August 2005

Anglican Communion Environmental Network

The Anglican Consultative Council notes the Statement to the Anglican Communion from the ACEN, and endorses its recommendation that all Anglicans be encouraged to:

recognise that global climatic change is real and that we are contributing to the despoiling of creation; commend initiatives that address the moral transformation needed for environmentally sustainable economic practices such as the Contraction and Convergence process championed by the Archbishop of Canterbury;

understand that, for the sake of future generations and the good of God's creation, those of us in the rich nations need to be ready to make sacrifices in the level of comfort and luxury we have come to enjoy;

expect mission, vision and value statements to contain commitment to environmental responsibility at all levels of church activity;

educate all church members about the Christian mandate to care for creation; work on these issues ecumenically and with all faith communities and people of good will everywhere;

ensure that the voices of women, indigenous peoples and youth are heard;

press government, industry and civil society on the moral imperative of taking practical steps towards building sustainable communities.

Extract from Statement from the Anglican Communion Enviromental Network conference of the Anglican Communion meeting in Canberra, April 2005. 'This second global Anglican conference on the environment was the first meeting since becoming an official network of the Anglican Communion. The focus...was the challenge posed by global climate change. We have met in the name of Jesus, the incarnate work of God, whose coming amongst us compels us to take seriously the whole created order made sacred in Christ.'

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		Anglican Communion Environmental Network The Anglican Consultative Council notes the Statement to the Anglican Communion from the ACEN, and endorses its recommendation that all Anglicans be encouraged to: recognise that global climatic change is real and that we are contributing to the despoiling of creation; commend initiatives that address the moral transformation needed for environmentally sustainable economic practices such as the Contraction and Convergence process championed by the Archbishop of Canterbury; understand that, for the sake of future generations and the good of God's creation, those of us in the rich nations need to be ready to make sacrifices in the level of comfort and luxury we have come to enjoy; expect mission, vision and value statements to contain commitment to environmental responsibility at all levels of church activity; educate all church members about the Christian mandate to care for creation; work on these issues ecumenically and with all faith communities and people of good will everywhere; ensure that the voices of women, indigenous peoples and youth are heard; press government, industry and civil society on the moral imperative of taking practical steps towards building sustainable communities. Extract from Statement from the Anglican Communion Enviromental Network conference of the Anglican Communion meeting in Canberra, April 2005. 'This second global Anglican conference on the environment was the first meeting since becoming an official network of the Anglican Communion. The focus...was the challenge posed by global climate change. We have met in the name of Jesus, the incarnate work of God, whose coming amongst us compels us to take seriously the whole created order made sacred in Christ.'