Foundational Resources
These resources are intended to help get to grips with the foundational issues of theology, science, and justice. Since the three are intertwined, we don’t separate them out here.
Articles
Martin Charlesworth: 'Towards a Christian approach to the Environment'
Websites
The BBC website has frequent articles on climate and environmental issues such as this Then and now: When silence descended over Victoria Falls - BBC News.
The Guardian has an environmental section with numerous articles on scientific, technological, economic and political aspects.
John Ray Initiative is an educational charity with a vision to bring together scientific and Christian understandings of the environment in a way that can be widely communicated and lead to effective action.
Ruth Valerio works for Tearfund as Director of Global Advocacy. Her website contains both theological reflection and practical suggestions.
Books
Richard Bauckham, Living with Other Creatures: Green exegesis and theology. Paternoster, 2012. A series of papers on God’s care for his creation.
Jonathan Moo & Robert White, Hope in an Age of Despair: The gospel and the future of life on earth. IVP, 2013. Starting from a scientific assessment of the current situation, the authors give a comprehensive biblical overview of Christian response and hope.
Michael S Northcott, A Moral Climate: The ethics of global warming. Darton, Longman and Todd, 2007. With a focus on justice, this book also covers scientific and theological aspects.
Ruth Valerio, Just Living. Hodder, 2016. Based on her PhD thesis, the author gives an in-depth analysis of how Christians can live well in a globalised and consumerist society.
Robert S White (Ed), Creation in Crisis: Christian perspectives on sustainability. SPCK, 2009. A collection of articles covering a wide range of scientific, economic, justice and biblical perspectives, from global experts in the various fields.
Video resources
Christianity and Climate Change: a nine-part film series from Tearfund, featuring Christian climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe. Makes a good introduction for small groups.
Creation Care: a Biblical Theology of the Natural World: in-depth coverage with 15 videos, from father-and-son team Douglas and Jonathan Moo.
Climate Change Course: an eight-part video series from Jubilee+ in which Martin Charlesworth explains why Christians should care about climate change and how it relates to the gospel.
Practical Resources
These resources are listed in alphabetical order, regardless of content.
366Solutions gives a daily suggestion about a technological development that may help with the climate and ecological crisis.
Bright Now is a campaign run by Operation Noah, a Christian charity working with the Church to inspire action on the climate crisis. Bright Now is a part of a growing global movement calling for divestment (disinvestment) from fossil fuels, with a specific focus on churches in the UK. Their vision is for an alternative future that is not dependent on fossil fuels, a future based on solutions not problems. Bright Now believes that a fossil-free future is a brighter future.
ClimateCare was set up in 1997, with a vision of a carbon-free world. They work alongside major companies across the world and have lots of useful resources to look through.
Climate Stewards enable you to offset your carbon emissions from flying, by supporting community forestry, water filter, solar and cookstove projects
CreationCare encourage households to care for God’s earth. Run by a church in Dorking, South East England, they have a system similar to Eco-church, for households. A great starting point to think through the impact each part of our homes has on the planet. Lots of great links too.
Climate Coalition consists of over 100 UK organisations working together, including Tearfund and A Rocha.
Ecosia is an environmentally friendly search engine, planting trees when you use it!
Ecologi is an offsetting service, allowing individuals to offset their personal carbon emissions through tree-planting and other environmental conservation schemes.
Ethical Consumer is a huge database of companies involved in making and selling the items you buy, providing tools and resources to make consumer choices informed and effective. Warning. This site and the information within it, can result in a feeling of being overwhelmed: read wisely!
Fairtrade Foundation has always been primarily about fairness, but also the sustainability of the farms, where most of our tea, coffee, chocolate and cotton is grown. Without care for the environment, these farms will cease to be in just a few generations and without better pay there is a very real possibility of a shortage of these items we take for granted.
Green Christian is a group of Christians who work to care for Creation through prayer, living simply, public witness, campaigning and mutual encouragement.
Hope for the Future began in 2013 as a small Yorkshire-based campaign in the lead up to the 2015 general election. It aimed to mobilise church-goers to engage with climate change and make their views known to Parliamentary candidates in the general election. They now offer guidance and training to anyone.
Operation Noah was set up in 2004 to provide a Christian response to the climate crisis. The Organisation works with all Christian denominations and supports interfaith work on climate change. Its aim is to tackle questions such as “How should Christians respond to global warming? Should the church be involved with politics? How do Christian values relate to climate change?” It supplies resources for churches and individuals to answer those questions for themselves.
PawPrint has lots of very useful, easy to read, quick to implement ideas, along with the explanation of terms we all hear, but may not fully grasp, like carbon footprint. They have some great resources for children and businesses. This article is a great place to start.
Praxis - Centre for Hope & Activism from the Centre for Hope and Justice, has a 6-week training course, helping you to find your place in God’s big story. They also have a great Podcast, called The Hopefully Activist, well worth listening to
Ruth Valerio works for Tearfund and has published several books on this subject, Saying Yes to Life, L is for Lifestyle, Just Living and most recently Planet Protectors for young children. Her website is full of useful information.
TerraCycle is a recycling organisation that helps individuals and groups to recycle items that might otherwise go to landfills.
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