In May 2008, the Anglican Church of NZ passed a motion that committed the Church to develop its mission, and particularly address the fifth mark of its mission: "To safeguard the integrity of creation and sustain and renew the earth." The motion was drafted and presented by the Anglican Social Justice Commissioner, Anthony Dancer

Now that the motion is passed, Anthony is seeking to develop an environmental and sustainability audit tool for use primarily in the church's ministry units in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. Clearly, if Christians are going to speak up on behalf of the environment, we must first make our own church life environmentally sustainable, and to do that we must start by measuring how we are performing at present.
Anthony is looking for people with suitable passion and knowledge to help with this task. He envisages the work will involve drawing upon audit tools already in existence, and adapt their insights for our own unique context.
This is an exciting opportunity for the Christian community of NZ to truly begin living out the ideas we have discussed on caring for God's earth! Although this project is beginning within the Anglican Church, people of any denomination are invited to be involved, and we hope the results will spread across all denominations. If this sounds as exciting to you as it does to us and you would like to make a contribution or simply find out more, then please click here to contact Anthony Dancer. He'd love to hear from you!

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