Environment

Green conscience

ENVIRONMENT
By Ruth Valerio
CWR. 32 pages. £3.25
ISBN 978-1-85345-481-3

Getting to grips with being green is not easy. Ruth Valerio has written a booklet to help us. It takes the form of a four-part series of group studies. Each study starts with the Bible (creation, fall, Israel’s land, re-creation), examines an environmental issue (climate change, deforestation, biodiversity, water), and points out practical steps (food, travel, energy, waste).

If the people in your house group have a green conscience, but feel isolated and unsure where to start, try this booklet. There is plenty to discuss! Valerio suggests ‘ending each week by asking people to commit to one practical change they will make to their lives’ and then starting next time ‘by informally sharing what has happened’. That is not quite as terrifying as it sounds, and it puts you in the firing line together!

Christians are now maligned for teaching about their Creator, but being green may open doors for the gospel. One mum said, ‘Do you know, Ruth, you fascinate me. I’ve got to ask you, why do you do the things you do and live the way you do?’ This is what Peter meant when he said: ‘Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honourable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation’ (1 Peter 2.12).

Dr. Tim Mitchell,
former climate scientist

© Evangelicals Now - February 2009
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