What if, when the Uniting Church in South Australia meets later this year, the Synod were to adopt a proposal that stated: "We accept that global conditions have now reached a state that warrants declaring a Climate Emergency". Just more words? ...

JUST EARTH is a free App for your Smartphone. Having uploaded the App, you will be presented on each day of Lent with a short, inspiring reflection with pictures, quotes, prayers and actions on the theme of Lamenting and Caring for the Earth.

Dr. David Shearman is the Honorary Advisor to Doctors for the Environment Australia and Emeritus Professor of Medicine at Adelaide University.

His article published in ABC News responding to continued proclamations by climate change deniers...

Plastic is now everywhere. Recent research indicates that Australians discard
9.7 billion plastic items each year — 2.6 billion coffee cups, 3.3 billion plastic bags, 1.3 billion water bottles — and straws. Lots of plastic straws...

We live and work and play in a physical environment that is actually quite fragile. Recent earthquakes, tsunamis, floods and storms remind us of how puny we are in the face of natural forces. Among living things, we are 'top predator' and ...

Notes from a talk to the EAG by Kathy Scarborough, Unley Council Waste Management Coordinator