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Azerbaijan and Human Rights

Posted in Music, TV & Film, Social action, Society on May 26, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Azerbaijan tonight is hosting Eurovision 2012 – but there has been some good questions asked this week about this given their poor record with human rights, check out this infographic:

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Microsoft Taxes Itself

Posted in Leadership/Management, Social action on May 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Fascinating article from Harvard Business Review on how Microsoft is planning an internal tax on carbon to change how the company operates: Starting July 1st — the beginning of the company’s fiscal year 2013 — the software giant will charge all of its 100-plus global offices and datacenters a fee for every ton of carbon [...]

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Should Christians Boycott Starbucks?

Posted in Church, Social action, Society, Theology on April 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Russell Moore has responded to the question of Should Christians Boycott Starbucks? which has recently been a debate in the USA. It’s not that I’m saying a boycott in and of itself is always evil or wrong. It’s just that, in this case (and in many like it) a boycott exposes us to all of [...]

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Books I have read: Renewing the Face of the Earth

Posted in Books, Church, Social action, Theology on December 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

David Atkinson is a member of the Society of Ordained Scientists, and has recently retired as Bishop of Thetford.  Though his background is in organic chemistry and X-ray crystallography, several issues persuaded him to write Renewing the Face of the Earth, which has as its subtitle ‘A theological and pastoral response to climate change’.  I [...]

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Books I have read: Cherishing the Earth: How to Care for God’s Creation

Posted in Books, Church, Social action, Theology on December 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Cherishing the Earth: How to Care for God’s Creation by Martin J. Hodson and Margot R. Hodson is a marvellous book that gives a call for Christians everywhere to get involved in the preservation of our environment.  The authors bring a wide range of scientific and theological learning to the debate of whether Christians are called to the work [...]

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Books I have read: 2:46: Aftershocks: Stories from the Japan Earthquake

Posted in Books, Social action on November 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

    2:46: Aftershocks: Stories from the Japan Earthquake is comprised of lots (about 100) of short stories that focus on many different aspects of the earthquake and subsequent events. Some accounts focus on the role of the media and social networking, some on the earthquake and how it affected them or people they know and [...]

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The Redemption of a Sex Trafficker

Posted in Church, Social action on November 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Seriously powerful stuff: Jacob’s Story from Unearthed on Vimeo.

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Books I have read: Do good lives have to cost the earth?

Posted in Books, Social action on November 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

  g Do Good Lives Have to Cost the Earth? edited by Andrew Simms and Joe Smith.  Having a limited range of understanding about environmental issues I thought this book was excellent.  It discusses the environment, not in the traditional narrow scientific sense, but, instead in a way that brings together all sorts of different disciplines including [...]

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Books I have read: Capitalism: As If the World Matters

Posted in Books, Social action on November 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

A friend recommended I read Capitalism: As If the World Matters by Jonathon Porritt.  In a consumer society slowly eating itself, there’s no more pressing question than whether or not capitalism and sustainability can ever go together. Johnathon Porritt sets out here to prove that they can. On the one hand, “global capitalism as we know it [...]

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Books I have read: In His Image

Posted in Books, Social action, Theology on November 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

I was privileged to attend the book launch for In His Image by Andy Matheson.  Andy is the International Director of Oasis and a genuine expert on poverty.  So often we can be overwhelmed by statistics around poverty, and yet unsure what we can do to help; we might try giving money, food, or clothes but still are [...]

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