Climate Change Concern

Our Diocese has a commitment to conservation in line with the Marks of Mission and employs a Sustainability Fieldworker: Cathy Bi-Riley.

See here for the Auckland Anglican Response to Climate Change: https://aucklandanglican.org.nz/what-we-do/social-justice/

From that page we have here:

1. the PDF Personal Ideas for Climate Action
2. Links to two Carbon Calculators:
   

•  https://futurefit.nz
• https://ekos.org.nz/lifestyle-calc

Our Bishop, the Rt Revd Ross Bay recorded an interview with the Sustainability Fieldworker, Cathy Bi-Riley recently about the COP26 conference.

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Other Resources

• Here is a good personal calculator: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46459714. 
  It illustrates how modifying our diet can have a major impact, and makes a comparison between our food and our petrol consumption. (They are UK figures, so would need fine tuning for NZ.)
  
• Dr Dave Lowe is a NZ atmospheric scientist who has studied atmospheric change over the last 50 years.  His book is "The alarmist: fifty years of measuring climate change."
  
• “OMD- Change the World by changing one meal a day” by Suzi Amis Cameron.  Note: It includes recommended further reading and useful websites for positive action.
  

Practical measures that individuals can make include:

• Planting native trees: 
  This website allows us to sponsor the planting of native trees which will help by acting as a carbon sink: https://www.treesthatcount.co.nz/
  This group works to restore native habitat in our Hibiscus Coast area: https://restorehb.org.nz/
  
• Dietary changes.
  
• Change over to electric vehicles.
  
• Installation of solar panels on their homes (where practical).
  
• An invitation to listen to Kim Hill’s interview of Dave Lowe on Wednesday 13th November.
  
• Encourage further agricultural research to reduce the methane problem.