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Friday, March 30, 2012

Melbourne Environmental Events

Saturday 24th Mar , until Saturday 14th Apr
KAREN STANDKE / BUSH HERITAGE AUSTRALIA EXHIBITION
exhibition, benefit
Support Bush Heritage by coming along to an exibition of wonderful landscape paintings this Saturday.
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Friday 30th Mar , until Sunday 22nd Apr
PEOPLE AND PLANET PHOTO COMPETITION
submissions open
The People & Planet International Photography Competition aims to select 53 photos to be published in the 2013 People & Planet: Social Justice & Environment Diary and Calendar, which raise money for our group of about 50 Australian charity partners.
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Friday 30th Mar 
HOW MANY POLITICIANS DOES IT TAKE TO CHANGE A LIGHT BULB? 
performance, benefit
A Beyond Zero Emissions fundraiser. BZE volunteer and internationally acclaimed comedian Matt Grantham asks that very question and explores whether two Independents and a Green would actually speed up the process.
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Saturday 31st Mar 
CERES HARVEST FESTIVAL
festival
Our annual Harvest festival, a free event which celebrates and gives thanks to the good earth, our farmers and the cycle of the seasons. The day is all about local produce, backyard self-sufficiency and our local community.
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Saturday 31st Mar 
EARTH HOUR
action
In 2011 The symbolic action of turning lights out for an hour is an expression of concern for the environment and a commitment to do more for the planet...
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Saturday 31st Mar , until Saturday 21st Apr

Sunday 1st Apr 
PEOPLE'S BLOCKADE OF THE WORLD'S BIGGEST COAL PORT
action
Join hundreds of people in a fun, effective and peaceful protest against the tripling of coal exports from Newcastle harbour. Borrow a kayak or BYO creative floating vessel!
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Monday 2nd Apr , until Wednesday 4th Apr
2ND NATIONAL SUSTAINABLE FOOD SUMMIT
conference
Join practitioners from diverse interest groups across the food system to discuss ideas that will help transform Australia’s food system.
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Important Lessons from the Bible

Why Jesus came:
"that the world might be saved through him"
John 3:17

Who Jesus is going to use to save the world:
"For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God."
Romans 8:19

Our role on earth:
"The LORD God put the man in the Garden of Eden to take care of it and to look after it."
Genesis 2:15

The Five Pillars of A Christian Theology of Sustainability

1. God is the creator, sustainer and redeemer of creation.

2. Covenantal Stewardship (we have a covenant with God as stewards of the earth).

3. The creation-fall-redemption paradigm (God made a good world; human failure broke the relationships between god, man and creation; Christ provides hope for all creation).

4.Bodily resurrection(we will rise with bodies, not as spirits)

5.New Creation (a new Heaven and new Earth refers to a renewal and an earthing of heaven, not starting over).

Adapted from When Enough is Enough: A Christian Framework for Environmental Sustainability, Edited by R.J. Berry, Published by Inter-Varsity Press, 2007, Nottingham p43+