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Prof. Dr Mathew Koshy Punnackad was one of the pioneers who initiated the “green church” movement in India in the 1990s. Today, he is the director of the Ecological Concerns Department of the Church of South India (CSI). In an interview with the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Water Network, he talks about caring for life on earth as a spiritual commitment, about “greening” the church, and the importance of education for sustainable development.

Here you find the guidleines for application of the 2020 Eco-School (Pacific region).

This is the application form - WCC Eco-School 2020 (Pacific Region)  on Water, Food and Climate Justice 

The third edition of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Eco-School on Water, Food and Climate Justice will be held 4-17 November 2019 in Chiang Mai, Thailand, hosted by the Christian Conference of Asia.

These are the guidelines of third edition of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Eco-School on Water, Food and Climate Justice to be held 4-17 November 2019 in Chiang Mai, Thailand, hosted by the Christian Conference of Asia.

This is the application form for the third edition of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Eco-School on Water, Food and Climate Justice will be held 4-17 November 2019 in Chiang Mai, Thailand, hosted by the Christian Conference of Asia.

The third reflection of the “Seven Weeks for Water 2019” of World Council of Churches’ Ecumenical Water Network is by Grace Ji-Sun Kim, an ordained minister of PC (USA). She received her PhD from the University of Toronto and works as an Associate Professor of Theology at Earlham School of Religion. She is a prolific writer and the author or editor of 16 books including, Making Peace with the Earth. Kim is part of the World Council of Churches working group on climate change. In this reflection, she recollects her early days in Korea and how she looked at the water then and now, as an eco-feminist theologian. She further reflects on the promise of God "I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground…" and contrasts it with today's consumeristic lifestyle, which is polluting our water bodies and denying millions from enjoying this life-giving gift of God – Water!

A segunda edição da Eco-School do Conselho Mundial de Igrejas (CMI) sobre Água, Alimentação e Justiça Climática será realizada de 1 a 12 de novembro de 2018 em San Salvador, El Salvador.

A Eco-School 2018 será realizada em El Salvador, de 1 a 12 de novembro. Esta atividade destina-se a motivar e preparar os jovens para contribuir com o trabalho das igrejas em nível regional e local em questões relacionadas a água, alimentação, nutrição, saúde e mudança climática para um futuro sustentável.

A segunda edição da Eco-School do Conselho Mundial de Igrejas (CMI) sobre Água, Alimentação e Justiça Climática será realizada de 1 a 12 de novembro de 2018 em San Salvador, El Salvador. Este ano, a atividade terá enfoque especial na América Latina e no Caribe. As inscrições estão abertas até 31 de agosto de 2018.

Participant guidelines of the Ecumenical School on Governance, Economics and Management (GEM) for an Economy of Life Mexico City, Mexico, 19 August – 31 August 2018.

Resources and tools available for the implementation of Churches’ Commitments to Children

The biblical reflection for the first of the Seven Weeks for Water 2015 is by Kuzipa Nalwamba, an ordained minister of the United Church of Zambia (UCZ), who is currently pursuing her PhD from University of Pretoria. She highlights  the undeniable underlining gap between men and women’s political, economic and social conditions, contribution and participation,  which also gets reflected on access to water. More often than not, the burden of meeting water needs for the families, unfairly rests on the women.