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LIFE Project
Published date: 13th November 2009
... stands for Local Initiative for Faith and the Environment. LIFE has been created as a bridge between faith-based networks and environmental action in the Borough of Lambeth. The hope is that this bridge serves to bring people together around two of the most vital pillars of peace-building in society today: climate change and inter-faith dialogue.
Building on already existing links between churches, mosques and temples in the area, the aim is to promote greater mutual awareness of local ecology, global climate change and the role multi-faith groups can play in nurturing sustainable living on a local and regional level. Awareness about the global dilemma begins with the local. Creating a holistic response to changes in the earth's environment and economy provides a common ground for people from different backgrounds to work together to a positive end. It transcends fixed beliefs and renews faith in life itself. LIFE hopes to provide intimate, open, creative spaces for dialogue about the issues and practical on-the-ground application that is fun, inclusive and offers opportunity for sharing of skills and time for reflection.
Welcome to LIFE!!
Three LIFE events for women
Handmade 1: Tuesday 1 December 2009: Waiting and Awakening - The Meeting of Advent and Eid How does your garden grow? How awareness and contemplation are the roots for eco-minded action. Dialogue, story telling, and creative interaction on making your patch count. Finishing with Maghrib and Meditation at St Peters Centre.
Handmade 2: Thursday 21 January 2010: New Ways of Seeing - Bringing in the New Year A round-table discussion about 'new ways of seeing' - how do we relate to our immediate environment and what are the issues around bringing positive changes that reflect the value of our faiths? Includes lunch, please bring a traditional home made pudding!
Handmade 3: Tuesday 23 February 2010: Preparing for Growth - With a tour of the Garden A round-table discussion and workshop on the theme of gardening, planting and food-growing. How do the values of our faith, in mind and body, offer us experiences of growth and how do they hinder?
Get Involved
Contact Rebecca Brewin .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), 07896 936 625 or Sadaat Yusuf .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), 07939 325032
LIFE is looking for a Christian woman with interfaith/facilitation experience to act as a link person with Christian women and those of other faith groups in the borough. This is a freelance position (up to 30 hours work at £20 per hour) for the first phase of this project, which consists of 3 dialogue events between November 2009 and February 2010. Suited to someone willing to learn and with other employment in a similar field. Closing date: Friday 27 November. For details please contact Rebecca.
LIFE is funded and supported by Lambeth Council's Green Community Champions and delivered by the Muslim Sisters Jamaat and the Christian Muslim Forum with the support of Streatham Quaker Meeting House and Transition Brixton.
LIFE is funded and supported by Lambeth Council's Green Community Champions and delivered by the Muslim Sisters Jamaat and the Christian Muslim Forum with the support of Streatham Quaker Meeting House and Transition Brixton.
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