New Zealand Anglicans invest in reforestation through carbon offsets for air travelBy Julanne Clarke-Morris Posted Apr 4, 2022 |
|
|
[Anglican Taonga (Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia)] Since 2016, the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia has reinvested NZ$25,000 in carbon credits for all flights undertaken for the purpose of Te Hīnota Whānui General Synod business.
Carbon credits are a way to pay back on fossil fuel use, by investing in carbon-capturing projects such as forest regeneration that counter the atmospheric damage our travel has done. Carbon credits are awarded for projects that store, avoid or reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Back in 2016, the church agreed to not only maintain focus on keeping fossil fuels out of the Church Trusts’ investment portfolios, but to actively support projects that counter climate damage in the Pacific.
The 2016 Fossil Fuel Divestment and Reinvestment motion, moved by Auckland diocesan delegate Rod Oram and synod member for the Diocese of Polynesia Fe’iloakitau Tevi, called on the General Synod to “consider establishing a carbon offset program for its air travel, with the funds being allocated to Pacific ecosystem restoration.”
Tags
-
UTO Call for Prayers United Thank Offering
-
J-Term Preaching Intensive Propels GTS Students Toward the Pulpit Episcopal Preaching Foundation
-
Province I School for Deacons Offers Diaconate Videos Province I School for Deacons
-
Episcopal Relief & Development’s Lenten Meditations Ask, ‘Who is My Neighbor?’ Episcopal Relief & Development
-
Grace Longo partners with EveryIncome to provide FREE Financial Wellness Benefits Grace Longo, GAL Financial
- Time to Wake Up: Racism in the White Church
- February Education Talk: NYC Public Elementary Schools
- Webinar for Dioceses to Participate in Grant-Funded Preaching-to-Feedback Initiative
- Apply to Trinity Leadership Fellows by January 31
- Episcopal Parish Network 38th Annual Conference
- Two-Year Spiritual Direction Training Course
- Catechumenate Preparation in Lent: The Johannine Conversion Stories
- Giving Strategies for Success
- Latoya Ruby Frazier – Art as Transformation: Using Photography for Social Change
-
Vicar (PT Seasonal) Little Switzerland, NC
-
Rector (PT) Sturgis, SD
-
Rector Sun City, AZ
-
Rector Philadelphia, PA
-
Rector LaGrange, GA
-
Priest-in-Charge (PT) Atascadero, CA
-
Rector Solebury, PA
-
Program Officer, R&P Pre-Arrival, Episcopal Migration Ministries TBD / New York, NY
-
Meeting Coordinator, General Convention Office New York, NY
-
Rector Summerville, SC
-
Rector – Shared Ministry Eastport and Machias, ME
-
Rector Paradise Valley, AZ
-
Rector Brooklyn, NY
-
Rector Plymouth, MI
-
Priest (PT) Iowa Falls, IA
-
Associate Rector Kenilworth, IL
-
Rector Corpus Christi, TX
-
Senior Vice President, Church Relations Officer New York, NY
-
GreenRoots Community Organizing Fellow Boston, MA
-
Curate/Associate Rector Greenwich, CT
-
Rector Albany, NY
-
Assistant Rector for Children & Families and School Chaplain Indianapolis, IN
-
Rector Newtown, PA
-
Life Together Fellow, Church of Our Saviour, Milton, MA Boston, MA
-
Curate/Assistant/Associate Rector Norfolk, VA
-
Johnson Service Corps Fellowship Durham, NC
-
Rector Asheville, NC
-
Interim Rector Philadelphia, PA
-
Associate Priest Boynton Beach, FL
-
Editor/Reporter, Episcopal News Service TBD / New York, NY
-
National Coordinator, Episcopal Preaching Foundation (PT) Remote
-
Rector Sarasota, FL
-
Rector Clarkesville, GA
-
Liturgy and Music Administrator Greenwich, CT
-
Rector Conway, SC
-
Canon for Black Ministry (PT) Phoenix, AZ
-
Associate Rector for Youth and Young Adults Montgomery, AL
-
Associate Rector Memphis, TN
-
Bishop Diocese of Southern Ohio
-
Rector Pembroke Pines, FL
-
Priest Associate New York, NY
-
Music Director Cody, WY
-
Rector Wilmington, DE
-
Rector Los Alamos, NM
-
Assistant Rector Palm Beach Gardens, FL
-
Sacristan Denver, CO
-
Rector Ligonier, PA
-
Graduate Resident Youth or Children’s Minister Multiple Openings in Multiple States
-
Rector Minocqua, WI
Social Menu