1/ Fairtrade Fortnight Sept 9 to 22nd is an annual promotional campaign which happens once every year, organized and funded by the Fairtrade Foundation to increase awareness of Fairtrade products. Our goal is more than people just being aware, it’s about them encouraging an active choice to support over 2 million Fairtrade farmers and workers across 58 countries, wherever possible, to ensure they can earn a fairer wage. There are many cafe’s shops & businesses in the area that sell Fairtrade goods, with over 6,000 different products in the UK to choose from. Why not check out our local Directory https://www.ttworthing.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Worthing-Fairtrade-Directory-2023-4.pdf Be The Change, Choose Fairtrade. Worthing is a Fairtrade Town.
2/ The Season of Creation 1st Sept to 4th Oct during the churches annual ‘Season of Creation’ 1st Sept to 4th Oct.’ all Christians celebrate and respond to the needs of our world. This year Pope Francis calls us to “Hope and Act with Creation” and particularly urges us to act to protect our environment. This ‘Season’ will be used to encourage Parishes and all Faith groups to endorse & promote the ‘Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty’ (FFNPT). This initiative calls for a global effort to urgently transition to renewable energy, end expansion of fossil fuels, and fairly phase out production in keeping with what science shows is needed to address the climate crisis and protect our world.
Hundreds of organisations, including the European Parliament and World Health Organisation, supported by scientists and academics around the world have signed up to endorse the Treaty and join the call for world leaders to agree to phase out fossil fuel use at their next Climate meeting in Nov.
A growing number of national governments has already endorsed the need for a Treaty but the UK has not.
There is more info about the FFNPT and a Petition at both ends of the church calling on our local Council to endorse the Treaty and lobby our government to do likewise. Please take time to sign & add your voice.
More information at- https://fossilfueltreaty https://seasonofcreation.org/ https://globaljustice.org.uk/
3/ Laudato Si & Our Environment Tuesday September 17th at 19:30: St Peter’s Church Hall West Street, Shoreham-by- Sea BN43 5WG Speaker: Ellen Teague Independent Catholic Journalist and environmental campaigner, part of the Columbans Justice, Peace and Ecology team for 30 years, and member of the National Justice and Peace Network environment group. She edits the Vocation for Justice (Columbans newsletter), writes regularly for the Tablet.
