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Click on the button to find out more!</div> <bR> <div> <B>All the News back to July 2005</B></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/84a2ce10.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="225" ALT="Margot Hodson teaching on Port Meadow" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10">Friday 30th June 2006-</B> </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage </B></FONT>members Martin and Margot Hodson  spent a whole morning with nearly fifty American students on the <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.cccu.org/news/newsID.452/news_detail.asp" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.cccu.org/news/newsID.452/news"><U>Oxford Summer Programme</U></A></FONT>. It was an action packed morning under the title of <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#990000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Caring for Creation: Climate, the Bible and Us</B></FONT>. We began with a slide loop meditation, then looked at the science and politics of climate change and then considered the theological basis of Creation Care. After coffee we led the party out onto Port Meadow to look at environmental issues there, and ended with a picnic by the Thames.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Wednesday 28th June 2006-</B> and onwards into July. </FONT>St Pixels, the online church, is holding a special <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.stpixels.com/view_page.cgi?page=hosts-green-welcome" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.stpixels.com/view_page.cgi?pa"><U>discussion</U></A></FONT> on environmental theology and issues. If you want to join in you will need to register at <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.stpixels.com/view_home.cgi" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.stpixels.com/view_home.cgi"><U>St Pixels</U></A></FONT>, and go to Home > Interact > Green (the Green tab is near the bottom of the list on the left). See you there!</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/848b42c0.jpg" border=0 width="180" height="300" ALT="Sir John and Lady Houghton at Encaenia" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10">Wednesday 21st June 2006-</B> </FONT>Congratulations to Sir John Houghton who was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science by Oxford University at <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/po/news/2005-06/jun/21.shtml" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/po/news/2005-0"><U>Encaenia</U></A></FONT> today. Sir John is the Chair of <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.jri.org.uk/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.jri.org.uk"><U>The John Ray Initiative</U></A></FONT>, and has probably done more to raise the issue of climate change in both secular and church contexts than any other individual. <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.jri.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=112&Itemid=83" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.jri.org.uk/index.php?option=c"><U>Report</U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Wednesday 21st June 2006-</B>  <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/3054/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/3054"><U>Fair, Local and Environmental </U></A></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Glyn Evans focuses on buying food locally for the latest EcoColumn in the Oxford Diocese newspaper, The Door.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Wednesday 21st June 2006-</B> </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Averil Stedeford's </FONT><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/ecohouse.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ecohouse"><U>Ecohouse</U></A> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >has continued to get local and national news coverage, following her winning of one of the </FONT><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://observer.guardian.co.uk/ethicalawards" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://observer.guardian.co.uk/ethicalaw"><U>Observer Ethical Awards</U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > last Friday. The Observer magazine itself had a small column on Sunday. </FONT><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.oxfordmail.net/news/headlines/display.var.799592.0.ecohome_scoops_national_accolade.php" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.oxfordmail.net/news/headlines"><U>The Oxford Mail </U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >had a nice article, the </FONT><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.newbuilder.co.uk/news/NewsFullStory.asp?ID=1437" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.newbuilder.co.uk/news/NewsFul"><U>Green Building Press</U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > had an article on the engineering aspects, and several blogs have picked up on the work.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Tuesday 20th June 2006-</B> </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage </B></FONT>member, Margot Hodson, spoke to a dozen people at The Old Deanery, Wells in the series- <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#990000" FACE="Arial" ><B>God, the World and Us.</B></FONT><B> - </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.bathandwells.org.uk/news_and_events/item.php?68" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.bathandwells.org.uk/news_and_"><U>Number Two- of - Five seminars to engage theology with the environmental crisis.</U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/815c8a90.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="169" ALT="Averil Stedeford" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10">Friday 16th June 2006- </B></FONT>The <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://observer.guardian.co.uk/ethicalawards" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://observer.guardian.co.uk/ethicalaw"><U>Observer Ethical Awards</U></A></FONT> were announced today, and Averil Stedeford's <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/ecohouse.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ecohouse"><U>Ecohouse</U></A> </FONT>has won!!! The <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage </B></FONT>website has covered Averil's project from shortly after she moved into her new house in Headington. Averil will put the £1000 prize towards her wind turbine. <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.ab-arch.co.uk/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ab-arch.co.uk/"><U>Alastair Binnie Architecture & Environment</U></A></FONT> are the "green" architects behind Averil's project. They can be contacted at 52 St Giles, Oxford, OX1 3LU or email <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="mailto:projects@ab-arch.co.uk" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:projects@ab-arch.co.uk "><U>projects@ab-arch.co.uk </U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Thursday 15th June 2006- </B></FONT>The latest development on the <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage </B></FONT>website is the creation of 2 RSS feeds - one of the <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/calendar.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Calendar"><U>calendar</U></A></FONT> of events and the other from this news page. With a feed aggregator such as the free <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.feedreader.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.feedreader.com"><U>Feedreader</U></A></FONT>  you can subscribe to the feed and receive news bulletins as they are issued! If you would like to subscribe go to <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/rssfeeds.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sage RSS Feeds"><U>Sage RSS Feeds</U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Wednesday 14th June 2006- </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage </B></FONT>members Martin and Margot Hodson spoke to Cowley Deanery synod on <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#993380" FACE="Arial" >"Global Warming- Science, Theology and Action"</FONT>. About 60 representatives of the Anglican churches in this half of Oxford were present at St Mary's, Barton, and this was the main item on the agenda. This was one of a series planned for the deanery synods of the Oxford Diocese.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/7f42c900.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="400" ALT="On the Environment Sunday walk (2006)" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10">Sunday 11th June 2006- </B></FONT>This year for<B> </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CC0066" FACE="Arial" ><B>Environment Sunday</B></FONT> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage </B></FONT>took part in a special service at <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.adiutorium.org.uk/about/st-frideswides-botley-rd/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.adiutorium.org.uk/about/st-fr"><U>St. Frideswide's</U></A></FONT> church on the Botley Rd. in Oxford. For a report see<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" > <A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/envsun2006.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Environment Sunday 2006 "><U>Environment Sunday 2006 </U></A></FONT>.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Wednesday 7th June 2006- </B></FONT>About 50 people were present to hear Pip Murray, the Head teacher of Ss. Mary and John CE Primary School present the work she has carried out for her <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.farmington.ac.uk/fellowships_and_awards/fellowships.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.farmington.ac.uk/fellowships_"><U>Farmington Fellowship</U></A></FONT>:<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CC0066" FACE="Arial" >�Caring for God�s Creation� Developing the Ethos and Religious Education of a Global School - </FONT>at the Meadow Lane site of the school, Oxford. The work was an interesting development of the CRES thesis by <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT> member, Emily Wilkins.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Friday 2nd June 2006- </B></FONT>The Church of England will be marking World Environment Day (Monday 5 June) by taking a further step forward in the campaign to �green� the Church. All parish churches are being invited to carry out an audit of current energy uses so that a benchmark can be established. Once the size of the current �carbon footprint� of the Church has been assessed, the campaign will roll out initiatives to shrink that footprint. The campaign has a dedicated website, <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.shrinkingthefootprint.cofe.anglican.org/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.shrinkingthefootprint.cofe.an"><U>Shrinking The Footprint</U></A></FONT>, but this is still under development, and only consists of one page at the moment. No doubt we will hear more of this initiative in the coming months.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Wednesday 31st May 2006- </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/3010/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/3010"><U>Delight in Diversity</U></A></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > Ian James focuses on biodiversity for the latest EcoColumn in the Oxford Diocese newspaper, The Door.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sunday 28th May 2006-</B></FONT>  The <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/churchyard.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ss Mary John churchyard"><U>Ss Mary & John churchyard</U></A></FONT> project received national attention when Ruth Conway of Ss Mary & John was featured on <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/programmes/songsofpraise/programme.shtml" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/programmes"><U>Songs of Praise</U></A></FONT> on BBC1, talking about the transformation of the churchyard. The program, which was part of the BBC�s season on climate change, also included Jo Rathbone of the <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.ecocongregation.org/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ecocongregation.org/"><U>Ecocongregation</U></A></FONT> scheme. Details of the programme can be found at <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/programmes/songsofpraise/factsheets/20060528.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/programmes"><U><B>Songs of Praise factsheet for Sunday 28 May 2006</B></U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Wednesday 24th May 2006-</B></FONT>  <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/2999/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/2999"><U>What a load of rubbish!</U></A></FONT> Alison Webster, the Social Responsibility Adviser to the Diocese of Oxford, gives a personal view on rubbish.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Monday 22nd May 2006-</B></FONT>  More interesting news from the States: "<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://environment.yale.edu/climate/americans_and_climate_change.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://environment.yale.edu/climate/amer"><U><U>Americans and Climate Change: Closing the Gap Between Science and Action</U></U></A></FONT>" (PDF file) - a report from Yale University that had considerable Christian input.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Wednesday 17th May 2006-</B></FONT> The Oxford Diocese has a rare ornithological article on its web site! Wildlife groups in Oxfordshire are appealing to churchgoers to keep their eyes out for a once common but now increasingly scarce bird. The spotted flycatcher (<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.birdguides.com/html/vidlib/species/Muscicapa_striata.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.birdguides.com/html/vidlib/sp"><U>Muscicapa striata</U></A></FONT>) is an unobtrusive small brown bird about the size of a sparrow, which breeds in Britain and Europe and migrates to equatorial Africa for the winter. A recent survey suggested that churchyards might represent a significant stronghold for the flycatcher in Oxfordshire. If you can help go to <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/2990/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/2990"><U>Spotted?</U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/728c80b0.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="267" ALT="Averil being interviewed outside her house by a journalist from the Observer" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10">Tuesday 16th May 2006-</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > Journalists and a film crew from The Observer came to interview Averil Stedeford and her architect David Spragg concerning the item below. Meanwhile the extension at the rear of the house was going up quickly. For the latest photos from the project go to </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/ecohousec.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ecohouse later stages"><U>Ecohouse- later stages</U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Monday 15th May 2006-</B></FONT> Congratulations to Averil Stedeford, whose <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/ecohouse.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ecohouse"><U>Ecohouse</U></A></FONT> has reached a short list of three projects for the <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://observer.guardian.co.uk/ethicalawards" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://observer.guardian.co.uk/ethicalaw"><U>Observer ethical awards</U></A></FONT> in the Do-It-Yourself Award category. The winners of each category will be announced on 15th June. Good luck Averil!</div> <bR> <div> <B>Monday 15th May 2006-</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > Christian Aid have now identified Climate Change as a clear threat to World Development, and are clear that it will be the poor who suffer most. See their report published today: </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.christian-aid.org.uk/indepth/605caweek/index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.christian-aid.org.uk/indepth/"><U><B>The climate of poverty: facts fears and hope</B></U></A></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#808080" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Friday 5th May 2006- </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/2956/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/2956"><U>At what cost do we use petrol?</U></A></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > is the title of the latest EcoColumn in the Oxford Diocese newspaper, The Door, and is by Canon Christopher Hall.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Thursday 4th May 2006- </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/content/news_syndication/article_06054abceco.shtml" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/content/news_s"><U>Archbishop of Canterbury signals a C of E eco-revolution</U></A></FONT><B>. </B>Interesting article about Rowan Williams' latest pronouncements on the environment.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/6932ce10.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="225" ALT="Ending the service at the new entrance on the Cowley Road" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10">Sunday 30th April 2006-</B></FONT> Ss Mary and John, Cowley, Oxford,  held a Sunday Eucharist with a green theme today, and celebrated their <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.ecocongregation.org/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ecocongregation.org/"><U>Ecocongregation</U></A></FONT> award, which they gained last December. The preacher was Dr. Paula Clifford of Christian Aid, who spoke on  the link between environmental issues and world development. Towards the end of the service the congregation processed out into the churchyard. There the vicar, Adam Romanis, thanked all those who had made the award possible, particularly those involved in the <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/churchyard.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ss Mary John churchyard"><U>Ss Mary & John churchyard</U></A></FONT> project (they need more volunteers!). Local councillor, Craig Simmons, gave a short address to thank the church for its efforts on behalf of the local community. A BBC cameraman was doing some filming for a "Songs of Praise" on this theme to be broadcast in May. A special LOAF lunch followed. For more details go to the special page- <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/celebration.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Celebration"><U>Celebration</U></A></FONT>. Notice from Ruth Conway:</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Spring has arrived in the Churchyard and the tasks for volunteers multiply!</B></div> <div> The spring flowers in the churchyard herald a new season of activity as we try and maintain the churchyard as �a place for wildlife and natural beauty and a space for remembering and reflecting�.</div> <div> But we are short of volunteers for our regular working sessions!</div> <div> We meet every <B>Saturday, 2-4pm</B></div> <div> <B>Beginning 12 April</B>, we will also meet every <B>Wednesday 5.30-7.30pm</B></div> <div> Please spread the word that anyone and everyone are welcome to come and enjoy our �green gym�!</div> <div> Contact Ruth Conway 723085</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/6912ce10.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="225" ALT="On the narrow path??" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10">Saturday 29th April 2006-</B></FONT> A group of about 20 <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT> members and friends took part in this, the last of the current series of <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/walks.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Walk with the Creator"><U>Walk with the Creator</U></A></FONT>. The walk covered the varied countryside around Southfield Golf Course, including the Lye stream and a small area of fen vegetation which contains many locally rare plants and insects. Caroline Steel led the "Israelites" on a tortuous route around the local paths, stopping to consider various features on the way. We then all went back to the Steel's for tea and cake. Really nice sunny afternoon. I think a lot of us were amazed that such nice places were almost on our doorstep, but we had never been before!</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Friday 31st March 2006- </B></FONT>Congratulations to <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT> member, Felicity Wallendszus, who was confirmed by the Bishop of Oxford at a service at <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.adiutorium.org.uk/about/st-frideswides-botley-rd/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.adiutorium.org.uk/about/st-fr"><U>St. Frideswide's</U></A></FONT>, Botley Rd., Oxford. A number of Sage members were there to offer Felicity our support. </div> <bR> <div> <B>Wednesday 22nd March 2006- </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/2840/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/2840"><U>Water of life</U></A></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > is the title of the latest EcoColumn in the Oxford Diocese newspaper, The Door, and is by Canon Glyn Evans.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/6852c900.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="400" ALT="Radley Lakes" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10">Saturday 18th March 2006-</B></FONT> A dozen people including a number of <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT> members and Christ Church, Abingdon, members spent a rather chilly afternoon on a walk led by Richard and Judy Riggs around the threatened Radley Lakes, between Radley and Abingdon. Two 40-year old gravel pits have developed into mature and attractive lakes, rich in wildlife, but NPower have applied for permission to fill them with pulverised fuel ash from Didcot power station. There is more on this topic at <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.saveradleylakes.org.uk/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.saveradleylakes.org.uk"><U>http://www.saveradleylakes.org.uk</U></A>. </FONT>I think we all had a much better understanding of the dispute, having seen the lakes at first hand, and we will no doubt return to this topic in coming months. By the end of the walk it was sunny. We then returned for very welcome tea and cakes at Richard and Judy's house. Donald Bruce, the Director of the Church of Scotland's <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.srtp.org.uk/srtpage3.shtml" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.srtp.org.uk/srtpage3.shtml"><U>Society, Religion and Technology Project</U></A></FONT>  happened to be visiting and with his wife, Ann, and both were on the walk. So there was much discussion of Christian environmental topics! Special thanks to Richard and Judy for arranging the whole afternoon.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Thursday 9th March 2006-</B></FONT> The top UK science journal, <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.nature.com/index.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.nature.com/index.html"><U>Nature</U></A></FONT>, (Vol. 440, pages 136-137) had a two page spread entitled "Church joins crusade over climate change". The article looks at the <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.christiansandclimate.org/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.christiansandclimate.org/"><U>Evangelical Climate Initiative</U></A></FONT> in the States, has a box on Sir John Houghton and <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.jri.org.uk/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.jri.org.uk"><U>The John Ray Initiative</U></A></FONT>, and asserts that the <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/forum2002.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Forum 2002 Global Climate Change"><U>Forum 2002 Global Climate Change</U></A> </FONT>on climate change in Oxford was an absolutely key event in the whole story.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Wednesday 8th March 2006- </B>Climate Change: Where on Earth is God?<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > About 50 people gathered for this meeting at the University Church of St Mary the Virgin. The speakers were Nigel Winser, Alan Allport and George Marshall, and there were some questions after.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Monday 6th March 2006- </B></FONT>The latest EcoColumn in the Oxford Diocese newspaper, The Door, is by <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT> member, Margot Hodson, is entitled <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/2795/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/2795"><U>SAGE - a green expression of church</U></A></FONT> and is about us!!!</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Saturday 4th March 2006-</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > The second </FONT><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/cres.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CRES"><U>CRES</U></A> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >course day at </FONT><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.rcc.ac.uk/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.rcc.ac.uk/"><U>Ripon College, Cuddesdon</U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > near Oxford. The early arrivals for the day were greated by a woodpecker busily attacking the spire over the chapel! Eighteen people attended from all over the country, and the highlight of the day was a very good talk "Christians in Conservation" from Dr. Darren Evans of </FONT><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://en.arocha.org/home/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.arocha.org/home/"><U>A Rocha International</U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >. Ripon College have recently updated their web site, and included a section on CRES at </FONT><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.rcc.ac.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=training.content&cmid=18" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.rcc.ac.uk/index.cfm?fuseactio"><U>CRES/RCC</U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >. Look for more on CRES happening in the coming months.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/683c80b0.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="267" ALT="Barrow of Mulch" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10">Saturday 18th February 2006-</B> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CC9900" FACE="Arial" ><B>Boundary Brook Nature Park Winter Work Party </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Our winter work-party started just as a February fog lifted to a beautiful Saturday afternoon's sunshine. Our task was mulching saplings recently planted up in a new area of the nature park, to give them a fighting start against weeds, cold and drought, helping them develop into another patch of native woodland. We were accompanied by lots of bird-song including from a robin that kept appearing nearby hoping for something delicious from our work. Barrowing the wood-chip kept us warm (lots of breaks taken to admire the scenery!) and it was a pleasure to dig in for generous handfuls to put around the trees, keeping a sharp eye out for fat white bindweed roots that will soon take root given any chance. Boundary Brook is expanding and developing to support & encourage urban wildlife. Do visit to see the changes and plans - OUWG work parties on Sun March 12th and 26th (10am-12md); Spring Open Day, Sun. April 2nd (2-5pm).</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/681a9ad0.jpg" border=0 width="169" height="173" ALT="John on Sitar" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10"></B><B>Friday 17th February 2006-</B> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >About 20 of us had a very special </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#990000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Nepalese Evening</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > led by Clare Newgass. Clare had cooked huge amounts of Nepalese food, and then brought it around to the Hodson abode. The food was simply amazing. After dinner, John entertained us in suitable Nepali style on the sitar! A slide-show of 'Clare's Himalaya' following her autumn trip to Nepal was next on the agenda- wonderful photos. We then discussed the not very stable situation in Nepal, and the problems churches are having in that country. Such a good evening. Extra special thanks to Clare who must have spent days putting the slides together, and then cooked us a sumptuous feast as well!</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/6792cc70.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="199" ALT="Operation Noah in Oxford" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10">Monday 13th February 2006- </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11179145/site/newsweek/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11179145/sit"><U>God's Green Soldiers</U></A></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >. A new call to combat global warming triggers soul-searching and controversy among evangelicals. This Newsweek article documents very important developments concerning Climate Change, and American evangelical thinking. Read it!</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Saturday 11th February 2006-</B></FONT> In the midst of all the international news concerning climate change, the second large conference in a year on this topic in our area, <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/noah.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Operation Noah in Oxford"><U>Operation Noah in Oxford</U></A></FONT>, focused local attention. This was very much an ecumenical effort with Quakers, Methodists and Anglicans on the organising group, the use of two city centre churches, Wesley Memorial Church, and St. Michael at the Northgate, and a very considerable diversity of denominations among the speakers, workshop leaders and attendees. The conference organisers were grateful to the Feoffes of the St. Michael's Charities for underwriting the conference. The whole conference was organised by volunteers, with no paid staff workers. About 150 people came, and it all seemed to work like clockwork. A good many people went away challenged by the problems of climate change, and informed about what can be done. Kaihsu Tai sent us his personal <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.pieandcoffee.org/2006/02/11/operation-noah/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.pieandcoffee.org/2006/02/11/o"><U>reflection</U></A></FONT>.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Thursday 8th February 2006- </B></FONT>Possibly the most important single bit of news ever reported on this site. The long awaited <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.christiansandclimate.org/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.christiansandclimate.org/"><U><B>Evangelical Climate Initiative</B></U></A></FONT> is published, and is ready to download. As can be seen by articles in Newsweek and The New York Times, the American press are taking this seriously. There is just a chance that it might have enough clout to make the US politicians wake up! A matter for prayer. The BBC has picked up on this with a report on <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4695320.stm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/america"><U>US evangelicals launch green plan </U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Wednesday 8th February 2006- </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/08/national/08warm.html?_r=1&oref=slogin" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/08/nation"><U>Evangelical Leaders Join Global Warming Initiative</U></A></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > in the New York Times. They say: Despite opposition from some of their colleagues, 86 evangelical Christian leaders have decided to back a major initiative to fight global warming, saying "millions of people could die in this century because of climate change, most of them our poorest global neighbors."</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Wednesday 8th February 2006- </B></FONT>The latest EcoColumn in the Oxford Diocese newspaper, The Door, is by <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT> member, Karl Wallendszus, is entitled <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/2694/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/2694"><U>Operation Noah : A spur to real action</U></A></FONT> and concerns the rapidly approaching <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/noah.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Operation Noah in Oxford"><U>Operation Noah in Oxford</U></A> </FONT>conference.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/67796950.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="149" ALT="Golden Wedding" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10"><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Wednesday 8th February 2006-</B></FONT> Congratulations to Dickie and Jennifer Gunraj whose 50th wedding anniversary is today. Dickie and Jennifer have been involved in <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT> right from its beginnings over 15 years ago. Jennifer is one of the key members of our prayer group, and the Gunraj's have provided much food and many social activiies for Sage. Thanks for all your support over the years!</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Friday 27th January 2006- </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >The Door, the Oxford Diocese Newspaper, has gone decidely green this month! Three articles: </FONT><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.oxford.anglican.org/thedoor/energy_saving.html?PHPSESSID=ca39624bda95f15ff8abcb05febefa84" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/thedoor/e"><U>Parishioners take environmental action with energy-saving ideas</U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >, </FONT><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.oxford.anglican.org/thedoor/hagbourne_school.html?PHPSESSID=ca39624bda95f15ff8abcb05febefa84" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/thedoor/h"><U>Hagbourne school is national environment showcase</U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > and </FONT><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.oxford.anglican.org/thedoor/eco_friendly_church.html?PHPSESSID=ca39624bda95f15ff8abcb05febefa84" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/thedoor/e"><U>How eco-friendly is your church?</U></A> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >by Ian James. Very encouraging news!!</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/5ed2ce70.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="231" ALT="Collage of Port Meadow shots from Walk with the Creator (Jan. 06)" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10">Saturday 21st January 2006- </B></FONT><B> </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#990000" FACE="Arial" ><B>River Thames/Port Meadow</B></FONT><B> </B> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/walks.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Walk with the Creator"><U>Walk with the Creator</U></A></FONT> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT> walk. This was another spectacular walk, with absolutely superb weather. Fourteen of us met at the West Oxford Community Centre off the Botley Road in Oxford. We then walked along the River Thames to Port Meadow.  Along the way we stopped to hear short readings and passages, and Dave Steel again filled us in on the local history. At one point he read the famous poem <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.dundee.ac.uk/english/wics/gmh/gmh5.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.dundee.ac.uk/english/wics/gmh"><U>Binsey Poplars</U></A></FONT> by Gerard Manley Hopkins. This referred to the predecessors of the trees you can see in the bottom left of the collage. The birds were great!  On the river we had the usual ducks, geese and swans, but also good views of great crested grebe. On the meadow we had lapwing, black backed gulls and golden plover. We watched a whole flock take off and carry out a fantastic coordinated aerobatic display above us. What a wonderful afternoon! Sage has two more walks planned this spring, and details are on the <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/calendar.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Calendar"><U>Calendar</U></A></FONT>.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Thursday 19th January 2006-</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > Following on from the News article below, Christian Aid have an article entitled </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.christianaid.org.uk/news/stories/060119s.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.christianaid.org.uk/news/stor"><U>Shell shareholders asked to support responsibility resolution</U></A></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#808080" FACE="Arial" ><B>.</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/5eb2ce10.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="225" ALT="Windows going in at Averil Stedeford's house" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10">Wednesday 18th January 2006-</B></FONT> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF9966" FACE="Arial" ><B>Calling Shell Shareholders. </B></FONT>The Oxford-based Ecumenical Council for Corporate Responsibility has the oil giant in its sights again. Anyone with shares in Royal Dutch Shell interested in co-sponsoring a Resolution at the 2006 AGM is urged to get in touch as soon as possible. The wording is on the website: <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.eccr.org.uk/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.eccr.org.uk"><U>www.eccr.org.uk</U></A></FONT>. Mail ECCR, P O Box 500, Oxford OX1 1ZL, e-mail <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="mailto:info@eccr.org.uk" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:info@eccr.org.uk"><U>info@eccr.org.uk</U></A></FONT>, or phone Canon Christopher Hall (01869 338225). You can download an <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/eccr.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ECCR Letter"><U>ECCR Letter</U></A></FONT> to Shell shareholders.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Tuesday 17th January 2006-</B></FONT> The day the new double glazed windows went in at Averil Stedeford's <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/ecohouse.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ecohouse"><U>Ecohouse</U></A></FONT>.  The men from A&M Contracts came to fit special wooden windows from <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.rationel.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.rationel.com"><U>Rationel</U></A></FONT> in Denmark. More details are now available at <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/ecohouseb.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ecohouse early stages"><U>Ecohouse- early stages</U></A></FONT>.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Monday 16th January 2006-</B></FONT> The publication date of <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.oxford.anglican.org/rural/rural_news_2006_1.stm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/rural/rur"><U>Rural News</U></A></FONT> on the Oxford Diocese site, giving lots of useful information on rural affairs and ministry. Well done to Glyn Evans for bringing it all together.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/5e294950.jpg" border=0 width="148" height="149" ALT="Happy 5th Birthday!" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10">Monday 16th January 2006-</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > The fifth birthday of the </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >website! The counter on the home page read 7592 at the beginning of the day, which means about 1518 hits per year, or 127 per month, or 4.2 per day! However, 2005 alone accounted for 3169 hits, which is indicative of the continually increasing activity around the site. Of course many people never even go to the home page. Other popular pages are this News page, the</FONT> <A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/calendar.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Calendar"><U>Calendar</U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >, </FONT><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/churchyard.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ss Mary John churchyard"><U>Ss Mary & John churchyard</U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >, and</FONT> <A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/relatedlinks.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Related Links"><U>Related Links</U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >. Undoubtedly, one of the main reasons for the increase in visitors to the site has been our support for the conference </FONT><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/climatechange.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Climate Change: How Christians Respond"><U>Climate Change: How Christians Respond</U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > in February 2005, and most recently the </FONT><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/noah.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Operation Noah in Oxford"><U>Operation Noah in Oxford</U></A> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >conference. At the same time there has been an overall increased interest in environmental matters generally over the last five years, and specifically within churches and Christian groups. So stay with us for the next five years and see what happens next!</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/5e02ce10.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="225" ALT="Bishop of Buckingham in discussion with farmer, Adrian Lambourne" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10">Wednesday 11th January 2006-</B></FONT> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#996600" FACE="Arial" ><B>PLOUGH WEDNESDAY</B></FONT>. About thirty people attended a day looking at rural issues which was organised by Diocesan Rural Officer, Glyn Evans. The day was held at the United Reformed Church in Marsh Gibbon, near Bicester. Glyn started us off with some comments on current rural concerns. Then Roy Lambourne spoke about, "Agriculture and it's place in the new rural community". His distant relation, Adrian Lambourne, then gave a "Farmer's perspective on farming, the Church and his role in society". There followed a really very good lunch, after which we all got out the wellies for the farm visit. Townsend Farm is farmed by Adrian Lambourne, who has recently converted his dairy farm to an organic system. Very interesting visit with lots of cows and calves. After that we returned to  the church for Evensong led by Revd. David Hiscock. The Bishop of Buckingham, Alan Wilson, summed up the day with some thoughtful refections. We had all leant a lot during the day. Many thanks to Glyn Evans and his team for organising it all.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Saturday 7th January 2006-</B></FONT> The UK Web Archiving Consortium (including the British Library) archived the <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage </B></FONT>website for the second time today. You can see it at <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.webarchive.org.uk/tep/12233.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/tep/12233.h"><U>January 2006 archive</U></A></FONT>.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Thursday 5th January 2006-</B></FONT> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT> members, Martin and Margot Hodson, were pleased to welcome Magnus Wåhlin, environmental secretary of <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.svenskakyrkan.se/vaxjostift/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.svenskakyrkan.se/vaxjostift/"><U>Växjö diocese</U></A></FONT> in Sweden, to lunch in Oxford. Magnus was accompanied by Rev. Canon Tony Dickinson, Ecumenical and European Officer for the Diocese of Oxford. The Oxford and Växjö dioceses were twinned in 2003, and Magnus wrote <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT> an article in <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/swords2004a.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sage Words January 2004"><U>Sage Words January 2004</U></A> </FONT>on environmental work in churches in Sweden. We covered a lot of ground in an hour, and very much hope that the visit will lead to closer environmental links between Växjö, Oxford and <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT>. Watch this space!</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/5b62ce10.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="225" ALT="Port Meadow, Oxford" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10">Monday 2nd January 2006-</B></FONT> The annual <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT> New Year walk this time was blessed by about the best weather you could ever get in early January, and a potentially record attendance of seventeen people! This time the walk set off from the Hodson abode in North Oxford, and we headed out onto Port Meadow. There we were greeted by the most fantastic views across the partially flooded meadows. Fortunately, the meadows were not so flooded that it impeded our walk. We stopped off at several points, and Dave Steel gave us the benefit of his extensive local knowledge. We had a drink at "The Trout", and then ate our sandwiches at the nearby priory. Back at the Hodson's, large amounts of vegetarian food were consumed to replace the energy used on the walk. Lots of discussions about future <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT> meetings, and plans for the coming months. Lots coming up!</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/5a82ce10.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="225" ALT="Sage stand at the Green Fair 2005" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="5">Saturday 17th December 2005- </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT> have been going to the annual Green Fair in Oxford Town Hall since 1993. Sometimes it all seems a bit like madness, as it takes a lot of setting up and maintenance at a time of year when things are busy enough already. But when you get there it is great fun. This year our team were Caroline, Clare, Dave, Martin, Margot, Richard, Ruth, Susie and Thalia. Kaihsu and Karl, who were involved in other things at the Green Fair, popped over several times, and took some photos. Once again we were joined by the <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/churchyard.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ss Mary John churchyard"><U>Ss Mary & John churchyard</U></A></FONT> project, and there was a lot of interest in this, and the coming <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/noah.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Operation Noah in Oxford"><U>Operation Noah in Oxford</U></A></FONT> conference. We had a good pitch where it was easier to talk with people. In total we sold nearly £220 of goods, mostly for Cornerstone in Grove. An exhausting day, but well worthwhile. Making plans for next year already!</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/5aa2ce10.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="225" ALT="Ss Mary and John" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="5"></B><B> <A NAME="wednesday_14th_december_2005"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Wednesday 14th December 2005- </B></FONT>Congratulations to Ss Mary and John, Cowley, Oxford, who were successful in their application to become the first church in Oxford to gain an <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.ecocongregation.org/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ecocongregation.org/"><U>Ecocongregation</U></A></FONT> award. Ecocongregation aims to encourage churches to consider environmental issues within a Christian context and enable local churches to make positive contributions in their life and mission. The assessors for the award were Dr. Paul Robinson of Oxford City Council and <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT> member, Dr. Martin Hodson. They were particularly impressed with all the work that had been carried out by the <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/churchyard.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ss Mary John churchyard"><U>Ss Mary & John churchyard</U></A></FONT> project, and by the extensive plans for energy savings within the church buildings. Ruth Conway issued a <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.unauthorisedversion.co.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=news.articleDetail&articleid=576D9783-FD9E-D77E-577A20F3AA12DED1" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.unauthorisedversion.co.uk/ind"><U>Press Release</U></A></FONT>. We very much hope that Ss Mary and John will not be the last church in our area to go for an award!</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Thursday 8th December 2005- </B></FONT>Diocesan Environment Advisor, Ian James, entitled his latest EcoColumn for The Door <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/2695/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/2695"><U>All the world is now my neighbour</U></A></FONT>.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/59cfaca0.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="202" ALT="One of David Thistlethwaite's paintings" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10">Tuesday 22nd November 2005-</B></FONT> Many of us know David Thistlethwaite, the administrator for the John Ray Initiative in Cheltenham. He was involved in setting up the Lifestyle Consultation and the two Coffee House Days in Oxford in the last couple of years. David is also an artist, and now has a display of his paintings of the Cotswolds hanging in The Vault Cafe, St Mary's Church, High Street, Oxford. Well worth a visit! David also has a <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.artofgod.co.uk/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.artofgod.co.uk/"><U>web site</U></A></FONT> where you can view more of his paintings. (Note the Vaults display has now ended)</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/58f2ce10.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="225" ALT="Ripon College Cuddesdon" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10">Saturday 19th November 2005-</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > Two highly significant events in the Oxford Diocese area happened on the same day. At High Wycombe the Oxford Diocesan Synod debated a Climate Motion. The good news is that the motion was passed. The bad news is that the voting was roughly 60:40 for the motion, so it was not really overwhelmingly carried. The motion will now be costed, and the next Synod will hear a financial report. One (MJH) feels that not all of the Synod are taking the Archbishop's words below at all seriously. Neither were they very concerned by the huge feeling of support generated by the conference </FONT><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/climatechange.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Climate Change: How Christians Respond"><U>Climate Change: How Christians Respond</U></A> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >held in the very same building last February. We have a fight on here.</FONT></div> <div> On a happier note, the Certificate in Christian Rural and Environmental Studies (<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/cres.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CRES"><U>CRES</U></A></FONT>) held its first ever day conference at Ripon College, Cuddesdon, nr. Oxford. The course has recently moved to Cuddesdon from Keele University. Twenty-three people attended from all over the country, and these will now become regular events.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Wednesday 16th November 2005-</B></FONT> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/articles/40/75/acns4076.cfm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/ar"><U>Archbishop of Canterbury's Presidential address at General Synod</U></A> </FONT>Rowan Williams had this to say: "How do we carry through what we say? Synod has always been pretty expert at articulating ideas and principles, on a huge range of subjects. It would do us much good if we could, when we discuss public affairs, once again model something for the Church at large by making sure that we identify what action we can take that will change us as part of the solution to what we have spoken about. There is an obvious example in the debates about <U>environmental crisis</U>: We do largely agree when we talk about it that it is <U>probably the most urgent public moral issue of our time</U>. But what is pressingly urgent for us as a Church is to make sure that we are doing those specific things in our own common life that make whatever difference we can make; which means auditing our environmental policies and practices at every level and resourcing people who can identify further changes." (our underlining!)</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/58dc80b0.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="267" ALT="Cavity Wall Insulation" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10">Thursday 3rd November 2005-</B></FONT><B> </B>The latest EcoColumn in the Oxford Diocese newspaper, The Door, is by Canon Christopher Hall, and is entitled <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.oxford.anglican.org/detail.php?id=2467" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/detail.ph"><U>Fill up, drive and be speedy, for tomorrow ... we run out of oil</U></A></FONT> </div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Thursday 3rd November 2005-</B></FONT><B> </B>Work began on Averil Stedford's <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/ecohouse.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ecohouse"><U>Ecohouse</U></A> </FONT>when men from <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.iglooinsulation.co.uk/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.iglooinsulation.co.uk"><U>Igloo Insulation</U></A></FONT> arrived to carry out cavity wall insulation on her house in Headington, Oxford. This is the first major job to be done, and the next work is likely to happen in February- so watch this space for more news! More pictures are now available at <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/ecohouseb.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ecohouse early stages"><U>Ecohouse- early stages</U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Wednesday 2nd November 2005-</B></FONT><B> </B>The Oxford Mail ran a full page (p12) article about Averil Stedford's <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/ecohouse.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ecohouse"><U>Ecohouse</U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Thursday 27th October 2005-</B></FONT><B> </B>The  <A NAME="sustainable_development_commission"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>Sustainable Development Commission have published a major report <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#993380" FACE="Arial" ><B>'Sustainable Development and UK faith groups: Two sides of the same coin'</B></FONT>, which features environmental work by faith groups across the UK. <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT> has several mentions, and a whole section is devoted to us! Writing in the foreword, Jonathon Porritt, SDC Chair states, �Too much is made of the highly visible manifestations of self-interest and apparent indifference; the less visible outpouring of acts of altruism and selflessness are rarely factored into the rather crude generalizations that today�s steely-eyed fatalists tend to make about human nature.� Definitely recommended reading! Follow this link to order your <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://sd-commission.org.uk/news/sdc_uk_faith_form.php" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://sd-commission.org.uk/news/sdc_uk_"><U>free copy</U></A></FONT>, or download the PDF file from the SDC web site.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Monday 24th October 2005-</B></FONT><B> </B>Almost every day there is something on the news about climate change. This time the President of the Royal Society, Lord May, claimed that the effects of debt cancellation could be wiped out by future climate change. <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4370598.stm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4370598.st"><U>See article</U></A></FONT>.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/55d2cab0.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="171" ALT="Chilswell Valley- learning about seeds." ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10">Saturday 15th October 2005-</B></FONT><B> </B>A dozen <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT> members and friends attended the latest <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/walks.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Walk with the Creator"><U>Walk with the Creator</U></A></FONT> walk in the secluded Chilswell Valley,  just south-west of Oxford. This walk was the second of four walks in the series "Exploring Oxford's Countryside". It was a beautiful sunny autumn afternoon with wonderful views over Oxford. We spent a lot of time trying to work out which spire was which! We examined the many varieties of fruits and seeds in the hedgerows and fields. Caroline Steel led us in a short session thinking about seeds, and the parable of the mustard seed in particular. We finished the afternoon at the Wyevale Garden Centre for a cup of tea and cakes. </div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/55f2ce10.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="225" ALT="l. to r. Chris Garforth, Ian James, and Martin Hodson" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10">Friday 14th October 2005-</B></FONT><B> </B>About fifty people from around the Reading area attended  a <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#660000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Climate Change Seminar</B> </FONT>at Caversham Methodist Church as part of Caversham One World Week. The speakers were Revd Professor Ian James, Professor Chris Garforth, and Dr Martin Hodson from <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT>. There was a lot of interest in the displays and stands (including one from Sage), and a lively discussion took place after a Fair Trade tea and coffee break. Thanks very much to Owen Jewis for organising the event.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sunday 9th October 2005-</B></FONT> In a sermon at Nidaros Cathedral, Trondheim, Norway the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, tackled the dominion problem- "When God tells Adam in the first chapter of Genesis that he is to subdue and have dominion over the earth......" <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/sermons_speeches/051009.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/se"><U>See Sermon</U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/55396c80.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="200" ALT="Hedge Mulching" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10">Saturday 8th October 2005-</B> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Boundary Brook Work Party.</B>  This year's autumn work party found us attending to a young hazel hedge in the newer area of the Nature Park. To protect the hedge from any keen weeds that might think about taking over, it had been planted through a fibrous membrane, which will also allow rain through but keep moisture in the soil from evaporating, and we spent a couple of hours cutting back bramble and mulching over the top with a couple of inches of chipped wood (provided by various local sources) making sure that any growing tips on the hazels weren't smothered. We had various discussions about the pros/cons of wheelbarrows vs 4 wheel trolley for transporting said chippings over allotment terrain (great load in trolley but can't beat satisfying `tippability' of a wheelbarrow); the cause of the few gaps in the hedge already (had the plants died or been pulled out by local muntjak deer?) and the pleasing look of earth ground into boots and new gloves, proving what hard work one had done�. Tea and apple cake, brewed in the education hut, was much welcomed, then in the drizzle we did a little weed digging to renovate a path, before the rain really got the better of us. </FONT></div> <div> <IMG SRC="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/555c8960.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="150" ALT="Spindle" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10">The park is really beginning to show its lovely autumn colours and produce - crimson and scarlet leaves & berries of the guelder rose as if racing to be first to show off its colours; the deep black buckthorn berries, a few blackberries still looking tempting, the hawthorns dotted with dark red fruits, and the always slightly outrageous pink and orange of the spindle seed pods. Some of the less obvious seeders also caught my eye - the delicate dandelion-like Hawkweed seeds patiently waiting to be blown away, and the trumpet seed pods of the not-so-glamorous Rosebay Willowherb (or Fireweed) announcing its seeds to the world.</div> <div> During the afternoon we met frogs a-plenty of various sizes and had to take care when weeding and digging that they were jumping away from, rather than into, the danger zones. The autumn spiders were in evidence (they may not be everyone's favourite bit of wildlife, but their webs and body-paint have to be admired, if you can get that close!) There was also excitement as a cry of `was that a parrot?' went up (not such a daft question as there have been sightings of the local East Oxford Parakeet) - <IMG SRC="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/55796c80.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="200" ALT="Spider" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10">but as we peered into the thicket after it, there flew out the green-yellow-red flash of a green wood-pecker. Well spotted Elaine!</div> <div> Our next work party will be in the New Year - opportunity for warming-up mid-winter. The <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.ouwg.org.uk/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ouwg.org.uk"><U>Oxford Urban Wildlife Group</U></A></FONT> also hold their work parties on alternate Sundays, and the next Boundary Brook Open Day is on Sunday 30<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >th</FONT> October 2-4pm. Do visit to explore the area, with guided walks, pond-dipping, and plant & book-stalls.</div> <div> <I>Clare Newgass</I></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Thursday 6th October, 2005-</B> </FONT>The Quaker meeting House was the venue for the initial planning meeting to organize an inter-denominational day-workshop to promote <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.christian-ecology.org.uk/noah/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.christian-ecology.org.uk/noah"><U>Operation Noah</U></A></FONT> (the church Climate Change campaign) among Oxford congregations on Saturday, 11th February, 2006. About 25 people were present, including quite a number of <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT> members and contacts. More details are available at <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/noah.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Operation Noah in Oxford"><U>Operation Noah in Oxford</U></A> </FONT>Contact <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="mailto:alan.allport@psy.ox.ac.uk" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:alan.allport@psy.ox.ac.uk"><U>Alan Allport</U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Wednesday 5th October 2005-</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.grist.org/news/maindish/2005/10/05/cizik/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.grist.org/news/maindish/2005/"><U>Cizik Matters</U></A> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >An interview with green evangelical leader Richard Cizik</FONT></div> <div> by Amanda Griscom Little. It appears that a large section of American evangelicals may be changing their view on Climate Change. Later this month they will be releasing a policy document on the issue. Eagerly awaited!</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Wednesday 5th October 2005-</B></FONT> The Oxford Diocese publishes on-line its article from the Door- <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/2331/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/2331"><U>Glebe land: helping to pay for today�s church</U></A></FONT>. This is evidently at least partly in response to the <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/news.htm" TITLE="News"><U>Skimmingdish Allotments</U></A></FONT> crisis highlighted below. Having taken soundings amongst <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT> members and friends, opinion on the allotments is divided. In this circumstance we will continue to report both sides of the argument, but will not support either the Diocese or the campaigners causes.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Tuesday 4th October 2005-</B></FONT> The latest EcoColumn in the Oxford Diocese newspaper, The Door, is by <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT> member, Karl Wallendszus, is entitled <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/2326/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/2326"><U>Stop Climate Chaos</U></A></FONT>, and concerns the setting up of a new pressure group under that name.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Friday 30th September 2005- </B></FONT>Depressing news just in is a survey of church responses to Climate Change- <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CC3300" FACE="Arial" ><B>Left To Churches There Would Be No Earth To Inherit - suggests New Climate Survey</B></FONT>. See <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.just2fish.org.uk/pressrelease.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.just2fish.org.uk/pressrelease"><U>Survey</U></A></FONT>. Is the situation really that bad?? Has 15 years of <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT> and the very considerable efforts of CEL, JRI, A Rocha, Ecocongregation and others made no difference at all? My (MH) guess is that we are in a lag phase. Fifteen years ago hardly any Christians in the UK even <U>talked</U> about environmental issues. Now there is a lot more talk, but concerted action has yet to click in. But we have seen that when churches do take action (e.g. on debt relief, Make Poverty History, Fair Trade) they can be extremely effective. Maybe the "lag phase" is needed to change people's minds and hearts. The answer to the survey is obvious- action!</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Friday 30th September 2005-</B></FONT> Interesting article on last Monday's theme from Nick Spencer of the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity- <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.licc.org.uk/culture/hurricane-rita-and-your-thermostat" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.licc.org.uk/culture/hurricane"><U>Hurricane Rita and your thermostat</U></A></FONT>.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Monday 26th September 2005-</B></FONT> Seems to me (Martin Hodson) that everywhere I go people are asking whether the recent hurricanes are due to climate change. JRI give a balanced view at <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.jri.org.uk/content/view/85/1/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.jri.org.uk/content/view/85/1/"><U>Hurricanes Katrina and Rita</U></A></FONT>.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/5422cc70.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="199" ALT="Oxford Coffee House Day" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10">Saturday 17th September 2005-</B> </FONT>The JRI Coffee House Day in the Oxford Pastorate Centre, St Aldate's, Oxford, was a very successful event. About twenty people gathered, including a number of <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT> members. Four of our members took an active up-front role: Mike Morecroft, Kaihsu Tai and Martin Hodson spoke, while Margot Hodson chaired the day. A considerable variety of topics were covered, and it was an excellent day for networking.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Saturday September 10th 2005- </B></FONT>Congratulations to <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT> member, Emily Wilkins, who was today awarded her Certificate in Christian Rural and Environmental Studies (<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/cres.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CRES"><U>CRES</U></A></FONT>), with a distinction, after giving a presentation on her dissertation at Offa House. For more details see <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.jri.org.uk/content/view/84/78/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.jri.org.uk/content/view/84/78"><U>CRES news</U></A></FONT>. Emily has now moved back to Scotland, and we will all miss her!</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Thursday September 1st 2005- </B></FONT>A new grouping of secular and Christian environmental and development agencies has been formed to tackle Climate Change. The BBC web site reported on it at <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4201372.stm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4201"><U>Stop Climate Chaos</U></A></FONT>.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Thursday September 1st 2005- </B></FONT>This is is official day when the validation of the Certificate course in <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.cres.org.uk/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.cres.org.uk/"><U>Christian Rural & Environmental Studies</U></A></FONT> (CRES) moves from Keele University to <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.oxford.anglican.org/rcc/RCC.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/rcc/RCC.h"><U>Ripon College, Cuddesdon, nr. Oxford</U></A></FONT>. Several <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT> members are involved in <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/cres.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CRES"><U>CRES</U></A></FONT>, and Martin Hodson is now Senior Tutor. The course is still recruiting for 2005 entry until the end of September, so if you are interested <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/contactus.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U>Contact Us</U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Thursday 25th August 2005-</B></FONT> The latest EcoColumn in the Oxford Diocese newspaper, The Door, is by <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT> member, Margot Hodson, is entitled <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/2250/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/2250"><U>Hope for the Future</U></A>,</FONT> and concerns the G8 summit.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/53a10e10.jpg" border=0 width="272" height="225" ALT="Portugal visits Sage!" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10">Thursday 25th August 2005-</B></FONT> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CC3300" FACE="Arial" ><B>Portugal revisited again!</B></FONT> Or rather maybe this should read Portugal visits us! A number of the <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://en.arocha.org/portugal/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.arocha.org/portugal/"><U>A Rocha Portugal</U></A></FONT> team were in Oxford for a wedding, and we could not resist inviting them all over for a meal with <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT>. Rachel Simonson, her daughter Rosie, Marcial and Paula Felgueiras, wardens of Cruzinha and their children, Bea and Ze, all joined us. We were able to repay some of their hospitality for our trip to Portugal around Easter (see <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/portugal2005.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Portugal 2005"><U>Portugal 2005</U></A></FONT>).</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Thursday 25th August 2005-</B></FONT>  <A NAME="skimmingdish_allotments"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#990000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Skimmingdish Allotments</B></FONT> Hitting the local and national press in recent weeks is a story from near Bicester in our area. It concerns the possible development of Glebe land, owned by Oxford Diocese, for light commercial use. The land has been used for allotments for many years. The case is complicated, involving planning, environmental, legal, community and ethical issues. For a variety of views on this topic see:</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.unauthorisedversion.co.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=news.articleDetail&articleid=13A6CA5B-E804-E6BB-081085BEEE56A483" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.unauthorisedversion.co.uk/ind"><U>The Unauthorised Version</U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >-  an early view from the Oxford Diocese (25th May 2005)</FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/2221/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/2221"><U>Glebe Land adjacent to Skimmingdish Lane, Bicester</U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > - a later view from the Oxford Diocese (August 11th 2005).</FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.savetheplot.co.uk/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.savetheplot.co.uk"><U>Save the Plot</U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >- the web site of the campaigners.</FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/oxfordshire/4173398.stm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/oxfor"><U>Church set to weed out gardeners</U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > - from the BBC News web site (August 22nd 2005).</FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1744664,00.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,"><U>Gardeners must get out of Eden</U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > - by Ruth Gledhill, Religion Correspondent of The Times (August 22nd 2005).</FONT></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >has been asked for an opinion, and is in the process of consulting members, and others who have expertise in this topic area.  If you have any ideas then </FONT><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/contactus.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U>Contact Us</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Monday 8th August 2005- </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#009900" FACE="Arial" ><B>Simply amazing news! </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >The </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >web site has been archived by the British Library's </FONT><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.webarchive.org.uk/index.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/index.html"><U>UK web archiving consortium</U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >. The project archived our site on 4th July 2005, and they say it will be regularly archived from now on. You can see it at </FONT><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.webarchive.org.uk/tep/12233.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/tep/12233.h"><U>Sage archive</U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >! Even more astounding is that we are among the first 21 "religious" sites selected from the whole of the UK. Go to </FONT><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.webarchive.org.uk/subject/19.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/subject/19."><U>Arts & Humanities</U></A><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.webarchive.org.uk/subject/19.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/subject/19."><U> </U></A><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.webarchive.org.uk/subject/19.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/subject/19."><U><B><</B></U></A><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.webarchive.org.uk/subject/19.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/subject/19."><U> Religion</U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > for a complete listing- an esoteric collection!!</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/3d3fabc0.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="188" ALT="Meal in Keynsham on Saturday night" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10">Thursday 4th August 2005-</B></FONT><B> </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2005/008/22.66.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2005"><U>Environmental Wager</U></A></FONT>. Why evangelicals are�but shouldn't be�cool toward global warming. Interesting article by Andy Crouch in Christianity Today Magazine.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Saturday 30th to Sunday 31st July 2005- </B></FONT>A team of eight <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage </B></FONT>members visited <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.keynshamparish.org.uk/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.keynshamparish.org.uk/"><U>Keynsham Parish</U></A></FONT> near Bath and Bristol for the weekend. This was a return visit after an absence of five years. On the Saturday evening five of us were treated to a wonderful meal in the church hall put on by the verger, Graham. The following morning we took part in a Family Communion service on an environmental theme. This was a joint benefice service at St John's, Keynsham (for all 5 churches in the benefice). Margot Hodson both spoke and presided at communion. </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/3d2c80b0.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="267" ALT="Walk around Elm Farm, Burnett" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10">After a bring and share lunch in the church hall, we all went to <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.elm-farm.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.elm-farm.com/"><U>Elm Farm</U></A></FONT> at Burnett, a rural part of the benefice. There we enjoyed an afternoon's guided walk, led by farmers John and Phillipa Padget, around the farm looking at the impressive environmental schemes. There had been considerable changes since our last visit five years ago.We spotted several species of butterflies on the walk. Once again, we are grateful to the Rector of Keynsham, John Samways, for making all the arrangements for this visit. It was great to be back!</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Saturday 23rd July 2005-</B></FONT><B> </B>The annual <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT> barbeque was again held by Karl & Felicity. About fifteen people attended, the weather was not too bad, we said goodbye to Emily as she was returning the Scotland the next day, and an idea for the next Sage trip away was floated (more anon!). Thanks again to K&F.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/3ce2ce10.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="225" ALT="On the farm at Warmington" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="5">Sunday 10th July 2005- </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT> member, Margot Hodson, spoke at Choral Evensong at <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sandfordchurch.org.uk/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.sandfordchurch.org.uk/"><U>St. Andrew's Parish Church</U></A></FONT>, Sandford on Thames. Every 2nd Sunday in July the church holds a Flower Festival, and has a special �green� sermon on the environment and creation, which Margot was able to provide! Martin Hodson gave a short presentation on the work of <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT> and manned a stand afterwards. We then stayed behind for a wonderful bring and share after the service. Thanks very much to St. Andrew's for the invitation.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Saturday 9th July 2005-</B></FONT> Half a dozen <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT> members spent the day at Manor Farm, Warmington, nr. Banbury as the guests of farmer, John Neal (Treasurer of <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.cruc.org.uk/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.cruc.org.uk/"><U>Christian Rural Concern</U></A></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#003300" FACE="Arial" >), joining a larger crowd of folk interested in rural issues</FONT>. In the morning we walked around Warmington village looking at how the village had changed in the last 100 years or so. Before lunch, Rev. Philip Wagstaff, a Methodist minister in charge of a large rural circuit in Devon, gave his views on rural ministry. We then took a walk to see the environmental schemes on the farm, led by John Neal. To finish the day we heard about the latest developments on the <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/cres.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CRES"><U>CRES</U></A></FONT> course from Martin Hodson, and had a short service led by Rev. John Whitehead. Thanks particularly to John Neal for ably organising the whole day!</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Tuesday 5th July 2005- </B></FONT>In the run up to the G8 meeting in Edinburgh to BBC posted an interesting article <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4642241.stm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4642"><U>US evangelicals boost green lobby</U></A></FONT> concerning the changing attitudes in the United States on climate change- unfortunately this does not seem to have moved President Bush much- yet!!</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/3cace700.jpg" border=0 width="206" height="112" ALT="Marbled White Butterfly" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="5">Saturday 2nd July 2005-</B></FONT><B> </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#990000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sydlings Copse</B></FONT> was the venue for the first of four <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060707043706/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/walks.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Walk with the Creator"><U>Walk with the Creator</U></A> </FONT>walks in the new series "Exploring Oxford's Countryside". Eleven <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT> members met to explore one of the best botanical sites in midland Britain. This local Wildlife Trust reserve contains a variety of habitats, including an area of limestone grassland with large anthills! We stopped for a while by one of these, and Caroline explained some details of ant society. We saw many marbled white butterflies, and tried to capure them on camera. After the walk many of us went back to Clare's for cake and refreshments. Very pleasant afternoon, and the rain kept off.</div> </td> </tr></table></body>