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Click on the button to find out more!</div> <bR> <div> <B>All the News back to December 2005</B></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Thursday 21st December 2006-</B> </FONT>Anne Martin of <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.ccow.org.uk/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ccow.org.uk"><U>Christian Concern for One World</U></A></FONT> (CCOW) which operates WITH ALL DENOMINATIONS in the Diocese of Oxford area (Oxon., Berks and Bucks) is preparing a resource for churches on climate change and wants stories to inspire other church action. She writes: "We would be looking for churches which might have got a Green Team together, held a Creation service, started a car share scheme, changed the church light bulbs, use the magazine to share information on cutting their carbon footprint, started on the EcoCongregation modules, become an Operation Noah church ......or any other similar initiative in their church. Any stories greatly welcomed and we would like to talk to people so as to write it up." So if you live in the Oxford Diocese area please email <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="mailto:anmartin@onetel.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:anmartin@onetel.com"><U><U>anmartin@onetel.com</U></U></A></FONT> </div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Thursday 14th December 2006-</B> </FONT>A number of <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage </B></FONT>members attended the Annual General Meeting of <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.jri.org.uk/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.jri.org.uk"><U>The John Ray Initiative</U></A></FONT> at the Institute of Mechanical Engineers in London. It was the usual mixture of news, science and theology. Martin Hodson was elected to the board of JRI to be their Education Director (Margot has been on the board for several years). JRI has an exciting set of meetings planned for the New Year, some of which are within fairly easy range of Oxford (see <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/calendar.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Calendar"><U>Calendar</U></A></FONT>).</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/9cf64640.png" border=0 width="100" height="100" ALT="Operation Noah" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10"><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Wednesday 13th December 2006-</B> </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0099" FACE="Arial" ><B>Operation Noah appoints seasoned campaigner. </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.christian-ecology.org.uk/noah/index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.christian-ecology.org.uk/noah"><U>Operation Noah</U></A></FONT>, the Churches� campaign to avert catastrophic climate change, has appointed Ann Pettifor, one of the architects of the hugely successful Jubilee 2000 campaign, as its new Campaign Director. Operation Noah is a project of the Environmental Issues Network of <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.ctbi.org.uk/index.php" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ctbi.org.uk/index.php"><U>Churches Together in Britain and Ireland</U></A></FONT> and <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.christian-ecology.org.uk/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.christian-ecology.org.uk"><U>Christian Ecology Link</U></A></FONT>. David Pickering, chairperson of Operation Noah said: �We are delighted to announce that Ann Pettifor will bring her extensive experience of campaigning and advocacy to the vital cause of climate change. Ann worked closely with the churches during the Jubilee 2000 campaign, and credits the faith organisations with much of the impact made by Jubilee 2000 both in the UK and also internationally. The threat of climate change means that faith organisations will once again have to mobilise, this time to bring about the changes needed to �cut the carbon� and stabilise global carbon emissions. We look forward to Ann heading up the Operation Noah Campaign to tackle the biggest threat facing humanity in the 21st century.�</div> <bR> <div> <B>Monday 11th December 2006-</B> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >members, Martin and Margot Hodson, spoke about Climate Change to 25 members of Holy Trinity, Headington Quarry in Oxford. A particular focus of the talk was </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.ecocongregation.org/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ecocongregation.org/"><U>Ecocongregation</U></A></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > as the church is embarking on this scheme. There was a very good discussion afterwards. Many thanks to Andy Gosler, the church warden, for setting up the meeting.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Monday 11th December 2006-</B> </FONT>A warm welcome from <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage </B></FONT>to the new Bishop of Oxford, the Rt Revd John Pritchard. Bishop John has long Oxford connections, having read law at St Peter�s College, Oxford. Most recently Bishop of Jarrow, he is a practical theologian and likes fell walking. More details can be found on the <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.oxford.anglican.org/index.php" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/index.php"><U>Oxford Diocese</U></A></FONT> web site. We hope Bishop John and his family will be very happy in Oxford.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/9cd2ce10.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="225" ALT="Our set-up team!" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10">Saturday 9th December 2006-</B> </FONT>A long day in the Oxford Town Hall for <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage </B></FONT>and our mini army of supporters. How did it all happen? Well at 8.30am Martin and Margot loaded up the car with all needed to do a Green fair. When we arrived there were already lots of people setting up. Very soon help was at hand in the form of Clare, Jess and Tom, with Jane P. only slightly behind them. So this was our set-up team- stuff to put out, boards to erect and populate. Ruth soon arrived with the <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/churchyard.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ss Mary John churchyard"><U>Ss Mary & John churchyard</U></A></FONT> project materials for the half table next to ours. We were easily set up in time for the opening at 10.30am. Next on the stand were David and Jane W-R. Late morning Joyce, Simon and Maranda took over, which allowed the rest of us to have some lunch. The afternoon team was Richard, Jennifer and Averil. Finally, Ed joined Ruth, Martin and Margot for the closing down time at 4.30pm. The day was quieter than normal, but this allowed plenty of time for our team to get to know each other- many of us did not know each other, and we had Christians from many different churches- in Oxford (St. Clement's, St. Andrew's, St. Matthew's, Ss Mary and John, and St. Columba's URC), and from Lewknor, Kidlington, Abingdon and Stanford in the Vale. The whole Fair seemed a lot quieter than normal (not close enough to Christmas?), and our takings were well down on last year at £112-75 (most of this will go the Cornerstone in Grove, and we are grateful again for their support). But we had some good conversations with people, lots of literature went, and made some useful contacts. Many thanks to the whole team for their efforts. Exhausted!</div> <div> <I>Martin</I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Friday 1st December 2006-</B> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >St. Aldate's church in the centre of Oxford was totally packed with over 300 people for the Thanksgiving Service to celebrate the life of Dave Steel, one of the founders of </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >. Family, friends, work colleagues, and church members all gathered together to hear some amazing testimonies. Many Sage members came, some from a fair distance. I guess we all discovered new things about Dave, whole sides of his life that we did not know. What a wonderful guy.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Thursday 30th November 2006-</B> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > members, Martin and Margot Hodson, spoke to Bicester Deanery Synod in the continuing round of climate change talks planned for the deanery synods of the Oxford Diocese. We had a lively discussion after!</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Tuesday 28th November 2006-</B> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >The Oxford Mail carried a really nice article about Dave Steel's involvement in Wood Farm- </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.oxfordmail.net/news/headlines/display.var.1045331.0.a_man_died_two_days_before_his_dream_youth_centre_opened.php" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.oxfordmail.net/news/headlines"><U>A man died two days before his dream youth centre opened</U></A> </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >He was very much the driving force behind the new youth centre.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Friday 24th November 2006-</B> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >The latest EcoColumn in the Oxford Diocese newspaper, The Door, is by Ian James, and is entitled </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/3705/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/3705"><U>Christmas Consumption</U></A></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Friday 24th November 2006-</B> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Congratulations to Berinsfield Community Primary School, near Abingdon, who are the first school in the county to have their own wind turbine. </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/oxfordshire/6179236.stm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/oxfor"><U>Report</U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Wednesday 22nd November 2006-</B> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >The inaugural meeting of the new Diocesan Environment Group for the </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.oxford.anglican.org/index.php" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/index.php"><U>Oxford Diocese</U></A></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > took place at the Victoria Arms in Old Marston, Oxford this evening. Under the chairmanship of Revd. Prof. Ian James, we can expect a lot more from this group in the coming months.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Tuesday 21st November 2006-</B> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > members, Martin and Margot Hodson, spoke to Deddington Deanery Synod on </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#993380" FACE="Arial" >"Global Warming- Science, Theology and Action"</FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >. Bloxham Parish rooms were totally packed with people sitting on the floor, peering out of the serving hatch in the kitchen or whatever! We hope it leads to action in that whole area. This was one of a series planned for the deanery synods of the Oxford Diocese. We did this one for Dave Steel.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Monday 20th November 2006- </B> <B>We have some very sad news to announce. </B>Dave Steel, one of the founding members of <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT> passed away at about 6.00pm this evening with his family gathered around him. Dave was very much a central figure in Sage, and was a wonderful, wonderful man. Some very moving tributes to Dave are now being posted at the <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://poorlydavesteel.blogspot.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://poorlydavesteel.blogspot.com"><U>Steel Family Blog</U></A></FONT>. Our thoughts and prayers are now with Caroline, Dan, Jeremy and the whole family.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Friday 17th November 2006-</B> </FONT><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.arocha.org/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.arocha.org"><U>A Rocha</U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > have asked if we can help promote their really rather wonderful looking 2007 Calendar. You can download a poster to advertise these </FONT><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/arochacalendar07.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="A Rocha Calendar Poster"><U>here</U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >. Or contact </FONT><A HREF="mailto:David.coleman@arocha.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:David.coleman@arocha.org"><U><U>David.coleman@arocha.org</U></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><U> </U>We now have a small stock (£5 each), and if you want one </FONT><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/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>Wednesday 15th November 2006-</B> </FONT>Averil Stedeford was invited to give the second lecture in the opening series of Eco-Renovation lectures in Glasgow concerning her <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/ecohouse.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ecohouse"><U>Ecohouse</U></A> </FONT>project. For a report see � <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.eco-renovation.org/index.php?SK=0583f583ca46f09833e2d267a163dc67&W21ID=176" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.eco-renovation.org/index.php?"><U>Award Winning Eco-Renovation in Action</U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/9bdc8960.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="150" ALT="Sage at Westonbirt" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10">Tuesday 7th November 2006-</B> </FONT>Chris Naylor of <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://en.arocha.org/lebanon/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.arocha.org/lebanon/"><U>A Rocha Lebanon</U></A></FONT> gave an excellent presentation on the work in Lebanon at  Woodstock Road Baptist Church in Oxford. About twenty people attended, and the meeting was promoted by the Granary Church, Wheatley. <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT> provided a back up team (Clare and Martin) with an A Rocha stand. We particularly thank Heather Elbourn of the Granary church who did much of the organisation.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Saturday 4th November 2006-</B></FONT><B> </B>Six <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT> members made the trip to <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.forestry.gov.uk/westonbirt" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.forestry.gov.uk/westonbirt"><U>Westonbirt Arboretum</U></A></FONT> in Gloucestershire, one of the favorite venues for us down the years. The famous autumn colours were almost at their best, and the weather was wonderfully sunny, and perfect for lots of photographs. As we walked around the arboretum our thoughts and prayers were much with Dave and Caroline Steel who should have been leading the trip. Dave was ill in hospital, and Caroline looking after him. At the end of our walk we stopped at the arboretum shop, and bought a few little presents for the Steels which we left on their doorstep on our return to Oxford.</div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/9bfc80b0.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="267" ALT="Maple framed by Plane" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10">Tuesday 31st October 2006- </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > member, Margot Hodson, spoke on "Ecospirituality" (from a Christian perspective) for the Oxford Ministry Course at Ripon College, Cuddesdon.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Friday 27th October 2006- </B></FONT>Canon Christopher Hall reviews the film <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/3546/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/3546"><U>An Inconvenient Truth</U></A></FONT> in his latest EcoColumn in the Oxford Diocese newspaper, The Door.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Saturday 21st October 2006- </B></FONT>CSV Make a Difference Day at <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/churchyard.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ss Mary John churchyard"><U>Ss Mary & John churchyard</U></A></FONT> was marked by inviting volunteers to come and plant 3,000 spring bulbs in the churchyard. 26 volunteers came over the course of the day and, despite one half hour torrential downpour, the Bluebells, Wild Daffodils, Tulips and Garlic Ransoms were nearly all in the ground by the end of the day. A Walnut tree, Spindle and Gelder Rose were also planted.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Friday 20th October 2006- </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Oxford City Council have asked if we can give a further push to their campaign on free insulation for over 60's in the Oxford City area. They have provided us the </FONT><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/occposter.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="OCC Insulation Poster"><U>OCC Insulation Poster</U></A> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >for you to download. If you live in City we would be very grateful if you could print it out, and stick it up in your church or wherever!</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/9a710db0.jpg" border=0 width="272" height="219" ALT="John Brucker and Ruth Conway" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="1">Thursday 19th October 2006- </B></FONT>Congratulations to Ruth Conway (<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/churchyard.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ss Mary John churchyard"><U>Ss Mary & John churchyard</U></A></FONT>), joint winner of the first prize in the Community champion award section of last night's OSCAs (the Oxfordshire Sustainability & Conservation Awards).The awards were jointly organised by The Oxford Times and Oxfordshire County Council. The other joint winner in this category was John Brucker, who leads the St. Mary's Fields project at Kidlington (see <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/news.htm" TITLE="News"><U>Saturday 7th October 2006</U></A></FONT> below- this was where we took the photo of Ruth and John!). Well done to both Ruth and John, and to all the other OSCA winners around the county. More details are available in the Oxford Times article  <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.theoxfordtimes.net/search/display.var.980167.0.awards_honour_green_champions.php" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.theoxfordtimes.net/search/dis"><U>Green champions honoured</U></A></FONT> by Reg Little.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/9a52cb30.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="435" ALT="Boundary Brook Work Party- October 2006" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10">Sunday 15th October 2006- </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT> member, Martin Hodson, spoke on "Creation Groaning: the environmental crisis in the 21st century" at <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.some.ox.ac.uk/college/chapel/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.some.ox.ac.uk/college/chapel/"><U>Somerville College Chapel</U></A></FONT>. Very pleasant evening.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Saturday 14th October 2006-</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#660000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#996600" FACE="Arial" >Boundary Brook Work-Party.</FONT></div> <div> Tidying and clearing were the important words for our autumn work, by both muscle and petrol power.... The wildflower mound needed raking now that the previously cut grass was dry and any seeds had had a chance to drop. After the brambles were extracted (and minding the frogs) the grass was barrowed to a great compost heap in order to rot down for allotment use. Meanwhile there was path-mowing and bramble-cutting, overlooked by a few blue-tits who didn't seem to mind, in fact tried to compete with, the intermittent noise. There were plenty of hawthorn, spindle and viburnum berries to admire in their oranges, reds and pinks ..... some of the leaves were only beginning to turn colour, perhaps needing a drop in temperature, but we certainly enjoyed the afternoon of sunshine and the chance to be in t-shirts! We finished off with tea & donuts and the lovely sight of a red kite circling nearby. </div> <div> Next work-party for the winter in Jan or Feb. </div> <div> <I>Clare Newgass </I></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Thursday 12th October 2006-</B></FONT> For the latest progress on Averil Stedeford's ecohouse go to <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/ecohousef.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ecohouse work nearing completion"><U>Ecohouse- work nearing completion</U></A></FONT> Fairly significant advances!</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Tuesday 10th October 2006- </B></FONT>Moyers on America- <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.pbs.org/moyers/moyersonamerica/green/index.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.pbs.org/moyers/moyersonameric"><U><B>Is God Green?</B></U></A></FONT><B> </B>An hour long program (your computer will need to be fairly fast, and to run Real Player or Windows Media player) looking at the greening of the evangelicals in the States. Do not be put off by the adverts at the beginning or the cultural differences between us Brits and the Americans! This is important viewing, and gives the background to the growing split over the environment in the States. Look out about halfway through for a brief interview with Sir John Houghton, and mention of the <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/forum2002.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Forum 2002 Global Climate Change"><U>Forum 2002 Global Climate Change</U></A> </FONT>conference on climate change in Oxford which was an absolutely key event in the whole story. <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT> was there of course....... And there is a lot of additional information, forums etc. to look at once you have watched the program.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/9052ce10.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="225" ALT="John Brucker (beneath notice) explaining work at St. Mary's Fields, Kidlington" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10"></B><B> <A NAME="saturday_7th_october_2006"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Saturday 7th October 2006- </B></FONT>Oxfordshire's 3rd Local Environment Group Conference was held at North Kidlington Primary School. About forty people attended from across the county, and a little beyond. <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT> were represented by Clare and Martin (with display boards and literature), and Ruth was there for the <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/churchyard.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ss Mary John churchyard"><U>Ss Mary & John churchyard</U></A>. </FONT>It was a particularly good time to network with other groups, and there was a choice of some excellent workshops. The local food lunch was followed by a walk through St Mary's Fields east of Kidlington, with John Brucker who has led the conservation work there for a number of years. Many thanks to Cynth Napper and her team at <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/oncf.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Oxfordshire Nature Conservation Forum"><U>Oxfordshire Nature Conservation Forum</U></A></FONT> for organising the whole day.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Friday 6th October 2006- </B></FONT>Our web site was archived for the fifth time today by the the British Library's <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/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>, and you can see it at <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.webarchive.org.uk/pan/12233/20061007/www.sageoxford.org.uk/index.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/pan/12233/2"><U>06 October 2006</U></A></FONT>. You can see all the previous archived versions at <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/relatedlinks_sage_history.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Related Links"><U>Sage History</U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Wednesday 4th October 2006-</B>  <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >We are grateful to Christopher Hall for pointing out to us an article entitled, "The Green House" by Will Anderson in </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#990000" FACE="Arial" ><B>The Independent </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >property supplement today (on p.9). Just underneath the article are two small text boxes, one of which contains the following text:</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="759" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 56 ><NOBR><div> <B>GREAT WEBSITE</B> </div> <div> Averil Stedeford has done a remarkable job converting her Oxford semi into an exemplary eco-house </div> <div> (<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/ecohouse.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/ecohouse.ht"><U><U>www.sageoxford.org.uk/ecohouse.htm</U></U></A></FONT>)</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> Obviously lots of people read the property supplement, because our webstats for Averil's pages have gone through the roof! So well done to Averil (again!), and a small self-congratulation to the chap who does the web site.</div> <div> More seriously, the front page of the same issue of <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#990000" FACE="Arial" ><B>The Independent</B></FONT> issues a stark warning that one third of the planet could be desert by 2100 due to global warming (see The Century of Drought). So let us hope that some of the people visiting Averil's pages get inspired to take similar action. The consequences of not doing so are now all too evident.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Tuesday 26th September 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, and is entitled <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/3386/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/3386"><U>Reducing greenhouse gas emissions</U></A></FONT>.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sunday 24th September 2006-</B>  </FONT>Congratulations to Rev. Jennifer Brown, Curate of St. Clement's, Oxford, who was ordained priest at Christ Church, Oxford today (and presided over her first communion service at St. Clement's the next day). Jennifer has been on several recent <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT> events, and provided us with a news set of Bible Studies (<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/brown.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Brown Bible Studies"><U>Brown Bible Studies</U></A></FONT>) and an <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/prayerwalk.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Experiencing creation prayer walk"><U>Experiencing creation prayer walk</U></A>.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/9032c900.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="400" ALT="St. John's, Keynsham" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10">Saturday 23rd September 2006-</B>  </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CC0066" FACE="Arial" ><B>Climate Change: A distant threat?</B></FONT> was the title of a day conference organised by Keynsham and Saltford Churches Together, and held at St John the Baptist Church, Keynsham. The chief organiser was Rev. John Samways, one of the very earliest <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT> members, getting on sixteen years ago in Oxford! The day was attended by about 50 people from all around the area. The speakers were Dr Paul Chambers, Rev Dr Ernest Lucas, Dr John Bimson, Helen Baker, and Dr Paula Clifford, and<I> </I>Rev Margot Hodson led the worship. So Oxford was well represented again. It was an excellent, challenging and informative, day. Thanks to John Samways for organising it all.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Thursday 21st September 2006-</B>  <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >We are pleased to announce that the latest edition of Sage Words, including articles on Tibet by Dr. Marc Foggin and Peak Oil by Dr. Mike Pepler is now available to download. Go to </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/swords2006c.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sage Words October 2006"><U>Sage Words October 2006</U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Wednesday 20th September 2006-</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" >  </FONT>We are very sorry to hear of the death of Richard Sexton, after a brave fight against cancer. Richard was Co-Executive Director of <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.coinet.org.uk/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.coinet.org.uk/"><U>COIN</U></A></FONT> (Climate Outreach Information Network) and a key Oxford figure in the fight against climate change. Only in February this year Richard led a workshop at the <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/noah.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Operation Noah in Oxford"><U>Operation Noah in Oxford</U></A></FONT> conference. <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT> would like to extend our condolences to Richard's family, friends and his colleagues in COIN. He will be greatly missed.</div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/8eec8090.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="265" ALT="Blackberries" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10">Thursday 14th September 2006-</B>  <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >What are bound to be controversial plans to build a huge new reservoir near Abingdon made the BBC web site today </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/5343646.stm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/53436"><U>See Reservoir 'biggest in 25 years'</U></A></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > No doubt we will come back to this one in the future.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Tuesday 12th September 2006-</B>  <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > member Margot Hodson can be heard speaking (MP3 File!!) on </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://graphite.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk/faraday/resources/Summer%20Course%201/044_Margot_Hodson.mp3" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://graphite.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk/far"><U>Human Responsibility for the Environment in a Fallen World</U></A></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > Her talk was given at a conference in July 2006 at the Faraday Institute in Cambridge.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Saturday 9th September 2006-</B>  <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Eight of us gathered at Brigid's Kitchen at Bridge House and had delicious home-made teas prepared by Philip and Rosemary - Bara Brith tea-bread, warm apple cake and scones so fresh we had to wait just a few more minutes for them to come out of the oven! Well stocked up we set off for a lovely evening's circuit walk down the Thames, through Benson (having safely negotiated the busy A4074), across farmland and back through Warborough. We enjoyed some river wildlife including a grebe, did some gentle tree and wild-flower identification (including wondering about picking wild hops for some home-brewing) and had a good taste of delicious blackberries, cherry plums and damsons we found along the way. The sun was going down, with a beautiful light through the clouds over Wittenham Clumps, as we crossed the open fields, and we were soon aware <IMG SRC="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/8f02ccd0.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="205" ALT="Walking into the sunset" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10">of noisy swifts out swooping for their supper, and then a few bats on the path back to Bridge House. We said evening prayers together by warm candlelight in the chapel; this was using the Northumbria Community Daily Office with readings, meditations, and prayers for people and places that Phil and Rosemary remember each day as well as the chance to name any of our own concerns. We left carrying prayers for them and Bridge House, particularly for health & energy, and the replenishment of their hen-stock! It was good to share a little in the food and feeding - physically, spiritually, and through enjoying creation using all our senses.</FONT></div> <div> <I>Clare Newgass</I></div> <bR> <div> Thank you to Clare for a memorable Saturday afternoon. Bridge House in Shillingford, and Philip and Rosemary who run it, were unknown to us up to then. They have both been through hard times and want to minister to others, through their house and smallholding. They are linked with the Northumbria Community, and follow the community rule of "Availability and Vulnerability". The tea rooms, farm shop, and caravan site are points of contact, but it is a tough life, lived very much by faith. Our afternoon started with a delicious fresh cream tea, then we walked along </div> <div> the Thames to Benson, then took a footpath across a wide open space, under a glorious orange sunset, to Warborough, a classic English village, and back to Bridge House for evening prayer in the little shed/chapel. Philip led the Celtic Daily Prayer, which follows a liturgy, slowly enough to take the words in, with enough time to pray for some of the many people they meet. Incidentally, if anyone reading this is able to look after their livestock for a few days, to give them an occasional break from the incessant demands of their smallholding while also being open to the public, that could be a real service to them. </div> <div> <I>Richard Riggs</I></div> <bR> <div> Brigid's Kitchen is open on weekend afternoons and Philip and Rosemary are available at Bridge House during the week. Do find out more about and pray for their ministry - <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.bridge-house.org.uk/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.bridge-house.org.uk"><U><U>www.bridge-house.org.uk</U></U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Saturday 2nd September 2006-</B>  <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Nine </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > members gathered for a bring and share meal at the Hodson's in North Oxford. Much planning and thinking about upcoming events! The next Sage Words is now well on track, and should be out in the next couple of weeks. However, do note the Shillingford Walk Clare has arranged on</FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" > Saturday 9th September 2006</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Friday 1st September 2006-</B>  <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Jennifer Brown, Curate of St. Clement's, Oxford, has kindly provided us with guidelines for an </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/prayerwalk.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Experiencing creation prayer walk"><U>Experiencing creation prayer walk</U></A></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > Try it!</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><IMG SRC="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/8dd394e0.png" border=0 width="57" height="78" ALT="ONCF" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10"></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Friday 1st September 2006-</B> </FONT><B>OXFORDSHIRE NATURE CONSERVATION FORUM (ONCF)- </B>forging partnerships that will create a sustainable future for nature. ONCF have a great weekly email bulletin, and have asked  <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT> to help promote it more widely. More details can be found at <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/oncf.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Oxfordshire Nature Conservation Forum"><U>Oxfordshire Nature Conservation Forum</U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Friday 25th August 2006-</B>  <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/3243/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/3243"><U>World Environment Day</U></A></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > is the title of Martin Hodson's latest EcoColumn in the Oxford Diocese newspaper, The Door. The focus is on the new initiative of the Church of England, </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.shrinkingthefootprint.cofe.anglican.org/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.shrinkingthefootprint.cofe.an"><U>Shrinking the Footprint</U></A></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/8e62cb50.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="181" ALT="Some of the particpants in Prague (photo: Katka Cs�nyi)" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10">Wednesday 23rd to Sunday 27th August 2006-</B> </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#660000" FACE="Arial" ><B>The Theology of Creation Care: Christian Environmental Stewardship</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > was the title of a major conference held at the </FONT><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.ibts.cz/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ibts.cz/"><U>International Baptist Theological Seminary</U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > (IBTS) in Prague in collaboration with the </FONT><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.ecen.org/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ecen.org/"><U>European Christian Environmental Network</U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > (ECEN). A major aim of the conference was to look at how environmental concern might be integrated into the curricula of theological colleges. Nearly forty delegates from across Europe attended the conference, and Oxford was particularly well represented! Martin Conway led the workshop on Mission, Ruth Conway was an ECEN facilitator, and contributed various small presentations, Paula Clifford spoke about Christian Aid's work amongst the poor, Margot Hodson was in charge of organising the four workshops, and Martin Hodson gave a talk on the </FONT><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.cres.org.uk/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.cres.org.uk/"><U>Certificate in Christian Rural and Environmental Studies</U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > (CRES), and led the session on web resources. It is hoped that the materials produced by the workshops will be assembled into one document which can then be sent to ECEN, and used to inform the </FONT><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.eea3.org/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.eea3.org/"><U>European Ecumenical Assembly</U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > next year in Sibiu, Roumania. The Rector of IBTS, Keith Jones, produced a brief report. Go to </FONT><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/ibts06.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="IBTS News Release"><U>IBTS News Release</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Monday 21st August 2006-</B> </FONT>Rev. Jennifer Brown, Curate of St. Clement's, Oxford, has kindly provided <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT> with a new series of three studies based around environmental themes. You can see them at <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/brown.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Brown Bible Studies"><U><B>Brown Bible Studies</B></U></A><B> </B></FONT>Many thanks Jennifer!</div> <bR> <div> <B>Monday 7th August 2006-</B> <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" > website counter on the home page clicked round to the 10,000th hit at 01.22 this morning! A minor milestone!</FONT></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/8b4f4770.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALT="Aston Rowant" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Saturday 5th August 2006-</B> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > went for a short walk at Aston Rowant, a National Nature Reserve owned by</FONT></div> <div>  <IMG SRC="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/8b6773f0.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="319" ALT="Three's a crowd!" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10">English Nature. Truth was there was not much walking we spent most of the afternoon admiring the wonderful butterflies on the hillside. Aston Rowant is an area of chalk grassland, especially noted for its rich chalk flora and butterflies, and we saw about fifteen species including the chalkhill blue. Many thanks to our resident butterfly expert, Caroline Steel, for leading the expedition, and for the benefit of her extensive knowledge.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Friday 4th August 2006-</B> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >is pleased to support the conference </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B><This link's target cannot be found></B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > which is being organised in Keynsham (between Bristol and Bath) by long-term Sage member John Samways. The programme for the event was released today. The conference will have a similar feel to the two recent ones in the Oxford area (but has a different line-up of speakers!). Two Oxford people are speaking, Paula Clifford from Christian Aid, and Margot Hodson from Sage. Helen Baker who we met in 2005 at the A Rocha centre in Portugal is also speaking.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Tuesday 1st August 2006-</B> </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage </B></FONT>members Martin and Margot Hodson were pleased to welcome Dr. Marc Foggin (and his young son!) to Oxford. Marc is Director of <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.plateauperspectives.org/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.plateauperspectives.org/"><U>Plateau Perspectives</U></A></FONT> a Canadian non-profit organization that supports local initiatives in conservation and sustainable development in the Tibetan Plateau region of China. Our discussion was wide ranging, and it was clear that Plateau Perspectives has much in common with <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage </B></FONT>but works in a very different environment! See their web site for more details.</div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/8502c900.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="400" ALT="Sage BBQ, Abingdon 2006" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10">Saturday 29th July 2006-</B> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >The annual </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >barbeque moved for the first time out of Oxford to the home of Richard and Judy Riggs in Abingdon. It was a rare occasion when almost the entire core group of Sage turned out, and there were sixteen of us altogether. The weather was thankfully cooler than recentlly, and we even had a few spots of rain late in the evening. As often happens on these social events quite a lot of organising goes on in the background, like starting to think about the next Sage Words, and the autumn programme..... But it was mostly a very relaxing mid-summer evening. Thanks very much to Richard and Judy for hosting it for the first time.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Tuesday 25th July 2006-</B> </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF99CC" FACE="Arial" ><B>IMPORTANT</B> </FONT>The sustainable energy team at Oxford City Council are now able to offer<B> free Cavity Wall and Loft Insulation</B>, to any one<B> over the age of 60</B>, who lives in Oxford (city council territory only) and either owns their own property or privately rents. This offer is open to every one and is <B>not means tested</B>. Cavity wall and loft insulation not only<B> save you over £200</B> a year on your energy bills, but also helps to keep your house<B> cool in the summer and warm in the winter. </B>If you qualify or know of any one who qualifies please let Laura Thompson know. Her contact details are as follows: Laura Thompson, Assistant Sustainable Energy Officer, Oxford City Council, Ramsay House, 10 St. Ebbes Street, Oxford, OX1 1PT. Tel: 01865 252197 Fax: 01865 252344 or email: <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="mailto:lthompson@oxford.gov.uk" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:lthompson@oxford.gov.uk "><U>lthompson@oxford.gov.uk</U></A><A HREF="mailto:lthompson@oxford.gov.uk" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:lthompson@oxford.gov.uk "><U> </U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Monday 24th July 2006-</B> </FONT>Revd Professor Andrew Linzey has written to <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage </B></FONT>asking if we could respond to the proposed new development at the University Sports Centre. The proposal is to build a new indoor Tennis Centre along the Iffley Road, Oxford. Whatever your views, he hopes that you will make them known by completing the questionnaire online at <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.sportvision.ox.ac.uk/next.shtml" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.sportvision.ox.ac.uk/next.sht"><U><U>http://www.sportvision.ox.ac.uk/next.shtml</U></U></A></FONT> where the proposal is described in full. The closing date for comments is 7th August 2006.</div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/84c2ce70.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="231" ALT="Woodstock Road, Oxford on Saturday 22nd July 2006" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10"></B></div> <div> <B>Sunday 23rd July 2006-</B> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >The Observer publish another article on the effects of Climate Change on the UK. </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" >David Smith, Mark Townsend and Rob Sharp say </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Geneva" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1827085,00.html?gusrc=rss" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/s"><U>100 degrees - get used to it</U></A></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" >. About the only people likely to benefit from the warming climate are the UK wine industry!</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Saturday 22nd July 2006-</B> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >In scenes reminiscent of the film, "The Day After Tomorrow", Oxford was hit by serious flash flooding from about 2.00pm this afternoon. The Woodstock Road was literally turned into a river as buses, cars, bicycles and pedestrians attempted to make their way along it. This all follows a heatwave that has been very reminiscent of that in the extreme year of 2003. None of this "proves" that global warming is happening, and that it is human induced, but it is what we would expect to see if this were the case. Very sadly, the deluge caused further damage to the roof of St. Clement's, Oxford. The congregation had only recently been able to move back into the church after repairs to last year's damage. Pray for St. Clement's at this time. On the same day the Guardian published an article by David Adams: </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,,1826470,00.html?gusrc=rss" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/"><U>Drought, gales and refugees: what will happen as UK hots up</U></A><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,,1826470,00.html?gusrc=rss" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/"><U> </U></A></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >. But as the article points out the UK will be less affected than many areas of the world.</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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. </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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/http://www.sageoxford.org.uk/celebration.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Celebration"><U>Celebration</U></A></FONT>.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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/20070107053824/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 ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div> <bR> <div> <B>NEWS ARCHIVE</B></div> <div> The <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sage </B></FONT>web site has been archived by the British Library's <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/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>, and you can see it at <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.webarchive.org.uk/tep/12233.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/tep/12233.h"><U><B>Sage archive</B></U></A></FONT>! This is particularly useful for looking back at our old News items (back to 1st July 2004). So far they have archived the News page five times, and each time you can look at the whole previous year. Have a look at:</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.webarchive.org.uk/pan/12233/20050705/www.sageoxford.org.uk/news.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/pan/12233/2"><U>04 July 2005</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.webarchive.org.uk/pan/12233/20060107/www.sageoxford.org.uk/news.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/pan/12233/2"><U>07 January 2006</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.webarchive.org.uk/pan/12233/20060407/www.sageoxford.org.uk/news.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/pan/12233/2"><U>06 April 2006</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.webarchive.org.uk/pan/12233/20060707/www.sageoxford.org.uk/news.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/pan/12233/2"><U>06 July 2006</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20070107053824/http://www.webarchive.org.uk/pan/12233/20061007/www.sageoxford.org.uk/news.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/pan/12233/2"><U>06 October 2006</U></A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>