Category: Caring for Creation
The Environmental Injustice of Fast Fashion – Revelation 21
Fashion integrates the people of this planet to an extent that few other industries achieve; clothing is an essential good, seen on the backs of a city-worker in London and a rural villager in Accra 4600 miles south. Goods such as internet-access and mobile-phones still possess cavernous vacuums across the developing world, explaining their 53%… Read More The Environmental Injustice of Fast Fashion – Revelation 21
What we eat
I get a lot of people asking why I would choose to limit what I could eat by eating no animal products, especially because I am gluten intolerant, which already cuts out a lot of comfort food and restaurant options. I think this question shows something fundamental about the way in which we view food,… Read More What we eat
Reflections on Creation, History and Our Response
This term in Just Love, we’ve been exploring what it means to genuinely serve Jesus in our lives here and now. As lent begins, Miriam Tomusk shares her thoughts on serving Jesus in the light of history and the importance of caring for our planet. ‘Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on Earth… Read More Reflections on Creation, History and Our Response
Creation is Not Separate From Us – Why Should we Care About Creation?
I would say that I’m pretty environmentally friendly. I buy Fairtrade chocolate, turn the heating down in my room, and when I go home in the holidays, my family always complain I make them be a lot stricter about the recycling – which I sort of take as a compliment. But the event on Friday,… Read More Creation is Not Separate From Us – Why Should we Care About Creation?
Food for Thought: Being an Ethical Consumer Isn’t About Us
In Mark chapter 12 we read of Jesus sitting near the Temple and watching people putting their donations in the money box. Many rich people came along and gave large sums of money. We then read of a poor widow who comes along and puts in “two copper coins, which were not even worth a… Read More Food for Thought: Being an Ethical Consumer Isn’t About Us
Food for Thought: Paying our Rightful Dues
There has been a lot of focus during ‘Food for Thought’ on vegetarianism and veganism as lifestyle choices through which to reduce our impact on the environment. The meat and dairy industries are the main contributors to climate change and environmental destruction within the food and agriculture sector, but they are by no means alone.… Read More Food for Thought: Paying our Rightful Dues
Food For Thought: Why Christians should be Conscious Consumers
We are inescapably consumers. Whatever choices we make and whatever we do, we are continually consuming. This is an obvious fact, perhaps, but its not one we often think about. We consume food everyday but we do so passively and rarely think about where this vital nutrition comes from. When it comes to meat, the… Read More Food For Thought: Why Christians should be Conscious Consumers
More thoughts from Zero Waste Week
Since our last blog post, some more thoughts on zero waste week have come in: Nuala Marshall, 2nd Year at Somerville College Earlier this term I participated in Zero Waste Week, and was surprised by how much I learnt, and shocked by how much needs to change! Firstly, a disclaimer – I have to admit… Read More More thoughts from Zero Waste Week
Zero Waste Week 2016: One Month On
In 3rd week earlier this term, Just Love Oxford took on the challenge of spending 5 days thinking and praying about the problem of waste and the impact it is having on God’s beautiful creation in their Zero Waste Week. Over 100 students joined in through Facebook to find out more about what they could be doing in… Read More Zero Waste Week 2016: One Month On