The Seventh World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ministerial Conference took place in Geneva on 30 November - 2 December 2009. The WTO Ministerial meetings have been slated for their failed negotiating rounds, the first being the collapse of the WTO talks in Seattle, followed by Cancun and the Hong Kong Ministerial meetings. … By Michelle Pressend, Trade Strategy Group, hosted by EJN.
Bishop Geoff Davies, Executive Director of the Southern African Faith Communities’ Environment Institute (SAFCEI), contends that Climate Change and Eco-justice should be mission priorities of the Church.
Recently the radio programme Kruis en Dwars tackled a controversial issue: the role of the Church in political and public life.
The book of Genesis tells us that God created the earth, animals, plants and human beings. He said human beings will depend on the plants and animals as sources of food, and then entrusted humananity with the responsibility of managing natural resources He created.