People of faith
caring for living earth
Faith leaders
and green champions in action
Who we are
SAFCEI (Southern African Faith Communities’ Environment Institute) is a multi-faith organisation committed to supporting faith leaders and their communities in Southern Africa to increase awareness, understanding and action on eco-justice, sustainable living and climate change.
What We Do
Care for the Earth by Faith Communities
Promoting understanding of the connection between faith and living Earth, and inspiring people of faith to effect change and just development within their own communities.
Energy Justice
Working for South Africans to have accessible, affordable and sustainable energy, and for faith leaders and communities from other countries to learn from South Africa’s experience.
Food & Climate Justice
Promoting a rights of nature approach to food sovereignty and climate change, opposing factory farming, industrial agriculture and GMOs.
Faith Leader Environmental Advocacy Training
Facilitating faith leaders environmental advocacy training (FLEAT) in southern Africa, and providing learning resources to conduct local eco-projects, including eco-actions in congregations.
Nando’s commits to using 100% cage-free eggs worldwide
A HUGE win for hens! Nando's has made a global commitment to go cage-free In a major victory for hens, the South African multinational restaurant chain will no longer sell eggs from caged hens in all markets...
Season of Creation 2022: Join our #Faiths4SustainableFarming campaign
Join Christians around the world in celebrating the Season of Creation from 1 September through 4 October. The Season of Creation, which runs from 1 September through to St Francis day on 4 October,...
Faith communities’ vigil calls for an #energyplan4all, as crises continue
MEDIA RELEASE JULY 2022 FAITH COMMUNITIES’ VIGIL CALLS FOR AN #ENERGYPLAN4ALL, AS CRISES CONTINUE On the morning of 20 July, in time to rise with the winter sun, the Southern African Faith...
Regional Interfaith Dialogue: What does your faith say about the commoditisation of food?
SAFCEI’s Regional Interfaith Dialogue on 17 October was an exciting, collaborative grappling with aspects of food security that relate to practical ways in which humans express the teachings of their faiths. We asked: What does your faith say about the commoditisation of food? The question stemmed from two UN special days: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty and International Food...
World Egg Day
Today is World Egg Day, and to commemorate this day, in our fight against battery cages in egg production, we would like to highlight some of the good associated with cage- free eggs. In most cases where poultry farming is concerned, conditions are normally poor which compels producers to heavily rely on antibiotics to ward off diseases, whereas in cage free environments hens are less prone to...
The Green Bishop of Zambia emphasises the importance of environmental clubs as he lays the foundation stone at St Luke’s Secondary school
Bishop William Mchombo of the Anglican Diocese of Eastern Zambia and member of our Zambia Faith Leader Environmental Advocacy Training (FLEAT) group planted trees and made an inspiring speech as he laid the foundation commencing the construction of the school library at St Luke’s Secondary School in Zambia on Tuesday 4 October 2022. The “Green Bishop of Zambia '' as he is...
March for System Change – 24 September 2022
Over the years, the climate crisis has become a climate emergency that demands action from all of us. Due to climate change, we have been facing life-threatening events such as extreme weather conditions due...
Agroecology in Southern Africa: The foundation for sustainable food production – 9 September 2022
Would you like to learn more about the benefits of agroecological farming and how you can set up your own practice? If you are new to this concept or already practising agroecology and would like to...
#EnergyPlan4All monthly vigils
We have restarted hosting monthly vigils outside parliament. Affordability, safety and access to clean energy are major concerns to all South Africans right now. To join us, please email: intern@safcei.org.za...
