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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...

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...

Bishop Geoff Davies or more affectionately known as the Green Bishop is the founder and patron of the Southern African Faith Communities’ Environment...

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The South African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) Justice and Peace Commission, SACBC Parliamentary Liaison Office, and the Jesuit Institute have...

Presentation by Mrs. Rebecca Tendayi Gurupira shared at the Agriculture Summit in Johannesburg. Click to here to view the presentation. We invite ou...

Act Alliance "act now for climate justice" at the 24th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Chan...

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA: Wednesday 21 November 2018: Delegates participate in the Southern African Faith Communities' Environment Institute (SAFCEI)...

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WESTERN CAPE MEMBERSHIP 22 October 2018 Sir / Madam You may well have read the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) repor...

The Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa (UPCSA) hosted their Month of Mission in October. See Reverend Glynis Goyns' devotion below: God'...

View the Zimbabwe East Annual Conference (ZEAC) Ministry with Women, Children and Youth Eco Congregation report here. Miss Caroline Nyorowai Mutsago...

As part of Women’s Day celebrations, SAFCEI held its first Multi-Faith Women’s Assembly on 24 August at the Muizenberg Civic Centre. The event was att...

On 8 September a Climate Rise Mini-Summit was jointly hosted by SAFCEI, 350.org, and WESSA. A diverse group of 170 stakeholders including environmenta...

We the undersigned attended the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs Colloquium on Captive Lion Breeding for Hunting on 21 and 2...

Currently, in Africa more than 200 million people are undernourished and approximately 33 million children go to sleep malnourished and hungry every n...

Watch the video below and learn why an increasing number of food companies and consumers are switching to cage-free eggs. Wimpy SA MUGG & BEAN SA...

Christmas is a deeply meaningful season of the Christian year. Commercial interests have increasingly turned it into a secular frenzy of unconscious...

A new year is around the corner, and it brings the chance to re-connect more deeply and consciously with our intentions to live with compassion, love...

"Connecting people to nature" – this year’s global theme for World Environment Day. It both reflects what is perhaps our most fundamental p...

The Theewaterskloof Dam near Cape Town. Picture: Aletta Harrison/EWN As we enter the month of June, our biggest prayer is for rain. The Western Cape...

The South African Council of Churches (SACC) has spoken out strongly against corruption in South Africa's government. This follows from a report that...

Dear friends, The Southern African Faith Community Environment Institute (SAFCEI) believes that people of faith have a moral imperative to speak again...

What comes next? Post the Secret Nuclear Deal court case, many people have asked what will happen now that the court case has been successful. It is a...

What is water justice? – Sharing! Where is water justice? – In your hearts! A conference – but no ordinary one About water – but with the focus on wa...

Easter is an affirmation of Life. That is why it is a time of rejoicing. It had seemed that the forces of darkness, corruption, greed, self-serving p...

Quakers of Southern Africa (Religious Society of Friends) 31 March 2017 President Zuma, We, the Quakers of Southern Africa (Religious Society of Frien...

“I don’t really know why I care so much. I just have something inside me that tells me there is a problem, and I have got to do something about it. I...

By Frank Molteno “Remember that water is sacred.” – Archbishop Thabo Makgoba Picture courtesy of Glynis Goyns We are water. In substantial measure we...

The month of February is associated with love with Valentine’s Day on the 14th. Usually this is love for one another, but we would like to use this op...

Picture by Orihara San Each New Year brings the opportunity to start with fresh intentions or to renew our commitments to living with compassion, lov...

Inspire yourself with a 2017 calendar with images from the talented photographer, Andy Nix! Andy has created all SAFCEI's calendars in the past and on...

By Juanita Greyvenstein Advent wreath. Picture: Thomas Hackl Advent, observed by Christian Earth Keepers, is nearly upon us. While the year is racing...

By Frank Molteno, OWL Pigs are highly intelligent, sensitive, social and fun-loving animals. Picture: courtesy of Green Monday A ‘call to action’ on...

By Liz McDaid Looking back as well as towards the future of FLEAT: case study of Sheik Qassim and Andrew Gwambe Sheik Qassim Andrew Gwambe...

The South African Food Sovereignty Campaign is hosting an exciting festival in Johannesburg this coming weekend. The festival serves as a platform t...

Shared by Rev Canon Blessing Shambare The Anglican Church worldwide has adopted the five marks of mission in their holistic mission drive. The fifth m...

SAFCEI’s Faith Leader Environmental Advocacy Training (FLEAT), which began in 2014, is reaching the conclusion of its first cycle and moving into the...

By Frank Molteno, OWL The burgeoning demands of human society is drowning out the voices of our fellow creatures as they cry for mercy in the face of...

The rights of mother earth and our obligations to the earth community By Kate Davies Fragile Earth. Painting by the Sudanese artist Dr Taha Hassaball...

By Bishop Geoff Davies, the Green Bishop I am thrilled that we are marking a Season of Creation and that Pope Francis has supported it so strongly. Ca...

By Juanita Greyvenstein We kicked off our Spiritually Empowered Earth Keepers workshop in Cape Town on 4 – 5 August. A lively, enthusiastic and divers...

FLEAT is meeting in Kenya this week and marked World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation by speaking on Radio Amani on the importance of Earth Keep...

3 August 2016 Press release: Commemoration of nuclear legacy “Mr Molefe’s latest pronouncements that Eskom supports nuclear can only be viewed with de...

Application available at: http://safcei.org/product/seek-application-form/ SAFCEI is offering a new series of workshops to eco-congregation members,...

SAFCEI warmly invites all Earth Keepers to join us at our 2016 AGM and a talk on uranium mining in the Karoo by Dr Stefan Cramer. Date: 12th July Ti...

Pope Francis. Picture: Shutterstock Laudato Si’s message is still ringing out strong and clear, and is being acted on in diverse parts of this world....

Because all creatures are connected, each must be cherished with love and respect, for all of us as living creatures are dependent on one another. (La...

The Western Cape Religious Leaders Forum (WCRLF) is calling on religious leaders of all faiths to make a stand this World environment Day Sunday 5th J...

Another important day is coming up for our beautiful Earth this month: World Environment Day on Sunday 5th June. This year’s theme is our wildlife, wh...

Connecting to the Creator through the our sacred Earth. Picture: Justin Norman Oh you who believe! Fasting is prescribed to you as it was prescribed...

In his recent Encyclical, Pope Francis has opened a dialogue on how to take care of our Common Home. He has clearly opened this dialogue to all people...

By Lydia Mogano Today, 22 April 2016, world leaders and dignitaries from all over the will attended a high-level ceremony at the United Nations to off...

Bishop Davies receives his award from the Archbishop of Canterbury. The Archbishop of Canterbury has given an award to a South African Bishop for enc...

Picture: Fort Myers There is much to get despondent about when it comes to the environmental issues we are facing, but humanity is also waking up to...

World Water Day Imam Dr. A. Rashied Omar Delivered at Islamic Center of Michiana - South Bend, Indiana, USA on 21 March 2014 Tomorrow, Saturday 22 M...

Photo credit: Glynis Goyns Easter, for our Christian Earth Keepers, follows on the heels of World Water Day this year, which takes place on the 22nd...

In February we wrote about Earth Keeper Day, a day of love for the Earth. We invited everyone to join us on the weekend of the 12 -14 in cherishing Cr...

Photo credit: nate2b (Flickr) When last did you gaze up at the night skies and marvel at the beauty of the stars, planets and moon? This March, on Sa...

After the fire at Silvermine. Photo: Andy Nix Nature and Humanity. Together we form the sacred web of life, yet we often see ourselves as two quite s...

This February we at SAFCEI will be celebrating the annual Earth Keeper Day and invite all faith communities to join us. This is a response to the incr...

In the Christian tradition, Lent is the time before Easter in which Christians focus on simple living, prayer, and fasting in order to grow closer to...

By Louisa Feiter Photo: Glynis Goyns The silky smoothness of water gliding over limbs; the prickliness of sun-dried grass underfoot; the cool caress...

Christian Faith communities will be celebrating Advent soon and we invite you to celebrate this season in an ecological spirit. We are creating an adv...

By Valerie Payn ‘The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed. And out of the ground the Lord God made...

Bonus Ndlovu joined the SAFCEI team in March this year. He relocated from Cape Town to Pretoria so that he could take on the role of the Eco-congregat...

From the World Council of Churches 01 September 2015 As part of the observation of the Time for Creation, Bartholomew I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Const...

The Season of Creation is upon us! Starting on the 1st September and ending with the St Francis Feast Day on the 4th October, it coincides symbolicall...

The Power of Prayer, a sculpture commissioned by the Georgian Orthodox Church in 1985, symbolizes God’s love and care for the whole creation. Ecumeni...

Over 70 youths are currently gathered at the Rabbuni Centre of the Catholic Diocese of Klerksdorp in the North West. The purpose of the gathering is...

Human wants are well articulated, marketed and even expanded to a position of status. Most are ultimately provided by Nature: the landscapes whose sca...

“There is no such thing as safe nuclear power!” Imam Dr. A. Rashied Omar of the Claremont Main Road Mosque cautioned the congregation who had come to...

Among the many friends that Stefan and Erika Cramer have made during their anti-fracking work in the Karoo are two faith leaders from very different b...

Earth Keeper newsletter wishes our Muslim brothers and sisters a blessed holy month of Ramadan. The start of Ramadan is expected around the 18th June...

Earth Statement Logo for reducing CO2 levels Leading scientists & economists have defined eight essential elements that world leaders need act on...

The Southern African Faith Communities Environmental Institute (SAFCEI) invites you to join us in Durban for our AGM on 3rd June. Find out about SAFC...

A new season in the Christian Liturgical Calendar will begin at the end of May. For many South Africans the first chills of winter are synonymous wit...

Daar is ‘n paar ooreenkomste tussen my en ds. Sydney Saayman. ‘n Aantal jare gelede het Sydney Saayman met sy hond langs Kuilsriver gestap. Hy het ges...

In the words of FLEAT graduate Sean Ukomba: “God gave us one earth. Imagine what will happen if every believer could be a steward” SAFCEI’s Faith Le...

Have you noticed how busy March and April are on the faith calendars of the world? It is no co-incidence that the northern hemisphere faith tradition...

The Green Anglicans invitation to join them for a reflective walk with others and with Jesus brought a group of 30 people from different denominations...

The Renewable Energy Festival 2015 – a date with the future that promises to be simply awesome! Renewables are not about unplugging old technology an...

When Mc Carthy Jailos Samalani of the Islamic Organisation for Health and Development (ISOHEDE) based in Malawi participated in SAFCEI’s Environment A...

Want to know what SAFCEI is about? Watch this short animation. We want to work with individuals and faith communities, to support each other in our jo...

The prosperity of all South Africans is based on a democratic system true to the principles of listening to and meeting the real needs of the citizens...

2014 was the hottest year on record. Not afraid of political heat, Pope Francis, dubbed the `superman pope’, is making urgent action for Climate Chan...

From around the world, conservationists, naturalists and all walks of people committed to the wilderness came to honour the life and legacy of Dr Ian...

As an introvert Frank Molteno had reservations about talking about his journey to veganism. He is a seasoned Earth Keeper whose gentle, contemplative...

When last did you truly experience Nature, God's original scriptures? SAFCEI is inviting you to celebrate Earth Keeper Day on the weekend of 14th &am...

Juanita smiles as she relates how excited she was when she saw an advert for a position at SAFCEI. She had no idea that a multi-faith organisation li...