KAIROS Climate Change Campaign
RE-ENERGIZE: TIME FOR A CARBON SABBATH
Climate change is just one expression of how our addiction to oil is killing people and the planet. Our dependence on fossil fuels also deepens human rights abuses, creates conflict, and causes economic inequality. It doesn't have to be this way. There are alternatives. We can build a just and sustainable energy policy, beginning with our own lives.
KAIROS has launched Re-Energize: Time For A Carbon Sabbath, a three-year period for education, awareness-raising and action for political change around our use of fossil fuels (oil, gas, and coal). All materials are available on the Re-energize website.
Campaign Resources
Here are direct links to some of the resources that are available:
RE-ENERGIZE YOURSELF
Fact Sheets Use Fast Facts on Fossil Fuels and Fossil Fuel Case Studies to educate yourself.
Footprint Exercises Figure out how dependent you are on fossil fuels. Calculate Your Carbon Footprint. Take a note of your footprint and plan to reduce it over the next 3 years.
RE-ENERGIZE YOUR COMMUNITY
Workshop Resource Introduce your community to the Re-energize Campaign and take action together with a half-day workshop.
Bible Study Use the Carbon Sabbath Bible Study and Plan for Action
100 Mile Picnic Host a 100 mile Church Picnic where all food is sourced locally
Power Down As a group, commit to a Power Down Day -- going without using fossil fuels or fossil fuel powered electricity for one 12 hour day.
RE-ENERGIZE THE WORLD
On-line petition Support the Campaign Action Sheet On-line petition to ensure the Canadian government will fulfill responsibilities, take leadership and be accountable for the fossil fuel industry at home and around the world. PDF version of petition.
Through membership in KAIROS PWRDF joins with churches and Christian organizations in Canada to deliberate on issues of common concern, advocate for social change and join with people of faith and goodwill in action for social transformation. Visit the KAIROS website for resources and opportunties for involvement.
Why is the church going green?
When so many people suffer from lack of access to the necessities of life as water, food, shelter, and human safety, why are the churches engaged in campaigns that we usually associate with environmental organizations? We are involved in this campaign for ecological justice because it is about taking responsibility for the damage we cause to the oikumene -- the whole inhabited earth. It is about saving polar bears from melting ice caps, and South Pacific Island communities from devastating floods and storms. It is about protecting access to water to India and preventing desertification and crop failure in Africa. It is about halting human rights abuses and conflict in oil extraction zones in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East.
Get Involved
Campaign resources are available (as of October 2007) on the KAIROS website. Visit the campaign resource site at www.re-energize.org.
For more information
Contact the KAIROS Campaigns Coordinator
Sara Stratton
1-877-403-8933 x 241
or 416-463-5312 x241
