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My nephew has just won the Year 5 speech contest at school for a stirring speech on the harm of factory farming pigs. His younger brother wrote his own speech which he delivered to the family after dinner, demanding action be taken to clean up our beaches and urging us to pick up five pieces of plastic each time we go the beach. They are not alone. In recent times we have seen children and young people take to the streets to demand action on climate change. A growing number of children and young people are voicing their opinions about the need to care for our world. If our children are talking about the harmful effects of humanity on the environment, if they are delivering speeches about it, if they are marching down the streets about it, if they are helping adults to change their buying habits, then it’s important that we are helping them to connect their faith with these conversations.
“What does God have to say about the factory farming of pigs or the plastic on our beaches? What does the Bible have to say about caring for the environment?” This edition of the WAY2GO mag is not about making a political statement about climate change. We don’t want to get into a debate about carbon emissions! Rather, we want to give you a couple of practical suggestions to help connect these conversations children are already having with faith and the Bible. How do we help children to think biblically about caring for their world?
___ Annette Osborne SUNZ Children and Families Consultant