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Articles with the tag: community-garden

Author: Miriam Pepper Posted: 06-Jul-2011 ( 214 days ago )

In this photo story, Miriam Pepper gives a flavour of the diversity of 14 community gardens in NSW and the ACT that were visited in a series of tours organised by the Uniting Earthweb Group. The gardens are either at churches or set up by Christians. more

Author: Miriam Pepper Posted: 06-Jul-2011 ( 214 days ago )

Photographs and stories of four community gardens at churches in inner Sydney. more

Author: Miriam Pepper Posted: 06-Jul-2011 ( 214 days ago )

Photographs and stories of four community gardens at churches in Canberra, the Monaro and the south coast. more

Author: Miriam Pepper Posted: 06-Jul-2011 ( 214 days ago )

Photographs and stories of four community gardens at churches or set up by Christians in south-west Sydney. more

Author: Rob Buchan Posted: 01-Jun-2011 ( 249 days ago )

Rev. Rob Buchan's Speech to mark the official opening of the "Feed My People" community garden at Moree Uniting Church. more

Author: Rob Buchan Posted: 01-Jun-2011 ( 249 days ago )

"Feed My People" community garden at Moree Uniting Church celebrates its opening. more

Author: anonymous Posted: 13-Nov-2010 ( 449 days ago )

This google group is for Christians and churches in Australia who are interested/involved in community food initiatives... more

Author: Ross Neville and Miriam Pepper Posted: 11-Nov-2010 ( 451 days ago )

Ross Neville from the Board of Mission and Miriam Pepper from South Sydney Uniting Church explore the global challenge of world hunger, developments in sustainable farming, and the importance of small farmers and consumers for driving change. The church, they argue, has an important role to play. A version of this article first appeared in Insights, November 2010. www.insights.uca.org.au. more

Author: Miriam Pepper and Neville Naden Posted: 09-Nov-2010 ( 453 days ago )

The Uniting Church Community Garden in Broken Hill is a collaboration between the Far West Indigenous Church, the Bush Church Aid Society, and Robinson College. The garden aims to provide activities to alleviate boredom, and offers horticulture training for young people. more

Author: Miriam Pepper Posted: 09-Nov-2010 ( 453 days ago )

A resource for churches interested in community food initiatives such as community gardens, food buying groups, community supported agriculture and more. more

Author: Miriam Pepper, Brian Gutherson and Brian Sowerby Posted: 09-Nov-2010 ( 453 days ago )

Miranda Community Garden is a new project of Gymea-Miranda Uniting Church. This garden, which makes use of otherwise vacant land, has great potential for building relationships in the community, including across cultures, by growing food together, and sharing meals and recipes. more

Author: Miriam Pepper, Kim Baird and Andrew Oates Posted: 09-Nov-2010 ( 453 days ago )

St Luke’s Uniting Church Belmont, in the Hunter Presbytery, has started a new community garden, which is open to all. Through the garden, the church wants to connect with the local community and to do something to practical to care for the Earth. more

Author: Miriam Pepper and Sheyne Ladmore Posted: 09-Nov-2010 ( 453 days ago )

PermaPatch Community Garden - a place to share, learn, grow things, play and enjoy living sustainably - is hosted by Chatswood South Uniting Church. more

Author: Miriam Pepper and Robert Buchan Posted: 09-Nov-2010 ( 453 days ago )

The “Feed My People” community vegetable garden is a project of the Moree Uniting Church. The garden aims to provide a safe meeting place in Moree to produce food and build community. The local nursing home and TAFE are some of the groups involved in the garden. more

Author: Miriam Pepper and Ray Browne Posted: 09-Nov-2010 ( 453 days ago )

Back in 2008, St Andrew's Uniting Church in Cooma was approached by members of the community to host a garden project. The Cooma Community Garden has resulted in multiple benefits for all concerned. more

Author: Miriam Pepper and Peter Crimmins Posted: 09-Nov-2010 ( 453 days ago )

The O'Connor Community Garden is hosted by O'Connor Uniting Church on what was previously two tennis courts. The garden is run by Canberra Organic Growers Society. more

Author: Ross Neville Posted: 29-Oct-2010 ( 464 days ago )

Ross Neville, the Evangelism, Mission and New Congregations Consultant with the Board of Mission, attended Greenbelt in August 2010, a Christian festival held at Cheltenham Racecourse in the UK. He reports on some environmental learnings from the festival. more

Author: Jason John Posted: 16-Oct-2010 ( 477 days ago )

Rev Dr Jason John, from Bellingen Uniting Church and the Mid North Coast Presbytery's Ecofaith project, reports on the "Faith. On Earth" event held in Bellingen in September 2010. more

Author: Noel Haberecht Posted: 15-Oct-2010 ( 478 days ago )

Noel Haberecht, Project Green Church Co-ordinator at O'Connor Uniting Church, writes about the church's five year journey on a new environmental ministry, most recently the celebration, dedication and commissioning of a 6.5m x 8m solar cross. more

Author: Tom Toogood and Miriam Pepper Posted: 11-Jan-2010 ( 755 days ago )

Permaculture Hunter and Adamstown Uniting Church's “Sustaining Our Suburbs” initiative has established five community gardens in the Hunger area and reached hundreds more people promoting a message and building skills in edible gardening. more

Author: Andrew Collis Posted: 29-Nov-2008 ( 1163 days ago )

“It is a radical act to garden …”Brendan Wong"It is a radical act to garden … We are... more

Author: anonymous Posted: 03-Nov-2008 ( 1189 days ago )

An important component of earthing the life of your church is about your mission in your community.  Why not... more

Author: St George's Eden Posted: 29-Oct-2008 ( 1194 days ago )

St George's Uniting Church Eden has embarked on a 10 year mission initiative called the Garden of Eden Community Project. The church is working with the local community to develop the church grounds into a community food and cultural garden for the participation, benefit and enjoyment of all. more