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GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD

Martin Hodson — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 20:59:47 +0000

Why farming matters: what is at stake

Food production: This is the most obvious concern. It is not just a matter of total global food production, though this is obviously important. It is also about where food is produced, what kind of food is produced and who controls it – as well as who can [...]

Climate Change and Early Agriculture

Martin Hodson — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 02:39:39 +0000

Climate-Change Study Cites Role of Ancient Farming

This is an interesting article by David A. Fahrenthold in the Washington Post (Monday, September 28, 2009) looking at the work of William Ruddiman, whose “early anthropocene” idea puts human induced climate change back thousands of years. Note- this does NOT mean that emissions today are unimportant- “Ruddiman [...]

GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE : AGRICULTURAL IMPLICATIONS & THEOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS

Martin Hodson — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 08:26:03 +0000

A new paper by John Wibberley in Rural Theology 6(2), 75-89, Issue 71, 2008.

ABSTRACT- The case for global climate change is made, with reference to current warming trends and consequent increases in the severity and unpredictability of the weather. Consensus is considerable that substantial contribution is made to it by human activity. Agriculture, including [...]

ATP publications from the early 2000s

admin — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 16:26:51 +0000

During the update of this web site, five articles from the previous incarnation of ATP, originating from the early 2000s, were uncovered, and we thought it worthwhile republishing them on-line: Towards a Christian Response to Alternative Farming. (by Dr. Peter Carruthers) http://www.agriculture-theology.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/ChristianResponsetoAlternativeFarming.pdf Agriculture and the world trade organisation. A briefing and conference held in Geneva [...]

Hope for Planet Earth DVD

Martin Hodson — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 21:37:37 +0000

Dear All, As many of you will know, Hope for Planet Earth, the Christian climate change tour toured the UK, taking in a total of 35 venues in 2008 and 2009. The organisations behind the tour, The John Ray Initiative, Tearfund, A Rocha UK and SJI have now produced two DVD resource packs based on [...]

Eschatology

Martin Hodson — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:34:27 +0000

Eschatology Fri, 09/26/2008 – 12:26 ‚Äî Martin Revealing Revelation: A Biblical ‚ÄòGreen-print‚Äô For Our Ecological Future by Oxford Brookes student, Lizzie Rushton, is an interesting article basically comparing the eschatological views of some North American fundamentalists, Margot Hodson, Dave Bookless and Tom Wright. Good read! See: http://vulpeslibris.wordpress.com/2008/09/11/revealing-revelation-a-bibl… Best Wishes, Martin

Revealing Revelation: A Biblical ‘Green-print’ [...]