Lifestyle - Advocacy

Ekklesia is not just a think-tank, but also a 'do-tank.' Here you can find a range of ideas on how to make your lifestyle greener, shop ethically, live more simply or take action on a range of justice and environmental issues.
  • 9 Feb
    2009

    UNICEF UK have launched a campaign to bring climate change, and the need for more investment in renewable sources of energy, to the attention of MPs and the Prime Minister.

  • 22 Jan
    2009

    The British Red Cross has launched the ‘Pass the parcel’ campaign to promote an innovative new virtual giving website, which is based on the parcels of essential supplies the Red Cross has delivered to people in need since World War Two.

  • 8 Jan
    2009

    The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has embarked on one of the largest vaccination campaigns in the history of the Central African Republic (CAR), aiming to give 800,000 children the tools they need to address the three leading causes of preventable death: malaria, measles and diarrhoea.

  • 7 Jan
    2009
    Autism Sunday

    Autism Sunday, the International Day of Prayer for Autism and Asperger's Syndrome falls on Sunday 8th February this year.

    Cathedrals, Churches and religious organisations across the world have been urged to pray for over 60 million people with autism and Asperger's Syndrome.

  • 16 Dec
    2008
    watch dolphins in scotland

    It’s no common knowledge but there are hundreds of dolphins in the Ganges river in India.

    Sadly, despite being the world’s first species to enjoy protection—more than 2,000 years ago, during the reign of Emperor Ashoka— its population has steadily shrunk to 2,000 from around 6,000 in the early 1990s.

  • 16 Dec
    2008
    watch dolphins in scotland

    A police officer who investigated the harassment of a dolphin living off the Kent coast has been given a wildlife award by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).

    The WWF runs programmes which enable people to adopt and sponsor dolphins, as well as working in other ways for dolphin protection.

  • 16 Dec
    2008
    Adopting an elephant can help ensure the survival of elephants in Asia

    A border guard in Myanmar takes bribes to smuggle elephants into Thailand so he can travel to World Cup soccer matches, according to an undercover investigation by TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network of World Wildlife Fund (WWF). The report found that so many live elephants have been smuggled to support "elephant trekking" tourism in Thailand that some parts of the Myanmar appear to have lost their elephant populations, making it more important than ever that people adopt or sponsor elephants to protect their future.

  • 25 Nov
    2008

    It is a sad fact that humans are likely to cause the extinction of a quarter of all known species in the next 20 years, unless we work to protect them now.

  • 25 Nov
    2008
    Christmas Card from the Amos Trust

    There may not be much fun and yuletide merriment this Christmas, as Father Christmas may not make it over the Separation Wall. A new Christmas Card produced by the charity the Amos Trust, features Father Christmas walking along the barrier.

  • 24 Nov
    2008

    A selection of resources for World AIDS Day

  • 7 Nov
    2008

    There has never been a more important time to sponsor a child in Zimbabwe. Sponsor a child with World Vision here.

  • 3 Nov
    2008

    Help Christian Aid respond to the humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) which has forced thousands of people from their homes.

  • 9 Jul
    2008
    Subscribe to the New Internationalist magazine

    If you care about ethical issues around the world, then why not get a subscription to the New Internationalist magazine?

  • 9 Jul
    2008
    Subscribe to Charity Times magazine

    Charity Times is the leading business and management magazine for UK non-profit professionals. Get a subscription to Charity Times and every 2 months you will get a wide range of in-depth, independently-written features and news analysis.

  • 9 Jul
    2008
    Subscribe to campaign magazine

    Published weekly since 1968, Campaign is the UK's leading magazine for the advertising, marketing and media sectors. It has an unrivalled record for bringing you the breaking campaigns, news, jobs, gossip and creative work each week. Campaign magazine is what you need if you are involved in public relations.

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