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SAFCEI congratulates fellow anti-nuke campaigners – the International Campaign Against Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) – for securing the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize
The Southern African Faith Communities’ Environment Institute (SAFCEI) congratulates the Nobel Peace Prize Committee for awarding the 2017 prize to th...
Anti Nuclear Energy Book Launch – 11 October, Cape Town
If you’ve been wondering why anti-nuke activists continue to fight against government’s plans for a massive and costly new nuclear energy programme o...
Interfaith statement on climate change - Agadir, Morocco 2017
We, faith-based leaders, networks and organisations representing faith and spiritual communities-- Muslim, Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Bah'ai, Brahma...
SAFCEI Annual Report 2016
Our Annual Report for 2016 gives you a view into our work: caring for the sacred community of life! Read about our Programmes & Activities inclu...
Take action: Speak out against uranium mining in the Karoo before 7 September
The issue of the proposed uranium mining in the Karoo presents an occasion where we should be guided by our faith traditions. As custodians of God’s g...
Wild Coast mining moratorium welcome, but questions remain
18 June 2017 Sustaining the Wild Coast (SWC) notes with interest the announcement of an 18-month moratorium on the Wild Coast mining. This notice gaze...
Church leaders express regret over U.S. climate change decision
Church leaders have expressed their regret over the decision by US President Donald Trump to withdraw from the Paris Agreement on climate change. The...
SAFCEI Statement on U.S. pulling out of Paris Climate Change Agreement
SAFCEI’s Statement on the announcement that the US will pull out of the Paris Climate Change Agreement As many of you are aware President Trump has op...
World Environment Day: ‘Connecting people to nature’
"Connecting people to nature" – this year’s global theme for World Environment Day. It both reflects what is perhaps our most fundamental p...
SAFCEI seeks an Independent Evaluator
SAFCEI seeks an Independent Evaluator for its "Faith Communities & Leaders in Southern Africa Advocating for Ecological & Economic Justic...
Earth Keepers Must Rise
“We stand at a critical moment in Earth’s history, a time when humanity must choose its future”. – Earth Charter Lydia Mogano speaking to young E...
A call to action on Water
The Theewaterskloof Dam near Cape Town. Picture: Aletta Harrison/EWN As we enter the month of June, our biggest prayer is for rain. The Western Cape...