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Regional Interfaith Dialogue: What does your faith say about the future of people and planet? - 14 February 2022
Join us on Earthkeeper Day, 14 February 2022 at 10 am (SAST), for an online Regional Interfaith Dialogue to celebrate our love for creation. Topic: Wh...
World Environment Day 2021: Regional Interfaith Dialogue
SAFCEI hosted an online Regional Interfaith Dialogue on “What does your faith say about restoring the Earth?” in honour of World Environment Day. Our...
Regional Interfaith Dialogue: What does your faith say about Green Funerals? - 22 April 2021
Calling Faith Leaders in Southern Africa! Join us on Earth Day, 22 April at 10 am (SAST) for a Regional Interfaith Dialogue. Topic: What does your fai...
World Giraffe Day - 21 June 2019
One of the world’s most iconic animals, the giraffe, has slipped silently onto the Endangered Species List. Whilst giraffes are commonly seen in game...
Faith Leader Environmental Advocacy - June 2019
Mombassa FLEAT members celebrate environmental days in June: Many FLEAT members have been involved in actions to celebrate World Environment Day, on...
Earth Day 2019: Protect Our Species
Happy Earth Day to our Earth Keepers! Two weeks ago we saw Cape Town Unite for Animals at the Global March for Elephants and Rhinos (and all wildlife)...
Faith and Indigenous Leaders celebrate Earth Keeper Day
"In the process of helping the earth to heal, we help ourselves. If we see the earth bleeding from the loss of topsoil, biodiversity, or drought...
JAEI Monthly Environmental Prayer Diary
Click here to view the monthly Johannesburg Anglican Eco-Spiritual Initiative (JAEI) Environmental Prayer Diary....
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...
Marking Earth Hour in Pretoria
By Lydia Mogano On the 25th of March 2017, everyone was encouraged to participate in the environmental awareness campaign, Earth Hour, to encourage th...
Water Justice Conference
Cathedrals and churches on four continents have come together to raise awareness and activism about water. As part of this initiative a conference on...
Significant dates of the year
Picture by Orihara San Each New Year brings the opportunity to start with fresh intentions or to renew our commitments to living with compassion, lov...
Compassion for all our fellow beings
By Frank Molteno, OWL The burgeoning demands of human society is drowning out the voices of our fellow creatures as they cry for mercy in the face of...
Arbour Week in Tshwane
With Arbour week taking place in the beginning of this month, Lydia Mogano, our Regional Co-ordinator, has been planting trees in Pretoria with variou...
A Season of Creation
By Bishop Geoff Davies, the Green Bishop I am thrilled that we are marking a Season of Creation and that Pope Francis has supported it so strongly. Ca...
A Faith-full response to World Environment Day
The Western Cape Religious Leaders Forum (WCRLF) is calling on religious leaders of all faiths to make a stand this World environment Day Sunday 5th J...
World Environment Day
Another important day is coming up for our beautiful Earth this month: World Environment Day on Sunday 5th June. This year’s theme is our wildlife, wh...
Marking World Wildlife Day in Mombasa Kenya
By Kelly Ngeti On 3rd March 2016, the world celebrated the existence of wild animals, putting emphasize on their rights to exist peacefully. The day’s...
Honouring Earth and Earth’s Community
Picture: Fort Myers There is much to get despondent about when it comes to the environmental issues we are facing, but humanity is also waking up to...
The Celebrations of Earth Keeper Day
In February we wrote about Earth Keeper Day, a day of love for the Earth. We invited everyone to join us on the weekend of the 12 -14 in cherishing Cr...
Leap Day for Leaping Legs
When last did you see or hear the chorus of frogs? Their presence in our surroundings are a good indication that there is a healthy eco-system in plac...
Celebrating love for Creation
By Louisa Feiter Photo: Glynis Goyns The silky smoothness of water gliding over limbs; the prickliness of sun-dried grass underfoot; the cool caress...
NEW - SAFCEI Calendar 2016!
The 2016 SAFCEI Calendar is now available. Order online here The calendar includes environmental and religious special days, moon cycles and South Afr...
Advent: A Time Between The Times
Christian Faith communities will be celebrating Advent soon and we invite you to celebrate this season in an ecological spirit. We are creating an adv...
Water, most precious resource
By: Louisa Feiter In the world of convenience in which we live today, it is easy to forget the importance and essentialness of water. We open our taps...
What does Nature want?
Human wants are well articulated, marketed and even expanded to a position of status. Most are ultimately provided by Nature: the landscapes whose sca...
I have a dream of an Africa
In celebration of Africa and in recognition of Africa Day on Monday, 25 May, we share LLM Mbatha’s poem I have a dream of an Africa with you_._ Throu...
Sustaining our Sacred Seas
The warm autumn weather on Freedom Day enticed many South Africans living at the coast to head down to their favourite sea side spot to celebrate 21 y...
Launching a day of love for creation
When last did you truly experience Nature, God's original scriptures? SAFCEI is inviting you to celebrate Earth Keeper Day on the weekend of 14th &am...
Does your life bless the Earth?
What does the start of 2015 bring to the growing number of people of faith who feel increasing dis-ease about the health of our planet? What does it...