Glenise Morgan sent ECI this latest news:
The Corrymeela Climate Justice Group continues to meet by Zoom but happily the Ballycastle centre is slowly and carefully opening up to groups. With precautions in place, the gardening group is working hard on care and planting of the flower beds, aware of how much solace and pleasure we have derived from our green spaces during the pandemic. Planting for the new season has also begun in the polytunnel in preparation for supplying salad, vegetables and fruit to the kitchen.
Several of us recorded words and music for our own small Climate Sunday service at the Croi in the Ballycastle centre in May. This included the Prayer for our Earth from the Laudati Si Pope Francis Encyclical, thoughts from Per Espen Stokes, a Swede who has spoken about how to make the message of the climate crisis more accessible, eg, encouraging us to reimagine climate as living air, a Buddhist prayer and a call to sign the national Climate Coalition Declaration ‘The Time is Now’. We have also encouraged some local churches to hold their own Climate Sunday service.