End of the Age of Thorns: Surviving consumerism - CEL conference London 5th March

Christian Ecology Link Conference on Saturday 5 March at 11am St John’s Church, Waterloo Road, London
More information below and at www.christian-ecology.org.uk/thorns

Come and explore spiritual roots for a new economics, for our own humanity and all life on Earth. Engage with Peter Owen Jones on a new relationship with money and how we can challenge the consumerist age we live in. Take part in a workshop on green economics led by Tim Cooper.

Workshops on green economics, shopping as if the planet mattered and greening the church in daily life.
Cost: Non-CEL members £20 (deadline end of January for ‘early bird’ price of £15).CEL members £15.Bargain tickets of £5 for the first 20 students, under the age of 25, who apply.

Booking forms: phone 0845 459 8460 or download from www.christian-ecology.org.uk/thorns-booking.pdf or email bookings@christian-ecology.org.uk

Peter Owen Jones is a long-time supporter of CEL and a popular speaker. You will probably have seen at least one of his fascinating BBC series: ‘How to live a simple life’, ‘Around the World in 80 Faiths’, and ‘Extreme Pilgrim’. He is a Church of England vicar in a parish near Lewes in East Sussex; writer of several books including Letters from an Extreme Pilgrim (2010) and Psalm: The World’s Finest Soul Poetry in a Contemporary Idiom (2009); and founder of the Arbory Trust, the first Christian woodland burial site.

Tim Cooper is Professor of Sustainable Design and Consumption at Nottingham Trent University, a founder member of CEL and former CEL Chair. He is author of Longer lasting products; alternative to the throwaway society (2010) and Green Christianity (1990).