Why I would miss the humble bumble bee

A lovely piece by the Revd Jennifer Brown, Director of Training for the College of Preachers; Tutor at Ripon College, Cuddesdon; Associate Fellow of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics; and editor of Animalwatch, the journal of the Anglican Society for the Welfare of Animals.

Why I would miss the humble bumble bee – 1

 

This piece is one of a series entitled ‘What I want to protect….’ in which people write about the things they want to protect from environmental degradation and climate change. We hope that these essays will be useful. Please feel free to share them with your friends, colleagues and congregations; we simply ask that you quote accurately and attribute them fully. 

Charles Scribner: Riverkeeper

This edition of our “Why I care about the environment” series is by Charles Scribner, an Anglican living in Birmingham (Alabama, not England).

Charles is a member of the Cathedral Church of the Advent, which he represents on the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama’s Task Force for the Stewardship of Creation. Charles is also executive director of Black Warrior Riverkeeper, a nonprofit organisation dedicated to improving water quality, habitat, recreation, and public health throughout the Black Warrior River watershed.

In this piece, he reflects on his Christian faith and how it informs his care for creation: Charles Scribner Why I Care

This piece is one of a series entitled ‘Why I care about….’ in which Christian experts write about what motivates them to care about their particular area of concern, and how their Christian faith informs that passion. We hope that these deliberately short essays will be used for personal reflection, small group discussion, reproduced in church magazines and used in church services. Please feel free to share them with your friends, colleagues and congregations; we simply ask that you quote and attribute them fully. If you want to reprint this reflection and would find a Word version helpful, please email us.