Social Justice for Everyday Living
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Information Resources
all information from the booklet "Just Living" published by The Anglican Church of Canada
| General Information | |
| The Ecojustice Committee www.anglican.ca/ecojustice, a standing committee of General Synod, was mandated in 1995 to address issues of social and economic justice, Indigenous justice, peace and nonviolence, and ecology and the environment. | The Partners in Mission Committee www.anglican.ca/partnerships/PIM , a standing committee of General Synod, has overseen the work of Global Anglican and ecumenical relationships; Mission Education and Companion Diocese Relationships; and Mission Personnel through the Volunteers in Mission and Theological Students' International Intern programs. |
| The Primate's World Relief and Development Fund www.pwrdf.org is the Canadian Anglican response for emergency relief, refugees, development, and justice. | The Millennium Development Goals www.un.org/millenniumgoals form a blueprint agreed to by all the world's countries and all the world's leading development institutions. |
| KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives www.kairocanada.org focuses economic justice work on the research, advocacy and action in three areas: debt, trade, and corporate social responsibility, | Make Poverty History www.makepovertyhistory.ca is part of a global call to action against poverty with national campaigns currently active in more than 50 countries. In Canada, Make Poverty History is calling for urgent and meaningful policy change for more and better aid, trade justice, cancellation of debt, and ending child poverty in Canada. |
| Micah Challenge www.micahchallenge.ca is part of a global movement mobilizing Christians against poverty in the spirit of Micah 6:8. | |
| Trade Justice | |
| TransFair Canada www.transfair.ca monitors fair trade transactions and administers the Fair Trade Certified logo. Provides information on how fair trade works and where to buy products. | Ten Thousand Villages www.tenthousandvillages.com is a not for profit, self-supporting Fair Trade Organization (FTO) supporting retail stores across Canada and the United States, on-line shopping and fair trade festivals. |
| Just Us! Coffee Roasters Co-op www.justuscoffee.com is Canada's first Fair Trade coffee roaster. A worker-owned business which offers not only a fair price, but respect and empowerment for Third World producers. Available products include coffee, tea, chocolate and sugar. | The Maquila Solidarity Network www.maquilasolidarity.org is a labour and women's rights advocacy organization promoting solidarity with grassroots groups in Mexico, Central America, and Asia working to improve conditions in maquiladora factories and export processing zones. The website includes resources to download, including the sweatshop fashion show, background information on campaigns and links to other campaigns. |
| Jubilee South www.jubileesouth.org is a network of jubilee and debt campaigns and social movements bringing together southern voices on the issue of international debt. The website includes documents related to various aspects of the debt issue from southern perspectives. | The Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance www.e-alliance.ch is a broad international network of over 90 churches and Christian organizations cooperating in advocacy on Global Trade and on HIV and AIDS. The website includes news and resources to download. |
| Climate Change | |
| The World Council of Churches' Justice, Peace and Creation Programme Team www.wcc-coe.org/wcc/what/jpc/ecology.html analyzes and reflects on justice, peace and creation in their interrelatedness. | The Ecology and Theology Working Group, Anglican Diocese of Ottawa www.ottawa.anglican.ca/docs/renewing.pdf developed the booklet "Renewing our Relationship with the Earth: A Guide, What you and your Church can do" as a tool kit to enable Anglicans to continue or begin our good stewardship of the earth. |
| www.greeningspirit.ca is the website of the environmental task force of the Diocese of New Westminster, BC, Kootenay and the Yukon and gathering place for Anglicans of BC and the Yukon who share a passion for the stewardship of creation. | Climate Action Network Canada www.climateactionnetwork.ca promotes solutions and provides a basis for collaborative action and a forum for communication, policy development and coordination to its independent members. |
| Just Earth www.justearth.net a citizens' action group, pledges itself to work towards fundamental change of the political, economic and cultural systems in order to develop a viable relationship with the planet that sustains us. | "An Inconvenient Truth", a film by Al Gore An extensive study guide can be downloaded at www.aninconvenienttruth.com.au/truth/guide.htm . Eco-Justice Ministries (not connected with the Ecojustice Committee of General Synod) had produced a Discussion Guide for Churches at www.eco-justice.org/TruthGuide.asp . |
| The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change www.ipcc.ch was established to assess scientific, technical and socio-economic information relevant for the understanding of climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation. Reports by its three Working Groups provide a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the current state of knowledge on climate change. | The Stern Review on the economics of climate change www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/independent_reviews/stern_review_ economics_climate_change/stern_review_report.cfm takes an international perspective on the economics of climate change and asserts that with good policies the costs of action need not be prohibitive and would be much smaller than the damage averted. |
| Front cover photo of the booklet "Just Living": Jane Thornton, Uisge Ban Falls, Cape Breton | |