SLIDE 1 PRESENTATION FOR AGRICULTURE SUMMIT JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
- Mrs. Tendai Rebecca Gurupira
Zimbabwe Episcopal Area Ministry with Women, Children & Youth Coordinator
TOPIC: ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP AND SUSTAINBILITY IN THE ZIMBABWE EPISCOPAL AREA 13 13 – 16 J JANUA UARY Y 2019
SLIDE 2 SALUTATIONS
- The Agriculture Summit leaders and all Good
Earth Keepers. I am humbled to share with you today the work I am doing in Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability in The Zimbabwe Episcopal Area.
- What follows in these presentations are practical
work happening in the Zimbabwe Episcopal Area
- f The United Methodist Church.
SLIDE 3 INTRODUCTION
- My journey started with a training by the Southern African
Faith Communities’ Environment Institute (SAFCEI). Bible Reference: Genesis 1 vs 26 – 30/ Genesis 2 vs 15. From that time I have never looked back.
- What follows in these presentations are practical work
happening in the Zimbabwe Episcopal Area of the United Methodist Church.
SLIDE 4 Scope of Presentation
- My presentation is mainly going to be pictorial to show evidence of
what we are doing .
- We are doing programs on Tree planting, Waste Management ,
,Water and Electricity Management, Awareness on avoiding veld fires and Nutrition and Organic Gardening where people are taught to use natural resources in gardening, as well as ways to avoid soil erosion in farming .
- We make use of songs e.g. ‘We must not throw litter everywhere’.
- My Bishop, Pastors and church members are being involved in
different ways to be Good Earth keepers.
SLIDE 5 PROJECT SUCCESS STORIES
- The first project I did was to source 2 000 seedling trees from
Nyaradzo Funeral Company (Friends of the Environment).
- My Bishop was the first to plant a tree and all the other
Pastors, Delegates and Observers were given seedling trees to plant at their homes after the awareness at the Annual Conferences.
- The Friends of the Environment give seedling trees to
bereaved families as a way to replace trees used in making coffins and caskets so they value trees.
SLIDE 6 Tree Planting
Nyaradzo Funeral Company (Friends of the Environment) hands over a tree to the Bishop
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From Theory to Practice
Rebecca demonstrating how to plant the trees.
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SLIDE 10 Organic Gardening
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Organic Gardening – Women in the Trenches
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Women were trained to make pesticides using herbs.
SLIDE 13 Waste Management Awareness
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Waste Management Awareness programs are being done at Revivals.
SLIDE 15 COMMUNITY CLEAN UP CAMPAIGN
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SLIDE 17 A lot of clean up campaigns are taking place. The Environmental Management Agency (EMA) helps by providing some
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As a Church we are saying “Zero Tolerance to litter – It is everyone’s responsibility”.
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The 4 R’s approach should be used.
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Corporates Supporting the Green Initiatives
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Women are trained on How to Make the WONDER BAG
SLIDE 22 Wom
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revent ent ve veld ld fir ire e by by cr crea eating ting fir ire e gu guid ides. es.
SLIDE 23 REFLECTIONS
- I usually pause these questions:
- ‘Why should I as a person of faith be concerned about
environmental issues’?
- How does climate change affect us, our health, water,
agriculture, biodiversity?
- Whose issue is climate change?
- What can I as a person of faith do about it? The good
answers will lead us to be good earth keepers.
SLIDE 24 CONCLUSION
- Besides spreading the word, the churches in Zimbabwe
are doing great things in taking care of the environment e.g. filling potholes, litter picking, providing bins and use own trucks to carry rubbish.
- Let’s continue to be Good Earth Keepers, we were
entrusted by God to be given the power to take care of his beautiful earth.
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Thank you By Mrs Tendai Rebecca Gurupira Ministry with Women , Children and Youth Coordinator (Zimbabwe Episcopal Area)
