Spirituality
Spiritual and healing power of nature: organise green walking and nature retreats, help people to spend time in gardens, get engaged in physical conservation work, link this to our pets and our own bodies.
- The Alliance of Religions and Conservation runs the Sacred Land Project. http://www.arcworld.org/projects.asp?projectId=9
- The Quiet Garden Movement is doing good work http://www.quietgarden.co.uk/quiet_garden_ministry.htm
- The warden at Little Gidding is well known as an environmentalist. Details of the small retreat centre via this web page
- The national Retreat Association [ http://www.retreats.org.uk/index.htm ] publicises all sorts of retreats, including ones focussing on nature (more information in their ‘Theme Retreats’ leaflet http://www.retreats.org.uk/leaflets/leaflt6.htm
- The Tree Council have a number of nature appreciation ideas that churches might like to join in with, e.g. ‘Walk in Woods’, ‘Seed Gathering’ http://www.treecouncil.org.uk/
- Similarly, Common Ground, has Apple Day and Tree Dressing Day etc http://www.commonground.org.uk/
- Nigel Cooper sometimes leads nature and spirit retreats
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