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Alliance of Religions and Conservation
Helping 11 of the world’s major faiths develop environmental plans
to protect the living planet
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About ARC
• Founded in 1995 by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh as a secular NGO
• We help faiths develop environmental programmes based on their own core beliefs, practices and teachings.
• We also help secular organisations link with religions to work together.
• We are not funded by any faith.
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Long-term African Faith Commitments for a Living Planet
Sept 2012, Nairobi – 27 Christian, Muslim and Hindu groups launched long-term environmental action plans.
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27 faith groups reaching out to 184 million people in 11 countries in sub-Saharan Africa
– Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe.
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What people have said about this initiative...
‘A new awakening that will help shape the beliefs, behaviour
and actions for a greener and better Africa’
– Dr Ali Mohamed, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources, Kenya
‘Potentially transformative’ – Mr Mounkaila Goumandakoya, UNEP Director and
Regional Representative for Africa
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• The plans focus on sustainable land and water management –especially – farming,– education,– women’s-led
projects– tree planting– Awareness
raising on environmental issues
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Restoring the land
Climate-smart
agriculture
• Farming God’s Way• Islamic Farming
Agro-forestryand tree nurseries
• Tree planting for fruit, fodder, fertiliser & fuelwood
• Community woodlots & tree nurseries
Practical action for
SLM
• Water harvesting• Energy-saving stoves• Charcoal briquettes• Biogas & solar energy
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Faithful Farming• Faith-based approach to agriculture• Integrates faith teachings about caring for the Earth
with practical training in conservation agriculture– Farming God’s Way for Christian farmers – Islamic Farming for Muslim farmers
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Conservation agriculture principles• Form of climate-
smart agriculture• Doubles crop yields
in 5 years• Has three key
principles:– No tillage or
minimum tillage– Mulching:
ie, covering the soil
– Crop rotation
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Farming God’s Way training, Kenya• 110 Christian faith leaders trained in Kenya & Uganda• Demonstration gardens on faith-managed land
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Farming God’s Way in Kenya
• Demonstration sites established on faith-run land
• The Methodist Church has revived its Agriculture Week
• Presbyterian Church of East Africa has trained at least 300 people
• The Anglican Church is reaching out to 500 households through farmer field schools
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Farming God’s Way garden at the Catholic Youth Centre
Preparing the garden
Healthy crops growing
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Farming God’s Way in
Uganda
• Bunyoro Kitara Diocese
• Preparing one of the gardens (above)
• Healthy maize growing (right)
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Islamic Farming
• The first training manual that integrates Islamic teachings on caring for the Earth with practical training in conservation agriculture
• Produced by ARC & Global One 2015 in response to requests from Muslim faith partners
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Islamic Farming
• Launched in March 2014 in Kenya in partnership with SUPKEM (Supreme Council of Kenya Muslims)
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Islamic Farming workshop, Kenya• 30 members of SUPKEM trained in January 2014
• Another 200 farmers trained by SUPKEM by March 2014
• 11 demo farms established across Kenya
Practical demonstration of how mulched soil absorbs water much better than bare soil
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Islamic Farming in Uganda
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Islamic Farming workshop, Uganda, August 2014
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• 14 Islamic Farming demonstration farms established by UMYA/HEAR Uganda, UMWA and Gomba Women’s Environment Group
• 84 smaller Islamic Farming gardens at individual’s homes
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Engaging women
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Women’s initiatives
Women-led tree nurseries
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• 10 women-led tree nurseries set up by the Northern Diocese, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanzania
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• Watering & planting techniques
• Microfinance • Entrepreneurship • Nursery management• Agroforestry
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Women-led tree nurseries in Uganda
• Bunyoro-Kitara Diocese in Uganda
• Working with the Mothers’ Union
• Setting up 15 tree nurseries in the next 2 years
• Training in agroforestry and climate change
• Income generating
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Engaging Muslim women
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Gomba Women’s Environment Project
• Women in mosques in Gomba District, Uganda
• Aims to reduce the number of trees cut down for firewood
• Planting 10,000-12,000 new trees a year
• Develop income-generating, environmentally friendly livelihoods
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Complementary new skills
• Drip irrigation
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• Rainwater harvesting• Water reservoirs
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Charcoal briquettes
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Basket cookers
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Biogas– Building the biogas unit (top left)– Cookers and lights powered by biogas (bottom left)
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Tree planting
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• Ghana – community woodlots
• Ethiopia – green mosques
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Faith groups are involved in up to 70% of schools in Africa
Awareness raising in schools
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Faith-based Education for Sustainable Development Toolkit launched in Kenya, 2013
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Faith-based ESD toolkit launched in Tanzania, September 2013
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Faith-based ESD toolkit taken to Uganda, March 2014
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School micro projects:
– Vegetable gardens– Water & sanitation – Tree planting– Waste management– Bee keeping
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Awareness raising in faith communities
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Catholics in Kenya• Resources for catechists and
for Sunday schools• Interfaith environmental
awareness day
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Greening Fridays in Uganda
• Launched in 2010, held every Second Friday of Ramadan • The sermon that day focuses on the environment• Afterwards tree seedlings are distributed to worshippers
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Greening Friday 2014
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Development of national faith networks of environmental action
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Launch of the Uganda network
• Uganda Faiths Network on Environmental Action (UFNEA) launched in October 2013
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Kenya Interfaith Network on Environmental Action
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Network of Faiths on Environmental Action in Tanzania
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A new movement of faith groups engaged in environmental action