BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:17@footstepsbcf.org.uk DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200422T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200422T210000 DTSTAMP:20200402T111733Z URL:https://footstepsbcf.org.uk/events/earth-day-2020/ SUMMARY:Online Earth Day 2020: Our Cities & Climate DESCRIPTION:We invite you to participate in our online Earth Day programme: strengthening our spirit and cities taking the lead.\n\nWe are planning t o repeat the two-hour programme at 10:00\, 14:00 and 19:00 BST on Wednesda y 22 April to allow you to choose the most convenient time to participate. \n\nWe'll be sharing prepared contributions on caring for the Earth and fo r each other: through faith reflections\, creative responses and practical actions cities are taking.  There will be opportunities for participants to make contributions before\, during and after the online conference.\n\ nThis is a free event\, please register for the online programme so that w e can send you details of how to join (and how to use Zoom if you are not familiar with it).\n\nRegister for Earth Day 2020\nProgramme (via Zoom) be ginning at 10:00\, 14:00 &\; 19:00 BST\nStrengthening our Spirit\n\nSha red faith\, creative and musical contributions\, including:\n\n Birmingha m Faith Leaders\n Guided meditation\n The Choir with No Name &\; Beat freaks poets\n JaiJagat 2020 (a global campaign for Justice and Peace)\n Young people's 'Gifts to the Earth'\n\nThere will be opportunities to sha re your own faith reflections.\nCities Taking the Lead\nHow cities are tac kling climate change: we will be exploring how Birmingham and other cities are taking the lead in addressing climate change and reflecting on what w e are learning from the Covid-19 Pandemic.  Contributions including:\n\n Birmingham Climate Emergency Declaration\n Remy Pagani (Cabinet Member G eneva City Council\, former Mayor of Geneva)\n Climate Action Network Wes t Midlands (CANWM)\n\nThere will be opportunities to share online response s to the speakers and how your own cities are responding.\nImage: 'Floella 's Future' flower display by Birmingham City Council: highlighting the nee d for action on climate change\, at the Chelsea Flower Show 2019. See vide o below for more info:\n\n\nComing together in difficult times\nThis year\ , 22 April marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day and the founding of a w orld-wide environmental movement.  Some months ago\, climate action was c hosen as its main theme as this represents the biggest challenge to the fu ture of humanity and the life-support systems that make our world habitabl e.\n\nBut 22 April will now also be the moment in time when our cities are in the grips of a global COVID-19 virus pandemic with serious health\, ec onomic and community implications.  Footsteps' face-to-face gathering and carnival through Birmingham has had to be cancelled. The CANWM workshops have postponed until later in the year\, so that they can take place in-pe rson.\n\nWe now invite you to gather together online with Footsteps. We ar e drawing strength from the recent Birmingham Faith Leaders’ group state ment on the Covid-19 Pandemic:\n“Our thoughts and our prayers are with t hose who suffer through the impact of Coronavirus... and our responsibilit y towards the vulnerable in society...\n\nAbove all\, we call on all peopl e\, during these difficult times\, to live as people of hope\; that the th reat we all face can be overcome\, and that we will emerge stronger\, more resilient and wiser from the experience.”\nSo rather than cancelling th e Footsteps’ face-to-face activities planned for Earth Day 2020\, we inv ite you to participate in our online Earth Day programme: strengthening ou r spirit and cities taking the lead.\n\n \;\n\n[gallery link="none" ty pe="rectangular" ids="2840\,2839\,2838\,2837\,2836"]\n\n \;\n\n \; CATEGORIES:Climate Change,Climate Justice,Online event,Talk / Discussion LOCATION:Online\, via Zoom\, video conferencing\, United Kingdom X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=via Zoom\, video conferenci ng\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Online:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200329T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR