A small network of believers met at the Kiama Lighthouse to pray for the environment, to show they care about climate change and in hand, oppose the construction of the Adani coal mine in QLD on Saturday morning.
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Uniting church ministers led the short service, bringing the group up to speed with the church’s stance on the matter.
“All Christians ought to be environmentalists,” Reverand John Brentmore said.
“We’ve been given the responsibility to tend and care for the environment and we’re not living up to that responsibility.”
The vigil ended with seven minutes of meditation where they could appreciate the sounds of nature, like the blowhole nearby, and closed with a song, were you there when the earth began to cry?
Organiser Denis Quinn, part of the Climate Change Action Network, attended the service on Saturday.
“This is an extraordinarily beautiful part of the world,” he said.
“I have grandchildren and I’m genuinely concerned about their future.”
Gilmore MP Ann Sudmalis has defended the mine, that’s tipped to generate 1,400 full time jobs in an area of high unemployment.
“The success of this project is vitally important to the communities of Central QLD who are also currently facing high levels of unemployment – these communities are desperate for mining projects in the Galilee Basin to go ahead,” she said.
Mr Quinn said he’s appalled at the government’s efforts to get the mine up and running.
“It’s a basic denial of the global implications of carbon dioxide emissions,” he said.