And that is central to JRI's vision - to inform and challenge the churches as to its responsibility for God's earth, and to be an ethical voice in the wider environmental arena. The immediate task is to build soundly on all that has been achieved so far. To do this, we plan to move forward on four fronts. Projects will form the core of our activity - focused on specific issues or on developing our core principles. Publications such as our briefing notes will continue to be a major means of communication.
Partnerships are an essential part of our future strategy.
We plan both to continue to work with organisations with whom we are already associated, such as A Rocha and Christian Ecology Link, as well as to build new relationships and seek common agenda with others - including, I hope, within the College. The fourth front is prayer - that hidden work which provides the ultimate powerhouse as well as reminding why and for whom we are working. The core of JRI's mission is advance understanding - understanding that draws deeply on both science and theology. If I may put it this way, we seek to be a scholarly wing of a wider concern for environmental stewardship and sustainable development. Rightly then do we sit within a School of Theology and within an academic institution with strong interests and reputation in environment and countryside.