Lei Yuting (Ray) joined the CRES (Christian Rural and Environmental Studies) course when he and his family were still living in Hong Kong, and he completed it after he and his family moved to the UK. Ray graduated in 2024 and has been very involved in Hazelnut Community Farm, in Bristol, where this video was taken. If you would like to join the CRES course, the best place to start is here. VIDEO
CRES has now been running for over 20 years. Most of our students have taken the whole course, but every so often somebody has asked if they could try a taster, do a short course, or maybe use CRES modules as the basis of a sabbatical. Up to now, we have dealt with these enquiries on an ad hoc basis, as they came in, and have not promoted these ideas in any of our publicity. We have …
The weather did not look at all promising on the morning we were due to start the CRES residential. In southern England, it was tipping it down! However, over 20 students and tutors made it to Ripon College Cuddesdon for the annual residential meeting. After coffee, we began with introductions to the weekend, to each other, and to the field trip. Every year we try to find a new field trip, and this year we …
Revd Dr John Reader (1953-2023) John Reader died on Sunday 1st October 2023 after a short illness. He was a husband, father, grandfather, country vicar, academic, philosopher, theologian, and was passionate about environmental issues. I am sure that there will be many appreciations of his life and work, and there is already one by Chris Baker of the William Temple Foundation, one of the organisations John was most associated with (HERE). John was a superb …
We are pleased to announce a new module, “Living Sustainably”, is now available for CRES students to take. Written by David Gould, it is based on two convictions: 1. We cannot live sustainably if we neglect the care of creation. We must live ‘ecologically’, caring for the whole Earth, our ‘oikos’/ house – the land, air, and seas and all their life forms – not just people. 2. As Christians we have a particular calling …
We are grateful to Revd. Dr. John Reader who has produced a new and ground-breaking module on Ecology, Technology, and Theology. This builds on an earlier publication from the William Temple Foundation on the Digital and the Environmental. At a time when environmental issues are high on the churches’ agenda notably with the Net Zero Carbon target of 2030, the module will enable students to understand how our dependence upon digital technologies has both detrimental …
