Wool Parishioners Tackle Climate Change

Planting the trees, three River Birch, is the culmination of a project of the parish’s CAFOD Group (Catholic Agency for Overseas Development, which is the official aid agency of the Catholic Church in England & Wales). The project also includes a new 24 metre mixed hedge of Hawthorne and Blackthorn which will attract a variety of wildlife species. This is part of parishioners’ ongoing support of CAFOD’s campaign to fight climate change, which is hurting most people in developing countries who have done the least to cause it. We only need look at current examples: the droughts in Somalia, Ethiopia,

Below is a photo of Bishop John Arnold, chair of CAFOD’s Trustees, chatting to young adults during the march for climate justice at COP 26 in Glasgow, November 2001.

Bernard White, Chairman of St Joseph’s CAFOD Group, says “It is now well known, and supported by climate scientists the world over, that trees absorb greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. Since greenhouse gases are the major cause of climate change, planting more trees and safeguarding them is most important in the fight against it. We will also ask parishioners to consider planting trees in their own gardens.”