The World Nature Conservation Day is observed annually on July 28.
The occasion aims to create awareness about the need to preserve the environment and natural resources in order to keep the world healthy.
GRASSROOTS Luton continues to promote awareness about the climate change emergencies.
Expressing his delight and joy that Luton Council of Faiths (LCoF) was the only one voluntary organisation in the whole of the county of Bedfordshire to receive the prestigious Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service (QAVS) this year, GRASSROOTS Chair Revd Canon David Lawson, in a recently held QAVS Award Presentation Ceremony, reminded all present that we still got mountains to climb; we are up against all kinds and forms of pandemic such as racism, poverty, unemployment, extremism but biggest of all is climate change.
He congratulated LCoF for inviting Luton’s faith communities earlier in May 2021 to talk about the need to focus on the issue of climate change and he invited different community representatives, to present to all the dignitaries at LCoF’s QAVS Award Ceremony, with a book titled Climate Change is Racist: Race, Privilege and the Struggle for Climate Justice, written by Luton based author Jeremy Williams.
Dignitaries who received the book included;
Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Bedfordshire Mrs. Helen Nellis
High Sheriff of Bedfordshire Mr. Eric Masih
Mayor of Luton Cllr Mahmood Hussain
Lord Bill McKenzie
Leader of the Luton Council, Cllr Hazel Simmons
MP for Luton South Rachel Hopkins
Bishop of Bedford Right Reverend Richard Atkinson
Deputy Lieutenants Pastor Llyod Denny, Dr Nazia Khanum and Dr Robert Oakley
For more info on conservation challenges please see https://www.fauna-flora.org/conservation-challenges
