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The Transit Lounge

The Transit Lounge
The Transit Lounge is an initiative of the Uniting Church in Australia, produced collaboratively by the National Assembly and the Synod of Western Australia.

Current issue includes a focus on the national apology to the Stolen Generations.

The Transit Lounge is also on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5753597833

October 08: This edition we are celebrating all of creation!

Check out the following articles (and more):

Ecotheology: an Australian Christian view by Rev Dr L Lee Levett-Olson
Ecotheology recognises that creation is not at our disposal. We are not free to abuse it, wound it or discard it. As guests by God's invitation, we have an honoured place, but we share that place with every other living creature.

Biodiversity under threat by Jeff Atkinson-Phillips and Nicholas Breheny
The recent push to address climate change has focused on reducing carbon emissions. That's terrific, but it doesn't do much to help the 1,141 of the world's mammal species threatened with extinction - not to mention all the other non-cuddly species that receive noticeably less sympathy from the human population.

Under the sea by Mardi Lumsden
27-year-old drafts person Jamie Smith has a passion - scuba diving. "I love the water, I always have," he says. "The ocean is a frontier that is vastly unexplored and there are, with out an exception, new things to find in every dive."

Plus:
Medical Advances Without Animals (MAWA) profiled by Meera Atkinson

Animals: a Christian responsibility: reflection by Barbara Allen