Interview: Dave Bookless, conservationist

Posted: 23 Nov 2012 @ 00:53

'Sadly, most Christians are just as addicted to consumerism as our neighbours'

I've now worked full-time with A Rocha [a Christian environmental and nature conservation movement] for the past 12 years. I am also licensed as an SSM to St John's, Southall.

I've lived in Southall for over 20 years, initially as a Curate in one parish, then as Priest-in-Charge in the next-door parish. It's an urban multifaith parish, mainly Sikh and Muslim, with a congregation encompassing Christians with their roots in India and ...

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