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ARRCC is a multi-faith, member-based organisation of people from around Australia who are committed to taking action on climate change. Our members represent a variety of religious traditions. We believe that as people dedicated to the common good, inspired by our beliefs and energized by our spirituality, people of all faiths can and should be at the forefront of creating a safe climate. While celebrating the uniqueness of our different traditions, we stand together in working for an ecologically and socially sustainable future.
Organisational structure
ARRCC has both individual and organisational members from across Australia. A list of our organisational members is available on the Partners and Supports page. It is guided by a management committee that is responsible for ARRCC's broad strategic direction and for driving key programs and initiatives.
ARRCC is an association incorporated in NSW, under the Associations Incorporation Act, and an Australian Registered Body, under the Corporations Act. View our Constitution and Statement of Objects.
Management committee
The Management Committee comprises individual ARRCC members from a range of traditions, to reflect with integrity the multi-faith nature of the organisation. It has had members from the Anglican, Baha’i, Baptist, Buddhist, Catholic, Hindu, Islamic, Jewish, Uniting Church and other traditions, each with a history of active engagement with environmental and/or justice issues. The Committee may have up to 10 members. It meets monthly and is elected at an Annual General Meeting held in the second half of the year.
Members
Thea Ormerod
President |
Thea is a social worker and a parishioner at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church, Kingsgrove. She is a member of the Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network and has been actively involved in peace, justice and ecology action for over 20 years.
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Miriam Pepper
Secretary |
Miriam is a founding member of Uniting Earthweb, a Uniting Church ecology network, and involved in the Faith Ecology Network. She has a PhD examining Christianity and consumerism.
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Vijai Singhal
Treasurer |
Vijai is a Director of the Hindu Council of Australia and has been involved in the climate change movement since 2007. His background is in information technology and business management.
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Bruce Cooke
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Bruce is a lay assistant and EcoChurch Coordinator at St Mark's Anglican Church, South Hurstville (in Sydney), and a community member of the Lower Georges River Sustainability Committee. Bruce's background is electrical engineering and energy management.
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| Jenni Downes |
Jenni is actively involved in coordinating Micah Challenge and Make Poverty History poverty and climate change campaigns in Sydney. She is a member of the Menai Holy Family Parish social justice group, and has completed a Master of Arts in Development Studies.
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Daniel Skehan
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Daniel works for a Christian development agency, coordinating projects in Asia and Africa. Dan has a background in agricultural science and environmental management.
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| Rod Bensen |
Rod is an ordained Baptist minister, employed as an ethicist and public theologian with the Tinsley Institute. He trained with Al Gore’s Climate Project as a faith community presenter in 2007, and has developed climate change policies for Baptists in NSW, Australia and the Baptist World Alliance. He does media, policy and lobbying work on a wide range of social, political and religious issues.
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