{"id":10762,"date":"2024-11-25T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/?p=10762"},"modified":"2024-11-30T21:24:37","modified_gmt":"2024-11-30T10:24:37","slug":"elementor-10762","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/?p=10762","title":{"rendered":"Covenant with Creation"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"10762\" class=\"elementor elementor-10762\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-80d78c3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"80d78c3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-002c3a2\" data-id=\"002c3a2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e5ebaad elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e5ebaad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"481\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/geoff-article-property-1024x481.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-10758\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/geoff-article-property-1024x481.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/geoff-article-property-300x141.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/geoff-article-property-768x361.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/geoff-article-property-scaled.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fcf717e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fcf717e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\">The 40.7 hectare [100 acres] was previously a sheep run, gifted to \u201cTrust for Nature\u201d and then on- sold to the Serpell family in 2004<\/span><\/p><p>The family is covenanted to improve the biodiversity and increase the quantity and quality of the vegetation and habitat. Through future generations or other future owners, this work will continue in perpetuity.<\/p><p>In the past 20 years, approximately 2000 seedlings of understory shrubs and bushes and grasses have been planted and over 75 bird nesting boxes installed.<\/p><p>The property has been blessed by hosting several Church picnics and welcoming volunteers from the Leighmoor, Moorabbin Parish [a five leaf eco award church]for annual planting days. [See photos of before and after planting in two areas.]<\/p><p>The Age newspaper today, 31 October 2024 advises that Australia\u2019s average temperatures have risen by 1.5 degrees for the first time since records began, and the world is on track to overshoot the Paris Accord\u2019s aim to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees.\u00a0<\/p><p>By being a partner with \u201cTrust for Nature\u201d the extent of protected areas store over 12 million tonnes of CO2, in Victoria, an amount equal to removing 2.8 million cars from our roads per year.<\/p><p>Expected higher temperatures, reduced rainfall and climate change are all challenges which impact on us all. See website: trustfornature.org,au for further information<\/p><p><em>Geoff Serpell<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-804142b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"804142b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-88341b0\" data-id=\"88341b0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a19a5dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a19a5dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"516\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/nagambie-1-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-10768 lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/nagambie-1-scaled.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/nagambie-1-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/nagambie-1-768x495.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; 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Through future generations or other future owners, this work will continue in perpetuity. In the past 20 years, approximately 2000 seedlings of understory shrubs and bushes and grasses have been planted and over 75 bird nesting boxes installed. The property has been blessed by hosting several Church picnics and welcoming volunteers from the Leighmoor, Moorabbin Parish [a five leaf eco award church]for annual planting days. [See photos of before and after planting in two areas.] The Age newspaper today, 31 October 2024 advises that Australia\u2019s average temperatures have risen by 1.5 degrees for the first time since records began, and the world is on track to overshoot the Paris Accord\u2019s aim to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees.\u00a0 By being a partner with \u201cTrust for Nature\u201d the extent of protected areas store over 12 million tonnes of CO2, in Victoria, an amount equal to removing 2.8 million cars from our roads per year. Expected higher temperatures, reduced rainfall and climate change are all challenges which impact on us all. See website: trustfornature.org,au for further information Geoff Serpell<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10758,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/geoff-article-property-scaled.jpg",800,376,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/geoff-article-property-scaled.jpg",800,376,false],"portraits":["https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/geoff-article-property-scaled.jpg",800,376,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/geoff-article-property-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/geoff-article-property-300x141.jpg",300,141,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/geoff-article-property-1024x481.jpg",1024,481,true],"news_plugin_small":["https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/geoff-article-property-700x557.jpg",700,557,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/geoff-article-property-scaled.jpg",800,376,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/geoff-article-property-scaled.jpg",800,376,false]},"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Leighmoor.Master","author_link":"https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/author\/leighmoor-master"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/?cat=21\" rel=\"category\">News<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"The 40.7 hectare [100 acres] was previously a sheep run, gifted to \u201cTrust for Nature\u201d and then on- sold to the Serpell family in 2004 The family is covenanted to improve the biodiversity and increase the quantity and quality of the vegetation and habitat. 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