An opportunity to take stock of progress under our Climate Action Programme and to move forward. We shall review where we have come from, what has been achieved, where are the challenges; and plot the course from now to 2020.
Activity means energy – people’s energy, and the energy to open our buildings, heat and light them, and offer a warm welcome to visitors. How then can we still save energy and carbon, and contribute to caring for the environment which is God’s creation?
Parish Buying now offers an ‘energy basket’, purchasing energy wholesale, directly within the market, cutting out the utility company as middleman.
Our Churchyards Ecology Survey has made a great start. Our ecologists have analysed 900 London churchyards. Just 15 churchyards visited so far are havens for dozens of species of trees and lichens; slow worms, newts, birds and bats; and much more.
Churches want to recycle as much of their waste as possible. But local authorities don’t always make this easy.