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Happy Season of Creation!

12 September 20141 September 2014 by Exeter

It is sometimes said that the environmental crisis is but a symptom of a deeper crisis, which is a spiritual one. I have a lot … Read more

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Psalm 82 - green meditation

13 August 2014 by Exeter

We create our own gods of avarice, desire, gluttony and sloth 1. When all the other gods have come together, the Lord God judges them … Read more

Rural Community Energy

13 August 2014 by Exeter

The Diocese of Exeter has secured funding to develop community energy projects with local people in Devon. Starting in Okehampton, it is hoped to investigate … Read more

Feeding Devon’s Future

23 November 202013 August 2014 by Exeter

Following issues raised at Devon Strategic Partnership (DSP) workshops and a paper to the board in 2013, the DSP Board mandated a Task and Finish … Read more

Trial of hot cushions

12 September 201413 August 2014 by Exeter

As part of its ‘Shrinking the Footprint’ campaign to reduce carbon emissions, Exeter Diocese is exploring a variety of new and efficient heating systems for … Read more

Do our communications devices distort reality?

13 August 20141 July 2014 by Exeter

There’s no getting away from the fact that we live increasingly in what we might call a “screen culture”. The number of hours many of … Read more

Our daily bread but maybe not tomorrow?

13 August 20141 June 2014 by Exeter

I am not normally alarmist, but increasingly find myself very concerned that our global food systems are under exceptional pressures. We might even say four … Read more

Hydro-electricity at Buckfast Abbey

23 June 201913 May 2014 by Admin

The Catholic Benedictine community at Buckfast Abbey has installed both a water turbine (shown here) and an Archimedes screw in the canal alongside the River … Read more

Bishop’s House, Staverton

13 May 2014 by Admin

Pilot installation of a biomass boiler in a large domestic setting. It is 32kW in size, and the expected payback period is less than 5 … Read more

Composting toilets, Week St Mary

2 May 2014 by Admin

Lesley Booker writes… Week St Mary church is a large church surrounded by a church yard in the centre of a village. The only services … Read more