Happy Season of Creation!
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
Year: 2014
Psalm 82 - green meditation
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
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
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
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?
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?
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
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
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
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
