There has been a great response across the South West to the call for people to go to London on the 17th June to lobby their MPs and ask them to make Climate Change a priority issue in this Parliament. The map currently shows that hundreds have registered in advance to say that they will be participating.Bishop …
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Hundreds from SW Lobby MPs on Climate Change
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Environmental spirituality events at Hilfield Friary
Hilfield Friary are running a series of courses and day events this year on environmental spirituality and sustainable living. Friday 15th – Sunday 17th May ‘Hope for Creation’, the role of communities in sustaining nature, led by Sir Ghillean Prance and Andy Lester of A Rocha. Friday 19th – Sunday 21st June ‘Brother Soil …
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Bishop Gets Back On His Bike
The Bishop of Ramsbury, Ed Condry, is giving up his car again for Lent and taking to his trusty bicycles or public transport as he works his way around Wiltshire. It’s a challenge and not just for him but also for those who look after his diary and have to make sure that journeys can be done. …
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Pray and Fast for the Climate
www.prayandfastfortheclimate.org.uk The Bishop of Salisbury is praying and fasting on the first day of every month for a meaningful and fair agreement at next year’s UN climate talks. Bishop Nicholas is being joined by his colleagues in Johannesburg, Cape Town, New York and Fiji, and many Christians of all denominations across the world. “Christians …
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Lent Carbon Fast 2016
Since 2014, the dioceses in the southwest of the Church of England promoted a Lent Carbon Fast. These focus generally on personal and domestic actions to reduce our carbon footprint, and the Fast in 2015 looked in particular at how Water is such a significant ecological issue. “Reconnecting with God’s Earth” EcoChurch Southwest Lent Carbon Fast …
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Early notice of 2015 Lent Carbon Fast
There will be a 2015 Lent Carbon Fast in the six Dioceses, with the theme of Water. More information will be forthcoming in due course…
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Living Churchyards
As the countryside in Britain becomes more industrialised and urbanised, there are fewer places for wildlife to live and wildflowers to grow. But there are tiny areas in every village, town and even city that are holding out against the onslaught.These are churchyards, and in some parts of the country they are the only protected …
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PVs at St John’s, Wimborne
The panels were installed in July 2012. Feed In Tariffs earned by March 2014 were £1055.14 against expenditure of just under £8,000, so after 19 months (including 2 winters) have recovered over 13%. Hence payback is probably 8-10 years at current prices and excluding the benefit of the ‘free’ electricity. But in reality full payback …
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About EcoChurch Southwest
What is it? As part of the Church of England’s Shrinking the Footprint campaign to reduce carbon emissions, EcoChurch Southwest was founded in 2010 to encourage local churches to develop their own production of renewable energy for environmental, social and economic reasons. Initially involving the Dioceses of Bath and Wells, Exeter, and Gloucester and in …
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Policy development
“The whole creation belongs to God. As human beings we are part of the whole and have a responsibility to love and care for what God has entrusted to us as temporary tenants of the planet. We are called to conserve its complex and fragile ecology, whilst recognising the need for responsible and sustainable development …
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