What can my church and I do?

Moving towards Net Zero
Buildings, energy & water
- Seek inspiration from on how you can make your church more eco-friendly
- Consider registering as an
- Check out the
- Do you have double glazing, secondary glazing or draught excluders to make heating your church more efficient?
- Review your heating system. Is it the most environmentally friendly one that you can use?
- Review the type of lighting that you use, think of using LED lighting
- Review the use of solar panels as a renewable source of energy. For inspiration and examples of good practice and successful installations on listed buildings, see .
Land & green space
- Become a part of
- Create for birds and wildlife around the outside of your church
- Create a in little-used areas of your church property
- in your churchyard
- Consider how your church might participate in or support an or
Meetings, hospitality, food & waste
- Ten Commandments of food
- Be conscious of your waste – try not to over-cater for meetings
- Be conscious of your carbon footprint – what transport routes are you using? Can you car share or take public transport for meetings, worship and events?
- Be conscious of your recycling – do you need paper copies of notes for your meeting? If you do, are you recycling these? Conduct a 'bin inventory'.
- What paper do you use in your printers/photocopiers?
- Think about whether your materials are ethically sourced – perhaps you should look into only using ?
Local & global communities
- Create an ‘Events Board’ to raise awareness in the local communities of current environmental issues
- Invite someone to share their stories as part of your worship or church meetings. For example, create a special ‘Creation Sunday’ service with a guest speaker
Worship, liturgy, theology & teaching
- Consider running a special sermon series during ordinary time or the
- Consider running a Lent or Advent course that focuses on the environment
- for your church by A Rocha UK
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