Julian Atkins, currently the Countywide Climate Change Coordinator for the public sector partnership, Climate Leadership Gloucestershire, has been appointed Net Zero Programme Director for the Church of England. Having workedContinue reading
Tag: Environment
Funding for birdboxes – deadline end of February
Keen birder Bill Richardson would like to put in a block funding application to provide birdboxes for churches and church partnerships in the Diocese of Gloucester. Worshipping communities can installContinue reading
“Being an Eco Church has become a part of life” at Pip and Jim’s Leckhampton
In August 2022, St Philp and St James Church Leckhampton was awarded a Bronze Eco Church Award by A Rocha and is now working towards Silver. Helen Wolfson, a memberContinue reading
Journey to net zero – what impact is your church having?
Across the Diocese of Gloucester, we have committed to being net zero carbon by 2030. This is an ambitious target and one that we will need to work together toContinue reading
Message from Bishop Robert, 6 December 2022
A week ago, Cate Williams wrote on the deep reality of the nature crisis that is wounding the biodiversity of our world and how, as disciples of Christ, we might begin to respond. As we begin our Christmas celebrations, we are given, should we need it, another reminder of why it is so important that we respond.
COP15 – how can we respond to the nature crisis?
Ahead of the COP15 conference on biodiversity, Cate Williams, Environmental Engagement Officer shares how worshipping communities can help to protect wildlife and habitats where they are. COP15 is the fifteenthContinue reading
Eco projects at care home help residents connect with faith
Bishop Robert visited Badgeworth Court in Cheltenham to find out more about the environmental projects they use to benefit both their care home and their residents. Joana Matias, Activities Coordinator,Continue reading
Letting the wildflowers bloom
Sue Padfield, Churchwarden at St Mary’s, Witcombe showed Bishop Robert how the church team has been caring for the churchyard in a way that encourages nature. They leave two largeContinue reading
Cate Williams on COP27: politics, churches and community
Diocesan Environmental Engagement Officer, the Revd Dr Cate Williams reflects on COP27 and how our churches and communities can be part of the solution. As the COP27 discussions continue, weContinue reading
“People of hope can change the world”: Cate Williams
Cate Williams, Environmental Engagement Officer, wrote a ‘Thought for the Week’ to the Gloucestershire Citizen newspaper (as printed in the Citizen 11 November 2022) ‘As we go to print, theContinue reading
Gloucester Diocesan Synod commits to no fossil fuel investment
As politicians from around the world gathered to look at the international response to the environmental crisis at COP27, Diocesan Synod made a key commitment statement. Diocesan Environmental Engagement Officer,Continue reading
Women at the Well interfaith group – sharing faith through art
In January 2021, an open invitation went out for Muslim and Christian women in Gloucestershire to come to a community-led group. They would get to know each other, read storiesContinue reading
Taking Eco Church In An Hour to the next level
We’ve had the latest statistics back from Eco Church and nearly one-third of churches in the Diocese of Gloucester are registered for their Eco Church Award. 113 churches have takenContinue reading
Bishop gets eco tips from Shurdington School
Bishop Robert visited Shurdingon Church of England Primary School to chat with the children about their views on the environment.
Small things making a big difference – how to get started with Eco Church in an Hour
Register your church and pledge one hour per week to help make your church greener Has your church discovered new ways to care for your environment through Eco Church? DoContinue reading
Introducing Chris Langham, the Deanery Eco Advisor for the Severn Vale Deanery
A childhood spent in the densely populated city of Portsmouth led Chris to a lifelong love of the great outdoors and a sense of responsibility for caring for the planet.Continue reading
Eco campaigner Josie lights up her school
PV panels have been fitted to the roof of Bussage Church of England Primary School after a 10-year-old schoolgirl inspired her local community to take action on the environment. JosieContinue reading
Churches celebrate Messy Church Goes Wild Roadshow launch
Messy Church Goes Wild was officially launched at the Christian Adventure Centre in Viney Hill on Saturday. It’s the latest offering from the Bible Reading Fellowship’s popular Messy Church, butContinue reading
#EcoChurchInAnHour Caring for the environment
Bishop Robert meets the Assistant Operations Director at Trinity Cheltenham, Marion David, to talk about how care for the environment runs through everything they do as a church at Trinity.
School creates Spiritual Garden with Hibiscus Project grant
As part of its commitment to become an Eco School, Shurdington Church of England Primary School applied to The Hibiscus Project for funds to create a Spiritual Garden in theContinue reading
#EcoChurchInAnHour Caring for creation through worship
How can worship help us to live out our care for the environment? Bishop Robert speaks to the Revd Andrew Blythe from Trinity Cheltenham about how worship through music and prayer connects to our stewardship of creation.
#EcoChurchInAnHour: Supporting Kenyan farmers
In the next of our Eco Church In An Hour videos, Bishop Robert speaks to Dave Rowe from Trinity Cheltenham about his church’s links with North West Kenya.
Baptism and confirmation services get ‘greener’
For the first time, churches are able to invite people who are being baptised and confirmed to make pledges to care for the planet as part of their baptismal vows.Continue reading
Change to faculty rules helps make churches greener
The rules around doing work on churches have changed today (1 July 2022), to help the Church of England achieve net-zero carbon by 2030. Parishes will now be expected toContinue reading
