Green Christian: On the Road Together, Stroud Saturday 28 September 10.30am till 4.30pm Immaculate Conception Church Hall, Beeches Green GL5 4AA Join Green Christian and local communities to deepen ecologicalContinue reading
Tag: Environment
Creationtide 2019: resources for clergy and readers
Every year the Season of Creation runs from the Orthodox New Year on 1 September until St Francis Day on Thursday 4 October. Creationtide is originally an Eastern Orthodox initiativeContinue reading
Possible World course from CMS
This has been spotted on huge discount which may well be of interest as it is an excellent study guide for churches wanting to look outwards, exploring the breadth ofContinue reading
Cirencester Mothers’ Union join the GB Spring Clean
Last Tuesday afternoon, a small, but enthusiastic group of members met to take part in the Great British Spring Clean and spent an hour and a half litter-picking. In additionContinue reading
Guerrilla Gardening and Wildlife Conservation
Congratulations to St Mary’s parish church at Witcombe with Bentham who have secured a £250 grant to develop their wildlife garden. Plans to create a photographic survey of lichens, sensitiveContinue reading
Church achieves award for eco-work
St Lawrence’s Church, Lechlade has earned an Eco Church Bronze Award. The award is given by Christian charity A Rocha. The church has started sharing eco-tips in its newsletters, havingContinue reading
Handmade bird feeders for Coberley wildlife garden
Children at Coberley CofE Primary School used a grant from the Diocese of Gloucester’s Environment Fund to build bird feeders for the churchyard. The children worked with headteacher Andrew MilnerContinue reading
Litter picking Pauline lives out her faith every day
God never gives up on us, despite the mess that we make in the world. How do we live out our Christian faith, Monday to Saturday? Bishop Robert met withContinue reading
Daily emails for the Season of Creation 2019
“Being advocates for human flourishing, through initiatives which combat injustice, environmental destruction, exclusion and isolation.” The Season of Creation runs from September 1 to St Francis Day, October 4Continue reading
Grant aid for parish churches to have wildlife gardens
A small Environmental Fund has been dedicated to helping local parish churches to deliver new environmental projects. Plans that improve the churchyard which include new approaches and innovative ideas as wellContinue reading
Taking a stand for the environment: 24 Hours of Reality
With the Church committing to cut its carbon emissions by 80 percent by 2050, churches of all sizes are now getting involved
Diocesan Environmental Adviser
The Revd Arthur Champion is the Environmental Adviser for the Diocese of Gloucester. Arthur has had a lifelong commitment to caring for the environment. His experience includes pioneering a church-basedContinue reading
Silver award for going green
The ‘Eco Team’ at St Andrew’s Churchdown has received a silver Eco Church award for their practical work to care for creation. Eco Church Awards are run through A Rocha,Continue reading
Elkstone writes on the making of their environmental video
Chloe Darling from the Parish of Elkstone writes about the surprisingly non-terrifying experience of being filmed by the Diocese, and some of the things that have happened subsequently. The morningContinue reading
Inspired by nature: environmental projects at Elkstone
Bug hotels, wild areas, tree felling and a smorgasbord of eco-loos. As we approach Creationtide, we ask what ‘Care for Creation’ might look like.
Life in the countryside
Bishop Rachel has spent time this week visiting local farming families
On Keeping Penguins
I have no knowledge of penguins, let alone keeping one, and I’m never really quite sure which ‘arctic’ they come from. For me they had always been the stuff ofContinue reading
Spiritual Gardens
The development of spiritual gardens in church schools There has been a recent move for many schools to consider redesigning their outdoor space to facilitate a variety of functions. InContinue reading
There’s no place like home
It’s Cheltenham Race Week and many will appreciate the arrival of milder weather. Throughout the changing seasons, planet Earth continues to go hurtling around the Sun at a speed ofContinue reading
“What difference can I make to saving the planet?”
This question is what people often ask me as the Diocesan Environmental Adviser, perhaps because they feel overwhelmed by the scale and complexity of our responsibility to care for creation. MyContinue reading
