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A little bit of context“These ‘warming stripe’ graphics are visual representations of the change in temperature as measured in each country over the past 100+ years. Each stripe represents the temperature in that country averaged over a year. For most countries, the stripes start in the year 1901 and finish in 2020. |
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ECO Church Update March 2023Over the last two years we have been working hard at Christ Church to be better caretakers of God’s creation, which was the focus of our summer series in 2021. In October 2021 we were successful in gaining the Bronze Award.
Each key area has a number of questions to complete that allows us to explore our eco credentials. |
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Worship and TeachingWhen we completed the assessment for the Bronze award, we identified several key areas to work on to achieve the silver award, these were:
As we move forward we wish to continue to develop this area, so our action points are as follows Action Plan.
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Management of Church BuildingsWhen we gained the Bronze award, we set ourselves a target for the Silver Award of completing the following:
As you can see we have made great progress since the Bronze award, and will hopefully very soon move this section to the Silver Award.
We have recently purchased some “Save a flush” bags, which have now been installed. Action Plan
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LandOur action points from the Bronze award were,
We continue to improve our church grounds for the benefit of the local plants and animals as well as for the enjoyment and use by the community and are currently at Silver level. Ours gardening team meet each Thursday morning and are doing an amazing job of looking after the church grounds. Our 4,000 crocuses have flowered again this year and looked amazing in early spring. As these have been planted within the grass areas, it has also encouraged us to think more carefully about our mowing regime and we are looking at developing this even further in the coming years.
Action Plan
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Community and Global EngagementWe are currently at the Silver level for the community and global engagement aspect of the award.
Action Plan.
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Lifestyle
We have made good progress on this key aspect, and are currently at the Silver level of the award. We have a small Eco Award leadership group that helps to work towards the different levels of the award, and we report back to the DCC. We have developed a series of walks for the congregation to try, all starting from the church and visiting other churches nearby or other places of interest. We also encourage people to reuse, reduce and recycle, and have been doing so in the church office by reducing the amount of paper used by reusing sheets where possible. Action Plan.
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