Calne Community - ECO Churches
Introduction to ECO Church - An 'A Rocha' UK Project
Turn your church green
From meditation to insulation, from location to invocation; loving God and his creation should impact everything in our church lives.
That's why A Rocha UK has developed Eco Church – a brand new award scheme for churches in England and Wales who want to demonstrate that the gospel is good news for God’s earth. Eco Church is the successor to Eco-Congregation (in England and Wales only) and we’d love your church to take part in this exciting initiative, which will challenge and equip you to care for God’s world in all areas of your life together.
To participate in the Eco Church scheme, register your church at Eco Church. You can then begin completing the online survey by indicating how your church is caring for God’s earth in your worship and teaching, around your buildings and grounds (if applicable), in your community engagement at local and global level and in your personal lifestyles as church members.
As you complete the survey, your church collects points towards an Eco Church Award. You can save your survey responses and update them as you complete additional actions. The survey serves as both a record of actions achieved and as a ready-made plan for future action that can be updated as and when new initiatives are undertaken. Accompanying the survey will be a whole new suite of resources to help churches undertake the actions recommended in the survey.
ECO Church is supported by Christian Aid, Church of England, Methodist Church, TearFund, United Reformed Church
From meditation to insulation, from location to invocation; loving God and his creation should impact everything in our church lives.
That's why A Rocha UK has developed Eco Church – a brand new award scheme for churches in England and Wales who want to demonstrate that the gospel is good news for God’s earth. Eco Church is the successor to Eco-Congregation (in England and Wales only) and we’d love your church to take part in this exciting initiative, which will challenge and equip you to care for God’s world in all areas of your life together.
To participate in the Eco Church scheme, register your church at Eco Church. You can then begin completing the online survey by indicating how your church is caring for God’s earth in your worship and teaching, around your buildings and grounds (if applicable), in your community engagement at local and global level and in your personal lifestyles as church members.
As you complete the survey, your church collects points towards an Eco Church Award. You can save your survey responses and update them as you complete additional actions. The survey serves as both a record of actions achieved and as a ready-made plan for future action that can be updated as and when new initiatives are undertaken. Accompanying the survey will be a whole new suite of resources to help churches undertake the actions recommended in the survey.
ECO Church is supported by Christian Aid, Church of England, Methodist Church, TearFund, United Reformed Church
Sustainable CALNE supports and encourages Churches who have already registered with ECO Church, and will seek to engage and encourage those Churches that have yet to become involved with ECO Church to do so.
ECO Church is one initiative among many towards Calne achieving Carbon Neutrality by 2030.
ECO Church is one initiative among many towards Calne achieving Carbon Neutrality by 2030.
ECO Church Progress & Awards in Calne
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Registered for ECO Church in July 2019
Submitted 3 iterations of the ECO Church Survey COVID-19 has slowed progress towards award related action. (Also has been an official Fairtrade Church for many years) AWARDS: None to date |
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Registered for ECO Church
AWARDS: None to date |
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Registered for ECO Church
AWARDS: None to date |
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Registered for ECO Church
AWARDS: None to date |
We are checking with other Churches in Calne to find out who is already involved with ECO Church...
See also the Churches Carbon Fooprint profiler and calculator: https://360carbon.org/
See also the Churches Carbon Fooprint profiler and calculator: https://360carbon.org/
