by Rachel Westwood.
Celebrate and Support the Season of Creation.
1 September - 4 October is a busy time where we not only celebrate Harvest but also focus on recycling, Fairtrade and other actions we can take to help the environment and live in greater harmony with Creation.
With so much going on, the Church of England has produced a calendar that can help both churches and individuals decide what actions we can take during this season.
Some ideas for the week ahead include seeing if we can generate zero waste for a day, reducing our energy consumption and planting wildflowers to help pollinators.
If there are ideas and suggestions you think we should be looking at in more detail as a community and a church, please let me know - your views and priorities are really important - rachel230westwood@btinternet.c
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We are proud to say that we have achieved the ‘Silver’ award level of the A’Rocha scheme. We intend to build on this and achieve Gold by recycling more, encouraging our church members and other churches to follow environmentally sensitive policies, and looking after our site (the churchyard) to promote ecological diversity and the wellbeing of the natural world. As part of this, we are thrilled to say that we were able to host the YCCN pilgrimage to the Glasgow Climate
Here’s our newly planted native (organic!) Yew hedge and our bee-friendly wildflower area which is showing good results!Summit!
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We have “recycling” boxes in the entrance to the Church and Hall where you can leave old mobile phones, stamps, spectacles and printer cartridges! These can often be sold to raise funds for the needy or passed to charities who can use them. We also can help with the recycling of many other things - contact us if you would like to help our Recycling efforts as we do need a new Coordinator!
We also try to feed the birds, encourage native wildflowers to grow in our grounds, and welcome people to use our space to relax - but please do so responsibly and do not leave litter! That’s what the bins and recycling boxes are for.