Pioneering owners of some of the UK’s most energy efficient houses will be hosting free open days during SuperHomes Week between Saturday 17th March and Sunday 25th March 2012. SuperHomes are older homes that have been refurbished to the highest standards of energy efficiency – resulting in greater comfort, significantly lower running costs and a [...]
sMeasure and the Diocese of Oxford will be running a Church and Energy Management Workshop in three venues during March. The workshop will be run by sMeasure and provide a walk through their software, which is being offered to churches in a pilot scheme, and explain how to analyse and use the data it provides, [...]
Join A Rocha for a Chiltern Gateway Project led service in the stunning 12th century church St. Mary the Virgin, Hambleden (RG9 6RX). This will be an informal service starting at 9:40 am on 11th March. Bring your own lunch and join the Chiltern Gateway Project team for a picnic and walk along the Thames [...]
Oxfordshire Rural Community Council and Oxfordshire Community and Voluntary Action are offering a free course on Community Action. The course will help people understand how they can affect decisions about where they live and make a change in their neighbourhood. The course will be held in Oxford starting in May 2012 and needs a commitment [...]
Help plant 6 million trees to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee. To celebrate the anniversary of Queen Elizabeth ll’s historic 2012 Diamond Jubilee, the Woodland Trust is helping millions of people across the UK to come together to plant 6 million trees. They hope neighbours, communities, schools and families will come together to plant thousands of [...]
Leaders of the UK’s mainstream churches are today calling for repentance over the prevailing ‘shrug-culture’ towards climate change by signing Operation Noah’s Ash Wednesday Declaration. ‘Traditionally, Christians commit themselves to repentance and renewed faith in Jesus Christ on Ash Wednesday,’ said David Atkinson, Assistant Bishop in the Diocese of Southwark. ‘We must live out that [...]
Christian Ecology Link invite you to take part in our 30th anniversary day conference “Treasure in the Field : Spiritual capital and sustainable living”, to be held on Saturday 10th March 2012 between 11am and 5pm, at St Michael’s Church, Stoke Gifford, not far from Bristol Parkway train station. CEL have invited a range of [...]
The secret to growing food in your garden isn’t about expert knowledge, space or time – it is about doing it with a group of friends and helping one another get started. Bringing people together and starting such a group is straight forward and rewarding with Grow Zones, a community growing resource with a difference. [...]
Still Point, in association with the Diocese of Oxford, are organising Soil & Soul a one day festival celebrating the earth and contemplative spirituality in the Jesus tradition. Taking place on Saturday 28th April from 10am until 10pm at the Isis Farmhouse Pub & Boathouse in Oxford, there will be speakers, including Peter Owen-Jones, art [...]
Join Tearfund and churches across the world for the Carbon Fast this Lent – starting on Wednesday 22 February – with daily actions and prayers to help you and your church reduce your emissions. Whether you’re a nervous novice or a carbon-cutting champion, there’s something in this year’s Carbon Fast for you. The daily actions [...]
The Society of Friends in Reading is organising a Spirit-led Sustainability Workshop on Saturday 25 February to which all are invited. It will take place between 10.00 am – 4.00 pm at Reading Friends Meeting House, Church Street, Reading. The event will provide an opportunity for reflection on how we can, as individuals and as a [...]
2012 is to be the diocesan Living Faith year of ‘Making a Difference’. Alison Webster, Social Responsibility Advisor for the Diocese of Oxford shares what will be happening and how everyone can be involved.
