You are invited to the first ever Earthing Faith network gathering on Thursday 2nd February 2012. Sharing | Showcasing | Connecting The gathering will provide space for sharing stories from projects around the Diocese of Oxford. We will highlight the new energy monitoring pilot scheme, hear creative responses to installing solar PV, learn how your church [...]
To register a school visit: www.earthingfaith.org/school-energy-pilot The Diocese of Oxford and the national CofE Shrinking the Footprint campaign are offering churches (and CofE schools) in the diocese the opportunity to use, for free, energy monitoring software that will help track and reduce their energy use. The scheme is partnering with sMeasure, an easy-to-use web-based energy [...]
The Diocese of Oxford has published an information sheet to introduce how heat pumps could be used to heat your church. It will help you assess the suitability of your church and provides a list of things to consider as you develop a project to install heat pump technology and benefit from the government Renewable [...]
The Diocese of Oxford has published an information sheet to introduce how biomass could be used to heat churches. It aims to help you assess the suitability of your church and provides a list of things to consider as you develop a project to install a biomass boiler and benefit from the government Renewable Heat [...]
HOME is a film by Yann Arthus-Bertrand. It is breathtaking and inspirational – and has at its core a goal of inspiring people to act on what they see. Available in full on YouTube for free it makes for a great resource for groups to use and to screen themselves.
The Diocese of Oxford has produced an information sheet for people exploring how solar energy could be used to generate electricity in church buidlings. The sheet will help people assess the suitability of their church and provides a list of things to consider when exploring installing solar panels and benefiting from the government Feed-In-Tariff. Download [...]
Switch to green energy! The Diocese of Oxford has negotiated schemes with two of the UK’s leading green energy providers that make switching to green electricity easy and make donations to the Church of England’s Climate Justice Fund.
New book ‘For Creed and Creation: A simple guide to greening your church’ is now available and is full of practical suggestions for making your church more energy efficient. With simple ideas and advice from the way the building is run, to how rubbish is recycled and the light switches used, the guide will help to reduce bills and put your church on the right track to tackling your carbon footprint.
How can you combine growing your own delicious food, making new friends, learning a natural growing method, and the opportunity to reconnect at a deep, spiritual level with creation? The answer is Grow Zones, a community growing project.
With darker evenings and the colder weather we are all likely to be picking up the car keys more often, so here we highlight a few ideas to help you explore making your car use greener.
As Christians it is our duty to care for the world with which we have been entrusted. And that includes how we use our church buildings; wisely caring for them and reducing the carbon footprint they create. Natalie Merry tells us that the most effective ways to reduce the carbon footprint of church buildings are also often the simplest.
Eco-congregation is an Award scheme that recognises and encourages churches which are taking our God given mandate to care for creation seriously and are doing something about it. Could your church apply for the award?
