Eco Church

ECO CHURCH

There are three levels of Eco Church Award – Bronze, Silver and Gold.

In order to qualify for an Award our parish must attain the required standard in each of the areas covered by the Eco Survey.

The areas are:

After our first meeting in September 2019, we have chosen these initial targets:

To reduce paper usage by:

Counting copies of The Pulse (our weekly newsletter) which are left over each week and to reduce printing numbers accordingly
To encourage people to read The Pulse on-line rather than have a paper copy
To encourage people to receive one-off ‘Special’ orders of service by email and to bring their Ipads/Smart Phones to church to follow the service rather than have a paper copy.

Also to:

To calculate our church’s Carbon Footprint and make suggestions for improvements
To encourage church members to calculate and act upon their personal Carbon Footprints
To buy recycled ‘ethical’ toilet paper for the churches and SL Church Hall from ‘Who gives a crap’
To place Beehives (and bees) in our churchyards
To be part of the Effingham Village Tree planting initiative
To place Bug Hotels in both churchyards
To replace toilet flushers in both church toilets with a dual action flusher
To research the possibility of Community Recycling Bins (e.g. Glass, Cardboard, Clothing) for our church hall carpark.
To use ‘environmentally friendly’ cleaning products in both churches and Church Hall.
To use ‘environmentally friendly’ weed control in church yards.
To build and place bird boxes in both churchyards
To encourage congregation to place bird boxes in their gardens
To encourage congregation to switch from Google Internet Search Engine to Ecosia (which plants trees to off- set global warning)
To implement wildflower borders in AS and SL churchyards from March 2020 onwards