Eco Article

Emmanuel Church is delighted to announce that we have achieved the Bronze Eco Church Award through the A Rocha UK Project. Emmanuel qualified for the award partly as a result of the modern and environmentally-friendly premises, partly through the efforts made both inside and outside the church to be more ethical and sustainable, and partly

Fairtrade Fortnight will be from Monday 9 September – Sunday 22 September 2024. The Fairtrade Foundation (fairtrade.org.uk) says ‘2024 is our 30th birthday, so we want to use the occasion to highlight how 30 years of working together has made the FAIRTRADE Mark a leader of lifechanging impact for farmers and workers across the world.

In the last magazine we introduced the Eco Church award, and asked what ideas people have for living more sustainably in order to care for our world and its inhabitants. We’re hoping there will be lots of good ideas sent in for this edition and in future editions too! Here are a few ideas from

THE ECO CHURCH AWARD : CARING FOR GOD’S CREATION The Eco Church award is a scheme that encourages churches to celebrate and enrich their care for God's earth. It covers five key areas: Worship and teaching; Buildings; Land; Community and global engagement; and Lifestyle. See ecochurch.arocha.org.uk/how-eco-church-works/ We're encouraged in the Bible to be good stewards

Fairtrade Fortnight 21st February to 6th March 2022 For two weeks each year at the end of February and start of March, thousands of individuals, companies and groups across the UK come together to share the stories of the people who grow our food and drinks, mine our gold and who grow the cotton in

Today we are more aware than ever about environmental issues and our carbon footprint. We know we can all play our part by buying food in season and food that has been produced locally. We can use our cars less where possible, and walk or use public transport instead. We can boil our kettles with

Is it all good news? 1. BENEFIT - Reduced pollution levels and Greenhouse Gas Emissions The world ground to a halt in March and most industrial activities had a dramatic effect. Air travel dropped to virtually nothing, and satellite images revealed a clear drop in global levels of nitrogen dioxide. This is primarily emitted from