As a church we have committed to take action in response to the climate emergency.
We call upon others as well as ourselves to take fresh and urgent steps to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.
The main ways we can do this are:
- by reducing and eliminating as quickly as possible, our use of fossil fuels in the running of our church properties and our own household energy and transportation needs
- supporting and joining communal and civil society actions to call upon governments, and corporate organisations globally to do all in their power to switch all economic activities to a carbon-free and circular method of operating
What are we doing as a church right now?
– Our electricity is supplied from renewable sources; and we host an array of solar panels on The Cornerstone
– We maintain our 4- acre churchyard in ways which encourage biodiversity and we are developing projects to better understand, conserve and promote the biodiversity
– We observe the Season of Creation as a church and regularly encourage reflection, prayer, thought and action on environmental sustainability issues
– We run an Instagram account about climate matters
– We are supporting Soulscape in their climate action project CARE at a local secondary school.
– We held an online Climate Emergency workshop in summer 2020 and we have a Climate Action Group. Read more…
Our Parochial Church Council has made the following statement of commitment.
We acknowledge that we are in a climate emergency and we agree to take serious steps to respond in the following ways:
– to do all that we can as trustees of this church to reduce further and significantly the carbon emissions of the plant and activities of All Saints Church
– in our worship, prayer, teaching and mission as a church to encourage creative and imaginative responses to the climate crisis
– to consider our own personal lifestyle choices, and urge others to encourage theirs, and do all that we can to reduce our own carbon emissions
– to advocate for urgent and effective responses to the climate crisis, supporting as far as we can those agencies such as Christian Aid which advocate on a wider canvas.
Climate Matters Action Group
Please contact the Reverend Hannah Higginson if you would like to find out more about the Climate Matters Action Group at All Saints Church.
