Congratulations to St John’s Marsh Green for achieving their Eco Gold Award. St John’s are the first URC church to gain this award and the ninth church to achieve Gold since our Eco Church scheme started back in January 2016. Rob Weston, Convener of the URC’s Environmental Task Group, Minister for Tavistock United Reformed Church and Interim Minister for Lavington United Reformed Church said:  “I’m delighted to see the first Gold Eco Church award within the United Reformed Church, it is quite clear that the whole church across the UK is waking up to the need for urgent action.  As Convener of the URC’s Environmental Task Group, I believe the Eco Church award scheme offers such a great range of resources and advice that every local URC should be signed up and involved in making a difference. The scheme is suitable for large and small churches, urban and rural, climate change is an issue for us all and every church can make a positive change.” Read about St John’s inspiring achievements including church nature reserve, rainwater tank and ethical banking here: http://www.marshgreenurc.co.uk/communityandworld/eco-introduction.html    

Congratulations to Christ Church on their Eco Church Gold award!

We are thrilled to announce that the seventh Eco Church Gold award goes to Cotteridge Quakers. Importantly, this is the first Quaker meeting to achieve the gold standard. Our Church Relations Manager Helen Stephens says, ‘Quakers have a wonderful ethos of seeking to live simply – and in truth, peace and equality – on this earth. There is much we can learn from them. Eco Church is a way of them measuring and celebrating what they are doing as well as giving them more ideas for next steps. Achieving a Gold award requires a significant commitment including wider community involvement. Cotteridge Quakers have embraced it wholeheartedly.’ A huge congratulations to them! Cotteridge Quakers reduced the carbon footprint of their all-electric building by an inspirational 98% over fifteen years, with its CO2 emissions dropping from 26.4 tons in 2014 to 0.6 tons in 2019. Read more about their achievements here.  

Join with other churches to celebrate Creation Time and hold a Green Communion in September. Download your free resources here.

We’re delighted to announce that Stratford-Upon-Avon Methodist Church has become the first Methodist Church in the country to receive a Gold Eco Church award.

Following the success of the Eco Diocese award, recognising the efforts of Anglican dioceses in mobilising their churches to care for God’s earth, we are delighted to partner with the Methodist Church to launch Eco Circuit and Eco District.

What better start to 2019 than to book your place on our next Eco Church conference? Join us on 2nd March at St. Luke’s, Holloway

Join with other churches to celebrate Creation Time and hold a Green Communion in September. Download your free resources here.

Winchester Diocese has made a fantastic video all about why Eco Church is a good thing and how to make it happen in your church. Take a look and be inspired!’