Good to be out with our Churches Together Ecology Group litter picking in Dorchester today A Rocha UK Diocese of Salisbury

Congratulations on achieving your silver #EcoChurch award St Peter’s Church Bury - we celebrate with you!

And this 2022 article gives a good overview of initiatives across the UK that are looking to maximise biodiversity in churchyards, including A Rocha UK's work helping churches to protect & restore nature: bit.ly/3PkqxHG
NB: Diocese in Europe is a Bronze A Rocha Eco-Diocese

Congratulations on achieving your bronze #EcoChurch award The Eldwick Church!

Polly Eaton A Rocha UK 's Eco Diocese Officer attended the Net Zero Carbon Connect Conference to lead conversations about how #EcoChurch can support the NZC ambitions. Achieving Eco Church & Eco Diocese awards are identified as key objectives in the routemap to #netzero2030 .

Congratulations on achieving your silver #EcoChurch award St Anne's Church, Wandsworth, London - wonderful news!

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A power station that received green energy subsidies has been found to burn wood taken from ancient forests in Canada.

Andy Lester from A Rocha UK unpacks more about the story.

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...or on foot, or on #publictransport ...however you get about this week, we are encouraging you not to use the car if possible.
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#carbonfast #Lent2024 #ClimateActionNow #creationcare

Great to be at URC Eastern Synod today for their Environment themed Synod with Roo Stewart, ⁦⁦URC Church & Society⁩, ⁦A Rocha UK⁩

#BiodiversityNetGain was introduced last month, but will this new approach to development leave #nature better off, or is it just another wave of greenwashing?
A Rocha UK's Policy Officer Hannah Eves investigates:

arocha.org.uk/biodiversity-n…

Made together in yesterday's 'The Ten'.
We thought about the beauty of spring, our lives of faith: we gave thanks and invited the Holy Spirit to be at work in us and in the world
#church #life #cotswolds #chippingcampden #spring #Thanksgiving #faith #prayer
The Diocese of Gloucester A Rocha UK

Nominate your church - The Church Times has launched the 2024 Green Church Awards to recognize Christian organizations, communities, and schools actively addressing the environmental crisis. Read more here tinyurl.com/pn7ebykk Church Times A Rocha UK

Congratulations to the congregation & community of Henllan in Denbigh Mission Area. It is only the second in the whole of Wales to achieve a A Rocha UK Gold Eco Church Award: dioceseofstasaph.org.uk/gold-award-for… Denbighshire Free Press Martin BBC Radio Wales The Church in Wales | Yr Eglwys yng Nghymru DioceseofStAsaphSchools

Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) was introduced on 12 February 2024, but will this new approach to development leave nature better off, or is it just another wave of greenwashing? Hannah Eves A Rocha UK's Policy Officer, investigates:

arocha.org.uk/biodiversity-n…

Join us as we discuss the challenges of the climate crisis and explore how we can make a positive impact on our planet.

Andy Atkins, CEO of A Rocha UK, will lead the discussion on Wednesday 6 March.

Register here: lichfield-cathedral.org/lent

#ClimateDiscussion #LentSeries

Last Saturday the Land & Nature Motion passed at The Church of England General Synod ⛪

This is great news for nature 🌿

Read our post-synod analysis and read stories of churches already doing amazing things for nature on their land here:

arocha.org.uk/land-and-natur…

“Strive to safeguard the integrity of creation and sustain and renew the life of the earth” - Learning about the 5th mark of mission at Forest Church 🌍🌳🌸🐝🪺⁦The CofE in Lancashire (Blackburn Diocese)⁩ ⁦Blackburn Diocese Board of Education⁩ ⁦A Rocha UK⁩

'God Saw That It Was Good' is a film series produced by Baptists Together. The four short films showcase our beautiful planet, focusing on environmental issues around themes of coasts, sky, trees, and life. Watch for free: gstiwg.co.uk

Crossroads St Anne's, Norwich planted 10 native tree whips as part of the 1 Million Trees campaign from Norfolk County Council, to make a #Prophetic statement about #ClimateJustice as part of the The Climate Coalition’s campaign #ShowTheLove

#CreationCare A Rocha UK Graham Usher Church of England Environment Programme…