Diocese of Chichester

Join Arocha’s Eco Church Award scheme: Complete the free online survey based on how your church cares for God’s earth. The survey covers:

• Worship and teaching

• Buildings

• Land

• Community and global engagement

• Lifestyles

The scheme is easy to use and has resources to guide you through each area for congregations, youth and children. As you make progress through the scheme, collect a Bronze Silver or Gold award!

What you can do as a parish to reduce your carbon emissions.

There are specific resources for parishes with graveyards and land:

• Caring For God's Acre

Find out what your household’s impact is:

• WWF Footprint Calculator

• Welcome to Creation Care | Creation Care

And take the next step to reduce your carbon footprint.

• Take the Jump

Get support and encouragement on your Eco Church journey! We are asking parishes to appoint an Eco Church Champion to promote all aspects of Caring for God’s Creation, and to work through the Eco Church Award scheme. The Parish Environment Support Network (PESN) meets online every 6-8 weeks to share good ideas and practice. To join the network or get more information about being a Parish or Deanery Eco Church Champion - email Revd Buff Forbes Stone, Diocesan Environment officer:

environment.officer@chichester.anglican.org

Climate change hits hardest the poorest countries and poorest people of the world. Meantime, the widespread destruction of the natural world is a crisis for creation. Joining with other Christian agencies amplifies our voices calling for radical change:

• A Rocha UK – Caring for creation

• Tearfund

• Christian Aid - UK charity fighting global poverty - Christian Aid

• Green Christian – Ordinary Christians, extraordinary times

• John Ray Insitute

• Operation Noah

• Christian Climate Action – Direct action, public witness for the climate

Church of England Environment Programme | The Church of England