Environment & Ecology
- Could this be the Cathedral in 75 years? Together we can stop this happening at
- www.portsmouth.generous.org.uk
ENVIRONMENT ADVISER
Each diocese has an environment adviser who is happy to receive your enquiries or any ideas and information you may have about the environment. For Portsmouth the Diocesan Environment Adviser is Revd Andy Norris. You can contact Andy at environment(at)portsmouth.anglican.org or 01489 572324.
DIOCESAN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
The Bishop, The Rt Revd Dr Kenneth Stevenson says: "Jesus' summary of the law takes on new meaning as we realise how human induced climate change impacts both our worship of God and our love for neighbour. I commend this policy to the diocese as a call requiring nothing less than the wholesale renewal of our lifestyles as disciples."
Please download and read the DIOCESAN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY. The policy is supported by 'portsmouth.generous' and by this GREEN LIST to download; it is full of suggestions to help your church or group respond to the policy with your own action plan.
www.portsmouth.generous.org.uk
We have teamed up with 'generous.org.uk' to create our own new online community, giving people the vision, encouragement and opportunity to make a difference. Portsmouth.generous will help us to take steps to renew our lifestyles in the manner encouraged within our Diocesan Environment Policy. During 2009 individuals are encouraged to join and parishes can link up; together we can make a difference.
NEW: CofE www.shrinkingthefootprint.cofe.anglican.org Website. A wholly new site from June '09, full of guidance and resources to get your church reducing your footprint by 20% in 4 years and 80% by 2050. It's time for action.
FLOOD MAP: WHERE WILL ALL THE WATER GO?
Click here to find a projected 'flood map' for Portsmouth; will the sea reach your parish?
AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
A copy of the DVD of 'An Inconvenient Truth' has been sent as a gift to every parish in Portsmouth Diocese. Please watch the film which should be available for use in each parish. For resource links about how to make the most of this film which won Al Gore the Nobel Peace Prize please click here.
PRESS RELEASE: TIME FOR GOD'S EARTH From Lambeth Palace, the call to set aside September each year as a month to reflect and act upon the Environment and Climate Change.
LOCAL CAMPAIGN: PORTSMOUTH CLIMATE ACTION NETWORK (PCAN) Visit www.portsmouthcan.co.uk for information about climate change and Portsmouth.
THE ISLE OF WIGHT Congratulations to the Isle on acheiving ECO ISLAND status and in taking the lead through the Islands Sustainable Community Strategy; learn more at http://www.eco-island.org.uk/
ISLE OF WIGHT FOOTPRINT TRUST In the Arcdeacon's Charge at her visitation for The Isle of Wight, The Ven Caroline Baston invited parishes to respond to the offer partnership by The Isle of Wight Footprint Trust in undertaking free environmental audits on the Island churches. The Footprint Trust is dedicated to working with the Island community in promoting sustainable living and can be found at www.footprint-trust.co.uk
PORTSMOUTH CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGY Portsmouth City Council are seeking your views on Climate Change for their strategy promoted by their Climate Change Officer at http://www.portsmouth.gov.uk/living/13093.html . Jasmine Fletcher is Portsmouth 's Climate Change & Sustainability Officer.
CHURCH CAMPAIGN Have you discovered the Church of England has an environment campaign at www.shrinkingthefootprint.cofe.anglican.org ? There you can find out how to take action on climate change, how to reduce your carbon footprint, how to offset your carbon, aswell as finding many useful links. The June 2008 Newsletter from the Church of England can be seen here.
'How Many Lightbulbs Does It Take To Change A Christian?' is title of a pocket guide to shrinking your ecological footprint. Full of practical ideas which are designed to complement 'shrinkingthefootprint'. The book is ideal to give out to a congregation and is available from www.chpublishing.co.uk
What is your household's carbon footprint? Find out by visiting the new interactive site at http://actonCO2.direct.gov.uk
WORSHIP You can find worship resources on environmental themes here.
AUDIT If you would like to undertake an environmental audit for your church or a personal audit then the main document you will need has been adapted for our diocese from material produced by ecocongregations. Download the parish environmental audit here. Download a personal environmental audit for yourself and your family here.
WORKING GROUP The Diocesan Environment Adviser is supported by the Diocesan Environment Working Group. The group would be pleased to hear from anyone with ideas and expertise as we seek to encourage parishes to reduce their carbon footprint.
Links to Environment Sites
You might find the following links are useful with regard to the environment and your church. www.shrinkingthefootprint.cofe.anglican.org www.conservationfoundation.co.uk www.arocha.org www.christian-aid.org www.operationnoah.org www.christian-ecology.org.uk www.rsesymposia.org www.tearfund.org www.theregenerationproject.org www.methodist.org.uk/static/econetwork www.ecocongregation.org.uk At ecocongregation you can find examples of diocesan environment policies from around the country. www.portsmouthcan.co.uk
This list is not exhaustive, if you can commend other helpful links then please inform the Diocesan Environment Adviser, thank you.
