Church action
There are all kinds of ways in which Christians can respond to the challenges that climate change brings. One or two services a year will not even begin to generate an adequate response. One or two people could be asked to lead the church in their response. Church leaders can encourage home groups to study bible notes together, to measure their carbon footprints and to walk together in making lifestyle changes.
The church could choose to actively support Christian organisations working to respond to climate change. Individuals could be encouraged to attend training courses; to visit and learn from what other churches are doing and to establish meetings to debate a moral response. Anglicans and Methodists have used the period of Lent to focus on personal response to climate change or have called for Lent to be a time of fasting from carbon emissions. Inter-church members could meet and study together in small groups.
The Anglican Church has encouraged all churches to measure their carbon footprint and to seek ways of reducing this – the initial challenge was to reduce this by 40% by 2050.
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Living Witness How to get involved with the Quaker’s approach to sustainable living
A Rocha Working with churches
Day of Prayer for climate change Set aside time to pray and reflect
The Church of Scotland Ongoing project on responding to climate change
Eco Congregations A course for churches to follow to encourage care for creation
Living lightly A Rocha's helpful lifestyle response
Diocese of Southwark For Creed and Creation – a booklet to help churches respond (pdf)
Sage Oxford based Christian Environmental group
Breathe A Christian network for simpler living
Diocese of Lichfield Lent challenge; A heart for Creation
CAFOD A variety of useful resources to support CAFOD’s Live Simply challenge
Church of England Shrinking the footprint – the Anglican challenge for churches
Camas A residential Christian centre on Iona focusing on approaches to low carbon living
Tearfund What can I do about climate change?
CRES Christian Rural and Environmental Studies
Woodbrooke The Quaker study centre in Birmingham with a number of useful environmental courses
Live Generously Tread lightly, live generously
Eco Congregations Scotland Resources for church action
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Come to Camas for one of our themed weeks this season!Get your hands dirty in our organic garden in our Gardening Week. A week for all gardening abilities. Be close to the soil and learn about gardening the organic way.Or come to our Exploring Creation Week, and discuss, explore, reflect on and simply enjoy the great scottish outdoors! Week led by Kathy Galloway, former leader of the Iona Community and current head of Christian Aid Scotland.Please visit Our website on the Camas link above for more information.
Come and join for a week at the Camas Centre, an outdoor center with an environmental focus.April 21 - 27 2012, we are running a week of Organic Gardening. All abilities welcome, from the experienced gardener to the one who knows nothing but want to be close to the soil. Gardening, reflection, good food and company and a beautiful landscape.September 22 - 28 2012, we are running a week on Exploring Creation. Looking into what the Celts meant when they called the world, the creation 'God's big Book'. Led by Kathy Galloway, former leader of the Iona Community and current head of Christain Aid ScotlandPlease look at our website for more info. www.iona.org.uk and go to the Camas section.