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Caring for Creation
Useful Documents
The Caring for Creation Policy
The Net Zero Programme of Activities
Info on people and governance of Creation Care activities
- Caring for Creation Working Group - coming soon
- Diocesan Environment Officer
- Archdeaconry Environment Officer*
- LEO job description*
*Please note this document is "suggested" because chaplaincies and archdeaconries may wish to customise them to suit their specific circumstances.
A Rocha - EcoChurch
- How to register for EcoChurch (the procedure is different in the Diocese in Europe to mainland UK)
- See which other chaplaincy has won an award in the diocese
- Diocese Awarded Bronze Eco Status (news story)
Further resources
Links to useful support for all relevant activities (worship, carbon footprint tools, hints and examples on improving environmental performance) and relevant organisations such as Eco Church, Church of England environment resources and webinars, and the European Climate Pact.
Worship
- www.preachingforgodsworld.org - primarily for all preachers but the thoughts and reflections offered for each Sunday’s Revised Common Lectionary are for anyone interested in how the Bible speaks to us on caring for the whole of creation – people and planet. The readings are viewed through the lens of the Anglican Five Marks of Mission.
- Green Christian Green Christian – Ordinary Christians, extraordinary times
- At your service – Creation care resources for your church, by A Rocha International (arocha.org)
- Iona Community Resources - The Iona Community
- EcoCongregation Scotland Greening Worship (ecocongregationscotland.org)
- New words to old tunes Hymns about Care of the Environment etc - Christian Ecology Link (christian-ecology.org.uk)
Treading lightly (practical help)
- EcoChurch - An A Rocha UK Project
- CofE Energy Footprint Tool Energy Footprint Tool | The Church of England
- CofE Practical path to net zero carbon The practical path to net zero carbon for churches | The Church of England
- 360 carbon (comprehensive carbon footprint calculator) The Collaborative Carbon Calculator for Churches, Charities and Small Businesses • 360°carbon.org (360carbon.org)
- A Rocha Ressourcés Archive - A Rocha International
- Green Christian Green Christian – Ordinary Christians, extraordinary times
Networking and activism
- Green Christian Green Christian – Ordinary Christians, extraordinary times
- Christian Climate Action Christian Climate Action – Direct action, public witness for the climate
- Christian Climate Action Belgium Home - Christian Climate Action Belgium
- Craftivism collective Be a change-maker not just a world-worrier. - Craftivist Collective (craftivist-collective.com)
- 350.org (tools, guidance and training)
- European Christian Environmental Network What's new | Ecen
- Eglise verte Pour une conversion écologique de l’Église | Label Église verte (egliseverte.org)
Climate Science
- IPCC — Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
- Stockholm Resilience Centre Stockholm Resilience Centre - Stockholm Resilience Centre
- Climate change learning resources A Collated List of Online Climate Change Learning Resources – SEEd (se-ed.co.uk)
EU Climate Pledge
Creationtide resources
