Caring for the Environment
ECO CHURCH
Eco Church is about connecting faith to our concern for the environment. We hope and pray for a better, fairer and greener world and seek to use our time, energy and creative imagination to work towards this goal.
January 2026
The RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch (Friday 23-Sunday 25 January) is the world’s largest garden wildlife survey! Last year, nearly 600,000 people took part and over nine million birds were counted. We’ve lost a staggering 38 million birds from UK skies in the last 60 years. With birds facing so many challenges, it’s more important than ever to get involved in the Birdwatch. To take part, spend one hour counting the birds you see in one location – your garden, balcony or a local park. Submit your findings to the RSPB. You can download a free guide and ID chart to help you identify the birds you spot on the RSPB website. Find out more at: rspb.org.uk/whatshappening/big-garden-birdwatch
Eco Vision for St. Michael’s.
We had a list of objectives briefly set out below and the Eco Church online questionnaire designed to search out our ability to make additions and improvements in the many areas in which we operate.
- Renewable energy
- Install automatic movement sensors to switch off lights
- Solar panels
- ASHP for heating/hot water
- Utilities
- Green suppliers
- Recycling
- Introduce double-sided printing to reduce paper waste
- Implement an e-waste policy to properly recycle everything
- Donate old but still functioning electronic devices to charity
- Promote the purchase of second hand furniture
- Change to A+++ electrical appliances
- Insulation of windows and doors
- Gardening, landscape and biodiversity
- Grow our own flowers
- Introduce non-toxic cleaning products
- Low-carbon transport
- Clean water
- Store rainwater from rooftops in tanks
- Install water saving devices in toilets and tabs
- A good sustainability project idea is to use rainwater to flush toilets
- Organic food
https://www.greenofficemovement.org/sustainability-project-ideas
We have made progress in a number of the above.
