Author Archives for John

Stewardship begins at home


It’s the little things that make up a difference.
It is those little changes that we do individually that can make the real difference.  I have been reading about people’s experience of using energy saving meters and how they are a brilliant tool to help see how much energy is saved when making those little changes.  [...]

we cans recycle!


Did you know that recycling just 1 aluminium can saves 3 hours T.V. time, (i.e. power used to watch your Television set for 3 hours). Yes, I know, wow, that’s because making the aluminium cans from scratch is a very energy intensive industry, from mining the ore from the earth to smelting and transporting it to the [...]

Carbon Fasting


Whether you are hillwalking, sharing in your cells, helping out with Alpha, or praying walking, there is always a chance to ponder on God’s wonderful creation.  And if you do maybe thoughts about simplicity, opportunity, stewardship, jutice, poverty pass through your mind.
I like this initiative from Tear Fund because it means doing simple things each [...]

Integration - community and climate change


An Invitation
I went to an Eco-Congregation conference last Saturday up in the beautiful town of Dunblane, (which has a wonderfully old cathedral).   In my time there I found out that Eco-congregation see community and climate change as integrated, and in fact as much as we tried, they would not concede that they are in fact [...]

Invitation to Talk


Each of us in the Green Team bring with us different passions and I hope that over time as we each put up posts, and you engage with us, that you will come to know us and our passions.
 
So to get things going I would like to share a little about where I am coming [...]