Eco-Congregation

Welcome to Dunnet Parish Church, 258th (and possibly most Northern mainland) eco-congregation!

The next meeting of the South Lanarkshire Eco-Congregation network will be on Monday 25th October, 7.30pm at Fernhill and Cathkin Church, Neilvaig Drive, Rutherglen G73 4HA.

The evening will include an Awards Workshop. All the meetings are friendly and informal, so please come along and join us!

The next meeting of the South Lanarkshire Eco-Congregation network will be on Monday 25th October, 7.30pm at Fernhill and Cathkin Church, Neilvaig Drive, Rutherglen G73 4HA.

The evening will include an Awards Workshop. All the meetings are friendly and informal, so please come along and join us!

• The assessors were particularly impressed by the church’s work in the following areas:
• The links being made between Christian faith and environmental concerns.
• The work with Fair Trade, especially the external activity, especially the considerable effort and contribution towards helping Stirling achieve Fair Trade status, as well as promoting running a Fair Trade stall in other churches.
• The recorded Carbon footprint reduction since installation of new heaters, a time clock and insulation and linking this with attempts to sign up everyone in the congregation to committing to carbon cutting.
• The work with communities overseas, particularly through ‘Direct Link’.
• The outdoor work.
• The acquisition of a brown bin by lobbying the local authority.

Well done!

We are urging all eco-congregations to take part in a lobby of Westminster MPs in their Scottish constituencies on 5 or 6 November. The lobby is timed to precede the Cancun climate change conference – our chance to help put right the failings of last year’s Copenhagen climate change conference.

You can find our more from this briefing and register your interest at the Stop Climate Chaos website. The website includes an interactive map that allows you to find out who is involved in your constituency. We hope you will be able to join us – it would be great for eco-congregations to be showing the way!

The next meeting of the Aberdeen/-shire Eco-Congregation meeting will take place on Wednesday 6th October, 7.30pm at Queen’s Cross Church, Albyn Place, Aberdeen AB10 1YN . Here you can find a map.

The main theme will be an update and review of the local outlets for recycling. Quite a few churches in the network have been involved in recycling schemes and it would be good to exchange information and update ourselves on the latest initiatives. To help with this Barbara Hill of Aberdeen City Council has agreed to come along and give a talk and answer questions.

The next meeting of the Edinburgh network will take place on Monday, 04.10., 7.30pm at Carlops Church. Miriam Adcock from the Waste Action Resources Programme will speak about food, food waste and recycling.

Please bring ‘leftovers recipes’ to share!