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Welcome!! Come in and have a look
around...
Why we have developed the site
Scientists agree that climate change is happening and human activity
has caused it. The developed world has primary responsibility, while
the developing world is already suffering the consequences. The Church
of England as a whole - churches, Cathedrals, offices, halls, schools
and clergy housing - has a carbon footprint the size of Sainsbury's. We need to reduce our carbon emissions, for the sake of caring for our planet home and for the sake of climate justice.
The Council for Church and Society at the Diocese of Exeter
has developed this site to bring together all the information and
resources you need in one place. We've tried not to invent the wheel,
so there are plenty of links to material on other sites, including the
Church of England's national Shrinking the Footprint campaign and Eco-congregation. It's not complete, as we're building it up as a resource. We'd love to hear from anyone who could help us develop material, has any ideas, or just some useful comments to help us improve the site.
Recent news
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PV Update – January 2012
Despite the confusion regarding changes to the Tariffs, we expect the EcoChurch SW scheme to still hold good for Churches. We are now assuming a 21p FiT for churches in ...
Posted 23 Jan 2012 09:03 by Martyn Goss
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Durban outcome not enough
In a statement read on 9 December to government members from around the world at the United Nations climate summit in Durban, South Africa, the World Council of Churches (WCC ...
Posted 13 Dec 2011 09:18 by Martyn Goss
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COP17 Durban
The 17th Conference of the Parties (COP) took place between 28th November and 11 December 2011 in Durban South Africa.
The talks have been heralded a success after a climate ...
Posted 13 Dec 2011 06:45 by Martyn Goss
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Met Office warning on impacts of local Climate Change
A quarter of people in the UK could suffer more water shortages by the end of the century without action to tackle climate change, the Met Office has warned.
However ...
Posted 6 Dec 2011 08:49 by Martyn Goss
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Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI)
Currently around half of the UK’s carbon emissions come from the energy used to produce heat. The RHI is intended to reduce emissions by 44 million tonnes of carbon ...
Posted 28 Nov 2011 05:54 by Martyn Goss
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What you should look at first
The Shrinking the Footprint actions are in five main areas, with a
section of the site dedicated to each - see the Actions menu on the left. We are starting by focusing
on energy in buildings and procurement, as this is the source of most
carbon emissions.
We suggest you start with the pages:
And check out the Case studies
for what others have done. These will be continually added to, so do keep coming back.
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