Engaging with God through the beauty and wonder of butterflies
31st October 2023"Beautiful and graceful, varied and enchanting, small but approachable, butterflies lead you to the sunny side of life. And everyone deserves a little sunshine."
News
Eco Advent – A Journey to Christmas
11th October 2023This December, we’re inviting families and households across our diocese to join us on a special Advent journey that combines the spirit of the season with our commitment to caring for God’s creation.
Pupil chaplains help St Andrew’s Church achieve bronze eco-award
3rd October 2023Earlier this year, the Pupil Chaplain team at Backwell Junior School took part in a discussion about caring for the environment with Bishop Michael Beasley. Following this discussion, the chaplains decided to get involved in St Andrew’s Church’s application for the Eco Church award.
Caring for God's creation
29th September 2023St James's Church in Taunton use ancient, more biodiversity friendly, methods to cut the grass in the churchyard
Members of the Anglican Alliance meet in Wells
15th September 2023The Alliance is made up of members from every continent in the world. "It's like the world has come to Wells."
Creative route to Bronze Eco Church award
15th August 2023The church of St Michael and All Angels, Flax Bourton, is celebrating after gaining the award. The church community employed some unique ideas, alongside some well-established ones, to reach their Eco Church goal.
Working together to achieve Net Zero
7th July 2023The closing date for filling out your Energy Footprint Tool (EFT) has been extended to 31 August 2023
Tackling climate change together
21st June 2023This week we welcomed Kelvin Munsongo, Head of Programmes for the Zambia Anglican Council to Bath and Wells who is in the UK to attend USPGs annual conference, which this year focused on the theme of justice – for climate, gender and race. Kelvin came across to Bath and Wells to meet with Bishop Michael and Sara Emmett, our Adviser for Climate Justice and Environment.
Growing their own security at Kilmersdon Church of England Primary School
7th June 2023Caring for God's creation by establishing a hedge for wildlife and plants instead of putting in a metal fence.
Dan Wills joins Bath and Wells as the Net Zero Support Assistant
31st May 2023‘We are really pleased to have been able to source the external funding for this new role. It is a recognition of the need to get to net zero as fast as possible.'
Open gardens inspired by the Wilder Churches initiative
23rd May 2023Three gardeners in South Petherton open their rewilded outdoor space to the public to encourage others to create spaces that promote biodiversity.
St Peter’s Church, Staple Fitzpaine gets new environmentally-friendly toilet
11th May 2023The compost toilet required no foundations, water supply, or access for machinery to install it.
The Messy Church Goes Wild Roadshow comes to Somerset
28th April 2023People from across the diocese get hands on and experience of the new ‘Messy Adventures’ material.
Manna interview: Going greener
4th April 2023Sue Carpenter explains how St James, Taunton is caring for creation in its church grounds for the benefit of the wildlife, the church and the local community.
Bishop's letter: The joy of Easter
4th April 2023Bishop Ruth shares a message for Easter
Manna feature: Coming together to care for creation
4th April 2023It’s been three years since Bath and Wells declared a climate emergency and committed to Net Zero by 2030. During that time church communities have been making changes in a host of ways, all doing their bit to care for creation and help us achieve our goals, and in November we achieved A Rocha’s Bronze Eco Diocese status.
Church school becomes national Growing Champion School
9th February 2023St Margaret’s Church of England School, Tintinhull is one of just five schools appointed by the Royal Horticultural Society as a Champion School
‘Vertically Integrated Decarbonisation’
16th December 2022Bath University use The Bishop’s Palace to study how to decarbonise historic buildings.
Bronze Eco Diocese award for Bath and Wells
30th November 2022Award ‘demonstrates the diocese’s commitment and progress towards Creation Care and Net Zero Carbon’.
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Churches enjoy outdoor Harvest
5th October 2022Churches across Bath and Wells have been celebrating Harvest, and many have taken advantage of the good weather and continued the outdoor celebrations they first introduced during the Covid pandemic.
