{"id":14243,"date":"2023-02-16T16:15:08","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T16:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/?page_id=14243"},"modified":"2026-03-16T11:02:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T11:02:26","slug":"eco-church","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/get-involved\/eco-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Eco Church"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lhixbi7o-459d6f8e3d0e1af7bff5fc5e6d9755b3\">\n.avia-image-container.av-lhixbi7o-459d6f8e3d0e1af7bff5fc5e6d9755b3 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-lhixbi7o-459d6f8e3d0e1af7bff5fc5e6d9755b3 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-lhixbi7o-459d6f8e3d0e1af7bff5fc5e6d9755b3 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-14527 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-14527 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/eco-church.png\" alt='' title='eco church'  height=\"64\" width=\"309\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/eco-church.png 309w, https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/eco-church-300x62.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 309px) 100vw, 309px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-le763fj2-bee177eef968dc4dd93230f0a3334bb3 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>The Christian charity, A Rocha UK, works to protect and restore the natural world and encourage Christians and churches to care for the environment. Eco Church is A Rocha\u00a0UK&#8217;s\u00a0award scheme for churches in England and Wales.<\/p>\n<p>In February 2020 Church of England General Synod called for all churches to work towards net zero emissions by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>St Mary\u2019s registered as an Eco Church in January 2022 with the unanimous support of the Church Committee. We try to demonstrate our response to the climate and ecological emergencies through all aspects of church life, including<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Worship and teaching<\/strong> &#8211; about caring for creation<\/li>\n<li><strong>Management of church buildings<\/strong> &#8211; ensuring our church buildings do not damage the environment<\/li>\n<li><strong>Management of church land<\/strong> &#8211; managing church land to allow our wild neighbours to flourish<\/li>\n<li><strong>Community &#038; global engagement<\/strong> &#8211; engaging with our community and the world on issues such as climate breakdown, pollution and species loss<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lifestyle <\/strong>&#8211; encouraging our church family to care for God\u2019s creation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Eco Church award scheme encourages churches to record what they are already doing to care for God\u2019s earth in these five key areas using an online questionnaire, and to reflect on further steps towards a Bronze, Silver or Gold Creation Care Certificate.<\/p>\n<p>At St Mary\u2019s we achieved our Bronze Eco Church award in September 2023 and are now working towards our Silver award.<\/p>\n<p>St Mary\u2019s is a member of Horsham Eco Churches, along with 13 others from Horsham Churches Together. We meet regularly to share ideas, support each other and work together. There is a regular Horsham Eco Churches stand and information \/ discussion point at the Sussex Green Hub, on the last Saturday of every month at the United Reformed Church in Springfield Road.<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Eco Talks<\/h3>\n<p>Please click on the links below to view the presentations.<\/p>\n<h3>February 2023<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Recycling-our-use-of-finite-resources-and-why-it-matters-Richard-Herrington.pdf\">Recycling our use of finite resources and why it matters &#8211; Richard Herrington<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Net-Zero-by-2030-and-Horsham-Parish-Nick-ORiordan.pdf\">Net Zero by 2030 and Horsham Parish &#8211; Nick O&#8217;Riordan<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Biodiversity-in-Horsham-action-and-future-Tim-Thomas.pdf\">Biodiversity in Horsham &#8211; action and future &#8211; Tim Thomas<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>December 2023<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Eco-Electric-1.pdf\">Eco Electric &#8211; Nick O&#8217;Riordan<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":2375,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14243","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14243"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16174,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14243\/revisions\/16174"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}