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Moving towards Net Zero

• Steps for churches who are looking to work towards Net Zero - this document draws together some of the key resources ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú from the Church of England to help us reduce our carbon footprint.

Buildings, energy & water

• Review the fuels you use, is it the most environmentally friendly that you can use?
• Seek inspiration from  on how you can make your church more eco-friendly
• Consider registering as an
• Check out the
• Review your heating - do you have double glazing to make your heating efficient? Is your heating method efficient and environmentally friendly? Share your experience and knowledge with others
• Review the type of lighting that you use, think of using LED lighting
• Review the use of solar panels as a renewable source of energy - for inspiration and examples of good practice and successful installations on listed buildings .

Land & green space

• Become a part of the .
• Create for birds and wildlife around the outside of your church
• Create ain little-used areas of your church property
• Build a in your churchyard
• Consider how your church might participate in or support an or

Meetings, hospitality, food & waste

• Ten Commandments of food
• Be conscious of your waste – try not to over-cater for meetings
• Be conscious of your carbon footprint – what transport routes are you using? Can you car share or take public transport for meetings, worship and events?
• Be conscious of your recycling – do you need paper copies of notes for your meeting? If you do are you recycling these? Conduct a 'bin inventory' or follow 
• Think about whether your materials are ethically sourced - perhaps you should look into only using ?

Local & global communities

• Create an ‘Events Board’ to raise awareness in the local communities of current environmental issues
• Invite someone to share their stories as part of your worship or church meetings. For example – create a special ‘Creation Sunday’ Service with a guest speaker

Worship, liturgy, theology & teaching

• Consider running a special sermon series during ordinary time or the
• Consider running a Lent Course, using SPCK's 
• GreenWorship resource
• for your church by A ROCHA
• Eco liturgy for the feast of St Francis