Faith Moves Mountains is part of the Church of England’s Shrinking the Footprint campaign. Launched in 2006, this national campaign aims to reduce the Church’s carbon footptrint by 80 per cent by 2050.
The Shrinking the Footprint website contains a host of valuable and up-to-date resources for use at a parish and diocesan level. This material includes helpful and easy-to-use toolkits designed to assist your Church to cut its carbon footprint. For further information on these resources please click here.
The Shrinking the Footprint website also includes sermon ideas and extensive Bible study notes drawing on ancient theolgical themes which aim to reconnect the Church to the natural world and the roots of its faith. This information aims to inspire priests to make churches beacons in their community, offering case studies linked to the Church’s year. For further information please click here.
Ecumenical Resources
Additional sermon ideas and Bible study notes can be found on the Creation Time section of the Churches Together in Britain and Ireland’s website. Creation Time is an ecumenical initiative that runs until 4 October and is designed as an opportunity for Christains to put the environment at the heart of their worship.For further information on Creation Time please click here.
The Archbishop of Canterbury has spoken repeatedly and consistently on the moral challenges posed by climate change. The Archbishop’s belief in the need for each of us to be better stewards of God’s creation is reflected in his many public statements about the environment, collected here.