Greener Church Group: Activities

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• The Greener Church Group runs a major, visible, recycling service for everyday items such as batteries, spectacles and printer cartridges. Judging from the volumes collected, this has become very useful to many of the thousand or so people who come through the church’s premises each month. In particular, collections of specific items have been organised including: men’s suits, wool, clothes, and shoes. In addition for several years, we have been collecting tools for Tools With A Mission (TWAM) which is a charity that collects unwanted usable tools, refurbishes them and sends them to training centres in five African countries.

  The Group gives advice and suggestions about the maintenance of the church’s building and grounds. This has touched upon: the efficient use of energy and the need for good thermal insulation; the choice of plants to encourage wild life; and the installtion of bug hotels and bird feeders.

  The Group aims to encourage environmental good practice both within the church and within the wider community. This is done mainly via the Church’s magazine, The Messenger, which has a Green Matters page. A long list of green tips taken from the Green Matters pages is available here.