Environmental Committee

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The Environmental Committee have signed up to take part in A Rocha UK's award scheme (see https://ecochurch.arocha.org.uk/ for more information) as a way for us to audit our performance and suggest ways in which we could improve. We are very pleased to have been awarded a bronze award.

Long Buckby Baptist Church has been awarded a Bronze Eco Church award in recognition of their efforts to care for God's earth in each of the following areas - worship and teaching, management of buildings and land, community and global engagement, and lifestyle.
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Our church members have agreed on an environmental policy.

We would love to add a few more volunteers to the team so, if you would like to help, please talk to Norman How or Mercy Coupe-Gunter. We meet on the second Sunday of each month.

environmental committee members May 2023

In April 2023, the group led a service on the theme "In Step With the Spirit in a Changing Climate" with guest speaker Revd Dr Dave Gregory,  Baptist Missioner for Science and Environment, Convenor of Baptist Union Environment Network (BUEN).
 


Dave Gregory presents a series of short films called 'God Saw That It Was Good', for BUEN, which you can find at https://www.gstiwg.co.uk/.
 

Plans for the Graveyard 

On 17th February 2024 there was a meeting in the graveyard to talk about how we manage it this year to ensure we promote wildlife and maintain the dignity of this resting place.

Members of the Fabric Team and the Environmental Committee discussed some ideas and put up a couple of our new bird boxes. 

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Toilet Twinning

The first of the church toilets to be twinned is the one just inside the front entrance of the church. This has been twinned with a toilet in the Tharparkar district of Pakistan.

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For more information, and to find out how to twin your own toilet, visit https://toilettwinning.org/.



 



mill park volunteer mornings
Come along to the monthly volunteer mornings at Mill Park, Long Buckby on Saturday mornings. See Jayne Dyne for more information.

To find out about volunteering at Mill Park Reserve or Cotton End Park visit https://longbuckbygreenspaces.com/get-involved/

 

How Do You Travel to Church?

The Environmental Committee would like to encourage people to consider car sharing, or maybe cycling to church and making use of the nearby bicycle rack.

sustainable saturdays eco fair on the 1st Saturday of the month at St Andrews Church Rugby.

St Andrews church in Rugby town centre holds Sustainable Saturdays from 10am-2pm on the 1st Saturday of the month. Stalls with eco-friendly sellers and demonstrations.

Rugby Repair Cafe 10am until noon on the 3rd Saturday of the month at St Andrews Church Rugby.l

Also at St Andrews in Rugby is the Repair Cafe from 10 until 2 on the 3rd Saturday of the month.
 
For ideas about how you can reduce single use plastic see https://www.plasticfreejuly.org/get-involved/what-you-can-do/
 
 

Recycling in Long Buckby 

There is a bin for soft plastics just inside the door of Long Buckby Co-op. See https://www.coop.co.uk/environment/soft-plastics/packaging-list for details of what is included.

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Used ink cartridges can be taken to the library.
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There are clothing banks at:


Long Buckby Cubs Terracycle collect:
  • Plastic bread wrappers (not wax as they also take too long to collect and take up a lot of space)
  • Cheese packets
  • Pringles


Also see https://www.westnorthants.gov.uk/bin-collection-services/what-goes-each-bin and note that batteries and small electrical items no larger than the volume of a plastic carrier bag can be placed on top of your black bin when you put it out for collection.


 

L is for Lifestyle 

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This small and very practical little book, published by InterVarsity Press is recommended by A Rocha to anyone wishing to live a gospel focussed life who cares about God’s wonderful planet Earth. Each short chapter is headed by  letter of the alphabet (“A is for Activist…B is for bananas...”)

Ruth Valerio gives us fresh and creative ideas, inviting us to walk humbly and simply in ways to protect what God has given us and as far as possible prevent the diabolical landslide into man-made global warming and potential crisis. It is available from Amazon in paperback and kindle editions.
Norman