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Looking after the environment

Sustaining the natural world

• Quiet Gardens book is tribute to Chris Bard

  
  By Susan Bowden-Pickstock In Memoriam: Chris Bard QUIET Gardens was written in memory of Chris Bard, vicar of Theydon Garnon and Epping Upland, who died in September 2007, aged 55.

• Othona cuts it with judges

  
  THE Othona Christian community based at Bradwell-on-Sea has been awarded more than £100,000 by the East of England Development Agency (EEDA).

• Demands for climate change lead

  
  A NEW poll released by Christian Aid reveals the extent of the public concern about climate change, with a majority saying the Government needs to show more leadership in tackling global warming.

• Chelmsford is first UK eco cathedral

  
  CHELMSFORD is the first cathedral in England and Wales to gain eco congregation status.

• Free tress scheme

  
  ESSEX County Council is distributing 250,000 trees, hedging and bushes to communities free of charge and PCCs are eligible.

• Eco-Congregation workshop is free

  
  DOES your parish want to ?green? its church life and mission? A free workshop on Saturday September 27 will help you with a step-by-step guide along the way

• Harvest time hope resources

  
  CHURCHES Together in Britain and Ireland is providing a programme of resources to help churches to observe ?A Time for Creation 2008? between September 1 and October 4.

• Make sure MPs get message

  
  DIOCESAN environmental adviser Wendy Boulton is urging parishes to support Christian Aid's campaign to toughen the Government's Climate Change Bill.

• Could you be a carbon cutting hero

  
  ARE you a carbon cutting hero? Are you part of a group actively undertaking carbon cutting activities in the East of England or someone looking to encourage others to cut carbon emissions?

• 1,000-mile march to save planet

  
  CHRISTIAN Aid has launched the longest-ever UK protest march, backed by celebrities including singers Lemar and Amy Macdonald and actors Leonardo Di Caprio and Katie Leung, as part of its Climate Changed campaign.

• Wendy warns: All we have to do is live the simple life

  
  THERE were stern warnings from Wendy Boulton, the Bishop of Chelmsford's Adviser on the Environment, when she addressed the St Osyth Deanery Synod.

• Cathedral is working hard to reduce its carbon footprint

  
  CHELMSFORD Cathedral is keen to play its part in the fight against global warming.

• Vicar inspires garden

  
  REVD Canon Chris Bard, team vicar of Epping and BBC Essex Faith and Ethics presenter, was the inspiration behind the awardwinning 'Growing Together in Faith' garden at the Chelsea Flower Show with help from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire's Susan Bowden-Pickstock.

• Chelsea Flower Show stars bloom at Woodham Festival

  
  CHELSEA gold medal winners will entertain visitors at Woodham Walter Festival of Flowers.

• Retreat House hosts garden quiet day

  
  WE are never nearer God than in a garden, it is said. Val Tyler, gardener at the Chelmsford diocesan retreat house at Pleshey, could not agree more.

• Love Life, Live Lent takes green perspective

  
  THIS year’s range of Lent materials from Church House Publishing is already flying off the shelves, spearheaded by ‘Love Life, Live Lent’.

• Climate change march

  
  CHRISTIAN Aid is looking for volunteers to join UK’s longestever protest march, the first mass march for climate justice.

• Change gear into carbon neutral and cut CO²

  
  Whenever we take a holiday flight, drive the car, heat and light our homes, prepare our food or purchase goods and services, we have an impact on climate change through the carbon dioxide that goes into the atmosphere. Did you know that you can help to balance out the climate change effects by reducing carbon elsewhere?

• Conference could not be greener

  
  A DISTINGUISHED panel of speakers will address the Chelmsford Diocese Environment Conference in June. Keynote speaker, Elaine Storkey, UK president of the charity Tearfund, will be joined by Chris Walton, editor of Green Christian, the journal of Christian Ecology Link, who is also outreach director of Ringsfield Christian Ecology Study Centre in Suffolk.

• Discovering nature on walk to school

  
  Pupils at a Church of England school in Forest Gate put their best foot forward for Walk to School week.

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