Shrinking the Footprint Conference

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Shrinking the Footprint Conference

• Lambeth Palace
• 11th June 2009

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Threats to Life on Earth

• Water Conservation and Contamination
• Resource Depletion and Pollution
• Population Growth
• Global Consumerism
• Climate Change (Global Warming)

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1984 - 2009

• Devon Churches Green Action
• Devon Christian Climate Change Coalition
• Devon Climate Action Network (Devon CAN!)
• Cathedral Environment and Social Justice Group
• Shrinking the Footprint

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Greenhouse Gas Contributors

• Power production
• Buildings
• Transport

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Diocese of Exeter Shrinking the Footprint Team

• Five key areas of action

Property and Plant Transport and
Travel Procurement and Supplies Personal
Lifestyles Theology and Worship
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Transport TravelChanging the ways we move
around

• Old Deanery Staff Travel clinic and plan
• Audit of senior staff travel
• Introduction of personal travel plans
• Discouraging excessive car use at church events
• Encouragement of eco-driving and sharing
  transport
• More use of Diocesan bike!
• Review of air travel?

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Procurement and SuppliesBuying more ethically
and sustainably

• Purchasing electricity from 100 renewable
  supplier (green energy fund?)
• Stationery from recycled or sustainably sourced
  materials
• Discouraging bottled water
• Supporting local shops, farms and producers
• Recycling and composting at Old Deanery
• LEAF for 1,100th Anniversary events

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South West Dioceses

• Identifying good practice
• Sharing resources (ecumenism)
• Bulk purchase
• Climate campaigning
• Changing legislation

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Social LifestylesReviewing how we live

• Encouraging more sustainable lifestyles
• Justice for poorer communities and countries
• Doing more with less
• Suggestions for home and church action
• Critique of global consumerism
• Training Workshops (Summer 2009)
• Sharing more in Transition Communities

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Transition Communities

• A Transition Initiative is a community working
  together to look Peak Oil and Climate Change
  squarely in the eye and plan differently for the
  future

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Theology and WorshipRediscovering Faith and
Ecology

• Talks and presentations
• Training events and modules
• Ministerial Reviews?
• Articles on God and Creation
• Eco liturgy resources
• Special services
• New Green Christian Institute

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Green Theology

• Creation Covenant Web of Life
• Sacrament of Creation holiness of Earth
• Stewardship of Life sustainability
• Shabbat principle limits to growth
• Shalom wholeness and completion
• Peace through Justice the prophetic
  imperative

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How do we understand and interpret Climate Change
in theological terms?
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Exeter Cathedral

• Fairtrade
• Recycling system
• Energy biomass heating and solar PV
• Story-telling with Nightchurch
• Earthhour lights switch-off
• Copenhagen campaigning
• Redevelopment of Cathedral Green
• New Institute??

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Developing Partnerships

• Exeter Cathedral Social Justice Environment
  Group
• Transition Communities Devon Climate Action
  Network
• Local Energy bodies DARE, RE4D, WEA, GAP
• Other players local authorities, Met Office,
  Universities
• Other churches and faiths communities

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Future Action

• Networking Devons Green Churches
• Follow up Energy Studies
• Build on Cathedral Good Practice and Study
• Community Climate Choices
• Transition Theology
• Diocesan Carbon Management Plan
• South West Region projects
• Theological Audits!

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How to grow

• Co-operate with others
• Be visionary and imaginative
• Live differently
• Tell stories
• Share deeply and extensively
• Express solidarity
• Worship and reflect
• Have fun!

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Quotes

• Our Christian tradition affirms that as human
  beings we are part of a covenant of
  connectedness with each other, with the Earth
  and with God, but our behaviour is causing this
  web of life to fracture and fragment.  We
  urgently need to re-assess our priorities as a
  species and change for the sake of future life on
  the Planet.
• Today we find our economic and political
  institutions are greatly in need of radical
  reform, nonetheleast because of the impact of
  human activity on the processes which support
  life on Earth.  Surely we need to change our
  thinking and our living and to contribute to
  making a better world possible.
• In Exeter Diocese we are implementing a serious
  programme of reducing our energy use through
  conservation and efficiency measures, by
  increasing the production of our own sustainable
  energy and through engagement with radically
  changing our community lifestyles"
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Shrinking the Footprint Conference

• Lambeth Palace
• 11th June 2009