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Bramhall Methodist, Stockport
Bramhall Methodist Church's activities include:
'Spiritual':
- working party set up to spearhead work on Eco-congregation programme
- 75 copies of Nicky Gumbel's booklet on the environment sold to church members
- Guest speaker addressed the subject "Christians and the environment" at a special lunch
- Holiday club used Scripture Union's 'Waste Watchers' resource, with 100 children, and feedback to the church afterwards on what they could be doing
- Link between God, environment and humankind made often in services, especially Harvest
- regular green tips
Practical:
- Eco-news notice board regularly updated
- reduce, reuse, recycle message given
- energy use audited by environmental consultant, and annual carbon footprint calculated - used as a spur to reduce it
- electricity supplier changed to one which invests in renewable schemes
- double glazing fitted; insulation good
- low energy lightbulbs used and sold to congregation
- recycling: tetrapaks, aluminium, bottle tops
- pressed local authority to provide green bin for church gardens
Reaching out:
- church garden is a green lung in village
- recycling encouraged through Thrift Shop in community hall (ecumenical venture)
- Fairtrade church
- environmental theme given to one youth club meeting
