| A new and updated eco church survey was published by A Rocha in October. There are new questions and themes in each of the five categories including: – a greater focus on net-zero – the building section now better reflects the size of the church – new questions for limited or non-land-owning churches – a greater focus on biodiversity There are also new, updated resources to help your church achieve an eco-church award including guides on how to write an environmental policy & action plan and creating a church land management plan. If your church started a survey under the old survey (before 8th October 2024), you have until the end of January 2025 to complete it. If your church is starting a new survey now, it will be under the new survey. It would be better not to rush to complete an old survey, it is recommended to start a new fresh survey. Read more about the new survey and to see the new questions and resources here: https://ecochurch.arocha.org.uk/new-eco-church-survey-go-live/ They have split the survey into five sections. It is an online survey to complete, but before doing that anyone can view the new survey by going here: https://ecochurch.arocha.org.uk/eco-church-survey/ and scrolling down; there are five picture boxes on the right-hand side each called “… survey questions” which you can click on to see or print the text of each section of the new questionnaire. For any advice with the new survey, completing the old survey, or if your church is completely new to Eco Church, please feel free to contact the Synod’s green advocate, Mike Shrubsole (mshrubsole@gmail.com) |
