Sustainability

The Anglican Church’s 5th Mark of Mission:

To strive to safeguard the integrity of creation, and sustain and renew the life of the earth

Our eco values and practices

We see care for the Earth as part of Christ’s mission and we feel called to grow in faith through caring for creation

We host a regular community Repair Café that promotes sustainability through repairing items and sharing knowledge on repairing
We are a collection hub for hard to recycle items to divert them from going to landfill, including but not limited to tetrapak containers, plastic lids, metal bottle tops, chip & biscuit foil packets, blue disposable surgical marks, Colgate products, and provide info about Reasons for Recycling
We recycle and have clear recycling signage in our kitchens for general recycling collection, glass and green (organic) waste for commercial composting
We avoid buying and using disposables cutlery and crockery at church by using reusable items instead from our Church kitchens.
We promote sharing resources through our free Church library for anyone who wants to borrow books or videos, and we collect food and clothing donations for the City Mission.
We use Fairtrade La Mai Coffee
Our home groups explore topics including environmental issues and faith
Heaters in main Church building have timers to avoid them being left on accidentally and using extra energy.
We financially support Anglican Missions; an international development, mission and aid agency. They provide humanitarian work following natural disasters which are being exacerbated by climate change and in areas like the Pacific that are being impacted by rising sea levels.
Together with the wider Anglican church, church properties and investments are ethically invested by the Church Property trustees, who make sure investments are not made with companies that have poor environmental or exploitative labour practices.