Sustainability

Introduction

The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it,
the world, and all who live in it (Psalm 24:1)

At Holy Trinity Frogmore one way we are seeking to love God is by caring for God’s creation, including other people.

This page contains resources to help us improve the sustainability of our organised church activities as well as the rest of our lives.

Photo taken by Сергій Мірошник, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Before you start

A good place to start is to work out the places in your life with the biggest negative environmental impact, using this calculator created by Christians [click here] and replace some of these with positive alternatives!

Transport

Do you live near anyone else from church?

Do you go to a service, growth group, young people’s group or other church activity at the same time as them?

Do you or they have space in the car for each other?

Car-sharing for a six-mile round trip to and from church every week saves over 100 kg CO2 per year… also it is quality time spent with brothers and sisters in Christ!

“And the believers were together and had everything in common” (Acts 2:44-46)

Songs

Here are some songs to help you worship the Lord and thank him for his wonderful creation:

Have you got a song about God’s glory in creation that you like? Let us know, and help encourage your brothers and sisters in Christ!

Wildlife

Encouraging biodiversity

If you have a garden, see https://www.rhs.org.uk/science/conservation-biodiversity/wildlife/plants-for-pollinators here for which plants are especially good for attracting pollinators.

Ethically Investing your Money

Ethical investing is an umbrella term for all approaches to investing that consider ethical values as well as financial returns.

The term also covers issues including, but not limited to, climate change, workers' rights, gender equality, arms, tobacco and gambling, when selecting companies and other assets.

Traditionally, ethical investing meant not investing in certain companies that contravened your beliefs.

More recently, however, it's expanded to include focusing on companies that make a positive real-world impact, or investing in firms in order to help them reduce their negative impacts.

You may wish to consider investing in funds that consider issues such as climate change, workers' rights, gender equality, arms, tobacco and gambling, when selecting companies and other assets. Most investment fund managers offer an ethical fund ( not to be confused with "ESG" - environmental, social and governance which describes the ethos of a company but not what it actually produces / sells). If uncertain most independent financial advisers are able to offer advice on an appropriate fund.

Our thanks to Holy Trinity member Lawrence Watts for vetting the above information.

Wonderful hope of jesus

Here is a sermon preached by our Vicar Nick Weir on how the Christian gospel is the answer to our environmental problems (talk starts at 09:30)