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Archbishop joins 7,000 people in the sunshine in Exeter
More than 7,000 people attended a day of celebrations in the sunshine in Exeter at the end of June to celebrate the 1100th anniversary of the Church of England in Devon.

The Archbishop of Canterbury travelled to the county for the weekend to join in the festivities.

Events kicked off with Nightchurch in Exeter Cathedral on Friday night, when more than 1,000 young people from across Devon joi... More >

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Bishop’s pilgrimage around Devon ends in Tavistock.

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addressing global warming through 'Shrinking the Footprint'

Transition Towns
What is a transition town, you may wonder. It sounds like something unachievable and so it can seem at times. The movement to start these was begun ... more >

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Gardening for God
Devon Churches Green Action launched their new leaflet ‘Gardening for God’ at the Devon Wildlife Festival on Exeter Cathedral Green on 20th June. T ... more >

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Resolution 14.15 Anglican Communion Environment Network
ACC 14 The Anglican Consultative Council supports the Archbishop of Canterbury in his thoughtful reflection and witness in the area of the environm ... more >

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Spirituality, Economics and Ecology
Author and broadcaster Satish Kumar will be speaking at the Devon Faiths Forum AGM on the theme of 'Spirituality, Economics and Ecology: Challenges fo ... more >

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Churches Call for Climate Justice
As the scientific evidence for the human-provoked climatic change produced by our greenhouse gas emissions gathers pace, there are some very serious r ... more >

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Devon Climate Action Network (Devon CAN) Launches
Climate change organisations and activists from all over Devon came together on Saturday 7th March and have decided to create the Devon Climate Action ... more >

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Old Deanery Environmental Good Practice
As part of our commitment to reduce our Carbon Footprint by 80% by 2050 we sustain the following ecological and ethical activities: Our policy is ... more >

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Renewable Energy and Churches - new guidelines produced
The Diocesan Advisory Committee (DAC) for the Care of Churches, in conjunction with the Diocesan Environmental Officer, Martyn Goss, and Devon Associa ... more >

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Church Green Groups
It is encouraging to see that a number of Parishes/Mission Communities are setting up Christian environmental groups locally. Sometimes these are conc ... more >

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Roots of the Cathedral
This is an innovation which looks at the influence of trees on the life and history of Exeter Cathedral. Using both sound and image, it explores the c ... more >

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European Christian Environmental Network 7th Assembly in Milan
7th Assembly ¡V Triuggio, Milan ¡V September 2008 The living God is present everywhere and in unexpected ways, places and situations. God comes t ... more >

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European Church Call to Climate Change
With human-provoked Climate Change now recognised by scientists as a near certainty, Churches have a responsibility to take urgent and radical action ... more >

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Shrinking the Footprint
Shrinking the Footprint is the Church of England’s national strategic campaign to enable its members and institutions to address - in faith, practice, ... more >

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Devon Churches at Downing Street
Members of the Devon Churches Climate Change Coalition handed in their ‘Hope Rising’ banner petition to No. 10 Downing Street on 17th July with the su ... more >

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Free Light Bulbs
A limited number of low-energy light bulbs are now available to PCC Treasurers free of charge. These may be used in church buildings and consist of th ... more >

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Carbon Reduction at Home and in Church
Diocese of Exeter Shrinking the Footprint Do’s 1. Replace all incandescent lights with low-energy bulbs 2. Buy a car with a smaller ... more >

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Hope Rising Banner
A banner used at the Climate Challenge Festival at Exeter Cathedral on 19th January is now on offer to local churches. This banner is being filled wi ... more >

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CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION: addressing Global Warming in our churches
There is now no doubt that people and the Earth are facing the disastrous consequences of global warming, especially in poorer, more vulnerable countr ... more >

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Devon Churches Green Action
Devon Churches Green Action is a task group which promotes awareness of ecological issues among the communities/churches of Devon and encourages peopl ... more >

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Creation, Community and Church
News from Devon Churches Green Action May 2007 Editorial Albert Einstein once commented that the “splitting of the atom has changed everything ... more >

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God and Greeness
GOD AND GREENNESS Our rich understanding of God as Creator is both biblical and strong in our church teaching, but elements of this are sometim ... more >

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Green Policies
WORLD WITHOUT END is a set of papers designed to encourage Christian churches to re-examine their ecological or environmental policies and practices, ... more >

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Creation Season
An Australian group http://www.seasonofcreation.com/ has started promoting the four Sundays in Septembe ... more >

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Devon Churches Energy Network
The purpose of DeCEN is to encourage churches in Devon to develop better energy efficiency to become involved in sustainable energy initiatives and go ... more >

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