Andy Goodliffe's church have been discussing ways in which they can help the church take more responsibility for the ways in which they use energy and dispose of waste. They came up with 10 initial proposals for the church:
1. The church to work towards becoming an eco-congregation
2. The church to explore spray-on double glazing for windows of church buildings as a form of insulation. I didn't know about this, but apparently its fairly cheap and sounds useful for churches where its difficult to double-glaze.
3. The church to organise a list of those people within the congregation who grow their food. The idea here is can find ways of encouraging more people to grow food in their gardens and share it among the congregation.
4. The church to ensure that all light bulbs where possible are low-energy.
5. The church to recycle all paper it produces and has recycling bins in the church office and the main church building. This to include plastic bottles (i.e. milk bottles) and any cardboard packaging.
6. The church to encourage small groups to be collection points for those who are unable to recycle their waste – cardboard packaging, paper, plastic bottles, glass, tins/cans, etc.
7. The church to produce meeting agendas on A5 paper where possible. Often there is no need to waste a whole A4 page.
8. The church to encourage Twinklers (their church toddler group) to only use bio-degradable emergency nappies.
9. The church to have a ‘Green’ tip of the week in the weekly notices.
10. The church to only use recycled toilet roll and environmentally friendly cleaning products (e.g. the Ecover range).
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Been up to The Vegetable Patch and then to Mozzers to compare prices for you.
Veg Patch UK? Mozzers UK?
Leeks 1.59/kg y 1.99/kg y
Bramley
apples 1.30/kg y 1.38/kg y
Toms 1.49/kg y 1.29/kgCanaries
Oranges large 33p ea med 18p ea
Satsumas 10p ea bag of 5 for 1.20
Pears 1.39/kg y 1.39/kg y
carrots 69p/kg pudsey 69p/kg UK
Lemons 22p ea 15p ea
Limes 25p ea 15p ea
Rusett apples £1/kg y 1.49/kg y
Cox's £1.30/kg y not avail.
Spuds 1.20/kg pudsey 1.28/kg UK
Not only will you cut down on packaging (take a proper shopping bag or 4 so no carrier bags required), you'll be buying alot of veg that's travelled only a few miles from Pudsey and you can talk to Sue and Mick about their homemade soups, check out their new salad bar and ask about where the food comes from.
The reason that The Veg Patch is getting all my publicity is that it's the only greengrocer in Yeadon (and none in Guiseley).
There used to be one in Guiseley but unfortunately they closed down.
So, an eco-congregation then? Sounds great. Should they also be baking biscuits and cakes for after Sunday service and home cooking for church meals to reduce on the packaging, waste, added salts, sugars, chemicals and to support their community?
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