Eco Church
In 2021 the Mint Church registered as an Eco Church, one of over seven thousand in England and Wales, we obtained our bronze award at the start of 2022 and in March 2024 we obtained our Silver Award. We will now be working towards Gold. We realize there are a lot of restraints on what we can do easily due to our older buildings but we are incorporating the theme of care for creation more strongly in our worship and teaching, strengthening the green credentials of our building and the activities that happen in it, working in local and global partnerships with others committed to environmental concerns, and challenging the lifestyle of our members. Our Young Church provided us with the impetus we needed to become greener in our actions as well as our words, and we are determined to pass on to the next generation a church committed to the fullness of God’s creation. We are currently working at building relationships that will enable the church and the many users of the centre to address the issues together, and also at strengthening relationships with those outside the church who share similar aims.
Eco Church News
ECO CHURCH NEWS APRIL 2023
Earth Day is on Saturday 22nd April What is Earth Day? It was first introduced in 1970 in America and now includes events in more than 193...
Eco Church News March 2023
Fairtrade Fortnight 27 February-12 March As part of Fairtrade Fortnight, Devon Development Education is hosting a social evening in Kennford on Sat...
ECO CHURCH NEWS January/February 2023
Noticed the notice-board? The Eco Church display board has recently been updated, and includes the results of the Mint’s carbon footprint...
Eco Church News December 2022
Exeter Climate Action Hub Last month a Climate Action Hub opened in Exeter. Located at 40, Bedford Street, it provides a space for the public and...
Eco Church News November 2022
Young Church : 3 Generate On Saturday 1st October, members of the Young Church took part in a sleepover at the Mint, linking with the national...
Eco Church News October 2022
Travel survey results Thank you to everybody who took part in the Mint travel survey in June - there were 95 of you (including car passengers),...
Eco Church News September 2022
Young Church : 3 Generate From Saturday afternoon 1st Oct through to the morning service on Sunday 2nd Oct there will be a sleep-over at The Mint...
Making Eco Friendly Choices July/August
Last year Martin and Debra Myhill invested in solar panels for free energy! Read on to find out why they took the plunge, and how it’s worked out...
Eco Church News July/August
Forthcoming events Following the talk in April on waste management by Lucy Mottram of Devon County Council, we have been offered the opportunity to...
ECO CHURCH NEWS June 2022
Carbon footprint – Travel survey Here’s a reminder that the Eco Church Team will be doing a carbon footprint survey of the congregation after the...
Eco Church News May 2022
Letter from A Rocha UK Earlier this year the Mint achieved the Bronze Award under A Rocha UK’s Eco Church scheme. The Church Council subsequently...
Making Eco-Friendly Choices May 2022
This month Colin Lambert tells us why he invested in an Air Fryer. As energy prices rocket, how is it possible to reduce energy costs in the...
The Young church manifesto in which ecological concerns dominate the “Issues for the Church to help tackle”