NEWS about the new Green Church Showcase, launched last week (News, 4 June), is getting around. The scheme — inviting churches and Christian organisations to tell us about planet-saving projects that they have undertaken, for an inspiring video and booklet in the autumn — is being promoted by the environmental networks of the Church of England and the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales.

A reminder of the sorts of projects that we would like to hear about:

• building projects moving towards net-zero carbon, such as energy efficiencies, pew heaters, heat pumps, and solar panels;
• building projects that balance conservation and the environment, such as maintenance programmes, sympathetic retrofits, and using low-carbon materials;
• courageous advocacy and community engagement;
• nurturing the natural world, and using church land to develop health and wellbeing;
• involving young people at every level;
• diocesan initiatives that break new ground; and
• simple but effective gains on a shoestring.

The closing date for entries is 21 July.

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