Eco Church is a programme run by A Rocha UK to equip churches to care for creation. Eco Church provides a framework to support your church and its leadership to take practical action on caring for God’s earth, through the Eco Church survey. The Eco Church survey is a free online tool encompassing all areas of church life encompassing five categories: worship and teaching; buildings and energy; land and nature; community and global engagement; and lifestyle.
The survey helps you assess your church’s progress and guide you to take further action as you work towards a bronze, silver or gold Eco Church award.
Get started on your Eco Church journey
To get started, simply register your church on the online platform and start a survey! Once you’ve started a survey, you can log in any time, and update your survey to see your progress. Getting started with Eco Church offers some helpful tips to consider as you begin your Eco Church journey.
You can view the survey questions and read an overview of each of the five categories on the Eco church website. There are loads of Eco Church resources to help you as you seek to embed care for creation within your worshipping community.
Some quick wins to being a greener church
Worship and teaching
Take a look at our six quick wins to embed creation care in your worship and teaching.
Buildings
Want to make your building more environmentally friendly? We've got six quick ways to achieve that.
Land
Find out how you can make your land more biodiverse with our six tips.
Community and global
We've got six quick and easy ways to help you engage your congregation and local community with environmental issues.
Lifestyle
Six quick ways you and your congregation can forge a positive impact on the environment.
Eco church for children and families
Resources that you can use at home or in church to engage children with the environment.
Who to contact
If you have any questions regarding the information above, please contact our Environment team.