Here you'll be able to find out about what's going on in the life of the DEG. You'll also find recent events held by the DEG, helpful webinars, key articles and other resources.
Churchyard Biodiversity and Heritage Project
The Development Phase (Year 1) of the £2m Churchyard Biodiversity and Heritage Project has been approved by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Work on the Project will hopefully start in April 2025. The Development Phase will be spent making management plans for up to 80 churchyards in Coventry and Warwickshire, piloting a handful of these to test what works, applying for match funding and preparing the Delivery Phase grant applications for five more years.
We're almost at Eco Diocese Silver!
We urge every church in the Diocese to register with Eco Church and to work towards its Awards. Currently, in January 2025, 44.6% of our churches have signed up; to become a Silver Eco Diocese, we need another 4 of these churches to achieve a Bronze Eco Church award. But we have just reached 10% of our churches with an Eco Church Silver or Gold award!
The Zero Interest Podcast series
Listen to our podcast on Spotify to discover inspiring stories of how communities in our Diocese are taking steps to reduce their emissions.
Church of England Environmental Awareness Days
The Church of England Environment Programme is pleased to share an updated 2025 Environment Awareness Days calendar with you to help you plan your environment and net zero communications for next year. New resource launched to help raise awareness about climate change | The Church of England
Climate Stewards
Climate Stewards work in association with A Rocha UK and their website (https://www.climatestewards.org/) shows how you can measure, reduce and offset your carbon footprint.
The Climate Stewards Carbon Footprint Card Game is a fun and engaging way to help people understand more about the carbon footprint of different activities, and think about ways to cut their footprint. To purchase a professionally printed set of cards in colour for £15, email comms@climatestewards.org. Alternatively, you can download the cards to print at home below. How about using these with your young people's group OR during coffee time after a service?
Need money towards a small-scale Net Zero Project? Try the Warwickshire County Council’s Councillor Grant Fund
This fund is now open for community and voluntary groups across the county, including churches: https://www.warwickshire.gov.
Sustainable Flowers
Someone in the Diocese of Norwich trecently enquired about artificial flowers in churches and responses have come back from several Environmental Officers pointing out useful websites which you may wish to visit: https://www.sustainablefloristry.org/ and About | Sustainable Church Flowers (suschurchflowers.com) website and resources.
A Rocha International Podcasts
Do listen to these podcasts, starting with Episode 43, Caroline Pomeroy (Climate Stewards) on Stewarding the Climate in Turbulent Times.
Tiny Forests
For information on these, go to our Environmental Resources page. Could we see one or two Tiny Forests in Coventry or in some of our larger towns? Yes! It seems that the City Council is considering setting up some Tiny Forests! Watch this space!