St Luke's is an Eco Church
St Luke’s has been registered as an Eco church for over 10 years and we currently hold a Silver award. Like all silver medal holders - we really want to go for Gold! Watch out for our plans which we will roll out soon in our ‘Road to Gold pathway’.
Launched by A Rocha UK in 2016, Eco Church supports churches to care for creation across every part of church life — from worship and teaching to buildings, land, community engagement and everyday lifestyle choices. A practical framework for church-wide change, Eco Church has been helping churches across England and Wales put care for God’s earth into action.
Eco Church helps churches take action in five key areas:
The awards are not just a badge of achievement. They are a way of helping churches embed creation care into worship, discipleship, practical action and community life.
Watch this space for further information on...
Meanwhile, you can still get involved by:
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Joining the St. Luke's Eco group
We are an inclusive and welcoming group of passionate people who are about the environment. 
Contact Rev Juliet to find out how to join us.
We are creating natural opportunities to enhance the biodiversity, exploration and education of the space.
We have some wild areas and some cultivated garden space - we've also begun a community orchard - come and help us water our lovely new fruit trees.
We hope to get our community herb garden planted soon and we have an amazing seed library for you to interact with.
We hope to find the most fun ways to lower our carbon footprint as we aim to become Net Zero Carbon householders - how can we buy less, reuse more, recycle everything you are able to?
Find out more about the science behind climate change and empower yourself and others to act.
Add your voice to a campaign - see our board in church for more information.
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We have also planted Bumble Bee Friendly plants using a grant we were given by the Bumble Bee Conservation Trust. Perhaps you could find put more about the rare Bumble Bees that can be found in our part of South East London.
Help assess the status of wildlife - RSPB wildlife surveys are simple and fun to do.
If you are not sure where to start but want to help look after God's creation consider donating to a charity which works to look after our environment.
For example Target 25 which aims to protect the most vulnerable species in the UK.