Faith communities share a moral commitment to care for the earth and work for social justice for all. They serve their communities in many ways including their networks of people, their buildings and the activities they provide, for example children's groups and emergency food support. This makes them ideal groups to be leading action on climate justice and demonstrating how we can work together to make positive changes.
The Cool Places of Worship project is free to engage with and open to all places of worship / faith communities on the Wirral. It's a supportive, inspiring and sharing network of faith communities actively working on the Cool 2 Strategy by reducing carbon footprints through energy use, changes to buildings, active travel and making wiser decisions on areas such as diet, waste and lifestyle.
Have a look at our map and task groups to see active places of worship.
If your place of worship / faith community would like to get involved or find out more, Please contact Zarah Ross; Faith & Climate Coordinator on 07511 869 659 or email [email protected]
Join our online Cool Places of Worship group, and receive our Cool Places of Worship Newsletter
Share ideas, inspiration, progress and support each other, please email [email protected] to sign up
Previous newsletters are available here:
Adopt our Cool Places of Worship Pledge:
The world can't wait
We commit to work together to care
for our planet and all life,
through prayer, lifestyle and action.
If you would like to make the pledge, and receive a wooden plaque for your place of worship contact [email protected]
Take a look at our Resources page
Free activities, information and actions for your faith community and people attending your place of worship.
Build your own Cool Wirral Action Plan
A template can be found in the appendix of the Cool 2 Strategy.
Add your place of worship to the Mersey Green Network Map
Become a Cool Wirral Climate Champion
As a climate champion you will
Beyond the Cool Places of Worship Project
Work within an eco scheme / use resources created by and for your faith*
Calculate your faith community's carbon footprint with the 360° Carbon Tool
The Cool Places of Worship project is free to engage with and open to all places of worship / faith communities on the Wirral. It's a supportive, inspiring and sharing network of faith communities actively working on the Cool 2 Strategy by reducing carbon footprints through energy use, changes to buildings, active travel and making wiser decisions on areas such as diet, waste and lifestyle.
Have a look at our map and task groups to see active places of worship.
If your place of worship / faith community would like to get involved or find out more, Please contact Zarah Ross; Faith & Climate Coordinator on 07511 869 659 or email [email protected]
Join our online Cool Places of Worship group, and receive our Cool Places of Worship Newsletter
Share ideas, inspiration, progress and support each other, please email [email protected] to sign up
Previous newsletters are available here:
Adopt our Cool Places of Worship Pledge:
The world can't wait
We commit to work together to care
for our planet and all life,
through prayer, lifestyle and action.
If you would like to make the pledge, and receive a wooden plaque for your place of worship contact [email protected]
Take a look at our Resources page
Free activities, information and actions for your faith community and people attending your place of worship.
Build your own Cool Wirral Action Plan
A template can be found in the appendix of the Cool 2 Strategy.
Add your place of worship to the Mersey Green Network Map
Become a Cool Wirral Climate Champion
As a climate champion you will
- Inspire others in reducing their carbon footprint
- Support community activities
- Receive informative training
- Meet new people with a shared interest for making a difference to their local environment
Beyond the Cool Places of Worship Project
Work within an eco scheme / use resources created by and for your faith*
- Buddhist: Eco Dharma Network
Eco Dharma Network was created in 2019 in response to the climate emergency. They are a network of Buddhist communities offering a platform to strengthen capacity to take climate action and to coordinate wide-ranging initiatives. Their approach is collaborative and participatory, with the aim of being a long-term sustainable network equipping and supporting UK Buddhists of all kinds in climate action. - Christian:
- Eco Church
Eco Church is for all Christian denominations. It works to protect and restore the natural world, equipping churches in the UK to care for the environment and for God’s earth by looking at- Worship and teaching
- Buildings
- Land
- Community and global engagement
- Lifestyle
- Live Simply
The LiveSimply award enables Catholic communities to care for God's creation and stand in solidarity with our global family. The award is an opportunity for Catholic communities – parishes, schools, religious orders and chaplaincies – to answer the call for us to care for our common home and stand in solidarity with our sisters and brothers around the world.
- Eco Church
- Hindu: Hindu Climate Action
Hindu Climate Action has five aims:- Raise awareness about the ongoing climate emergency.
- Highlight the importance of protecting the environment in the Hindu tradition.
- Inspire the Hindu Community to go green.
- Run campaigns which allow the Hindu community to respond to the climate emergency.
- Join interfaith initiatives on climate activism.
- Muslim: Eco Mosque
Eco Mosque is a scheme to help Islamic institutions improve their environmental impact by developing standards they can aim to reach. The Eco Mosque awards scheme offers Mosque leadership to rate their Mosque against a set criteria to achieve bronze, silver and gold rating. - Jewish - Eco Judaism
EcoJudaism’s aim is to move the UK Jewish community from bal tashchit – don’t waste and don’t destroy – to tikkun olam – saving the planet for future generations. The organisation has seven activity streams, including their online Environmental Audit for Synagogues, a holistic approach to giving communities a framework for improving their environmental knowledge, sustainability, and working towards net zero. - Sikh: Eco-Sikh UK
Eco-Sikh UK is a unified inter-faith response to help combat climate change, global warming and bio-diversity loss. They are a non-profit organisation which is part of a wider global climate action programme by Eco-Sikh – the Sikh community’s contribution to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) / Alliance of Religions and Conservation (ARC) Plans for Generational Change Project. With a firm belief that the sum of our diverse communities is so much greater than its parts, they believe that all humans have an intrinsic sensitivity to the natural world, and that a sustainable, more just society is possible. - All Faiths: Faith for the Climate
Faith for the Climate exists to encourage, inspire and equip faith communities in their work on the climate crisis. People of faith see our planet as a gift, and believe we have a sacred responsibility to show solidarity and support for those who have done the least to cause climate change but are suffering its worst impact
Calculate your faith community's carbon footprint with the 360° Carbon Tool
