Greening our lives

The Canterbury Commitment

In 2011, Quakers in Britain made the Canterbury Commitment to sustainability at their Yearly Meeting Gathering in Canterbury. Over a decade later, there is still more for Quakers to do in our homes, communities and beyond.

EarthQuakers are supporting our community to work towards reducing our carbon footprints both individually and at our meeting houses. Some of our meetings take part in the Eco-Church scheme, which looks at the way the whole worshipping community addresses climate and environmental issues and works towards more sustainable lifestyles. 

Calculating your Carbon Footprint

Before we can start to really reduce our personal impact we need to understand what we are doing now. 

In Spring/Summer 2021 a group of EarthQuakers established the Carbon Footprint Challenge group to encourage and help local members of the Quaker community measure their own Carbon Footprint and challenge themselves to reduce it over the coming year.  

The calculator selected (and there are many to chose from) was www.carbonfootprint.com/ and a series of workshops were organised to help people complete the calculator. 

A quick start guide to using the calculator prepared for these workshops is available here.

This form is intended to help us collate the results that members of the Quaker community have found by using the Carbon Footprint calculator and perhaps see what improvements we can make over the coming year.