St Ursula’s – An Eco Church

We believe caring for God’s creation is part of our calling. Acting responsibly towards the environment can be overwhelming. That’s why we’re joining forces as a community. From spiritual reflections over managerial questions to small steps in daily life Eco Church provides a platform to care for creation.

We produce informative Newsletters throughout the year. Links to past newsletters are at the bottom of this page along with the sign up link.

What is an Eco Church?

Eco Church is a learning community of churches of all shapes and sizes open to all denominations. It provides a framework to support your church and its leadership to take practical action on caring for God’s earth. Through an annual survey we measure our impact and work towards continuous improvement. It recognises success by awarding churches Bronze, Silver and Gold Awards.
St Ursula’s already has the Bronze Award and is currently working towards the Silver.

Our Eco Group

We are a diverse group of different ages, nationalities and professions that are united in our passion for the environment. Together we lead our Eco Church activities, e.g. events, newsletters and partnerships. Our work is guided by positivity, action and in dialogue with the wider community. We are always happy to welcome new members. Talk to Arno or Helen after the service if you are interested in joining us.

A Rocha UK

Is a UK based charity that supports churches in caring for the environment. It is part of a larger family of A Rocha with presence in more than 20 countries on six continents. A Rocha provides useful guidance, some funding and coordinated initiatives that we are grateful to use and implement at St Ursula’s. Find out more about them here.

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Past Eco Newsletters

Advent and Christmas 2025

Buy Nothing Challenge Week Special

November 2025: Consumerism and Sustainability

October 2025: get involved

Creation season special Sept 1 – October 4 2025

Sustainable Finance

Toilet paper special. Including discount code

Good news roundup June 2025

Lent Challenge: April 2025, our first newsletter and Lent challenge followup for Earth day 2025

Useful Links

Below you will find useful links to Eco resources

Repair cafés

Get your items repaired instead of buying new. Under this link, you will find the one closest to you: https://www.repair-cafe.ch/

Sharing economy

One way to avoid having to buy things is to rent or borrow items that are only needed occasionally.

In Switzerland we have the following sites where you can rent or borrow anything from an electric drill to a drone to a camper van. You can also list your own items to lend to others.

sharely.ch for just about anything

mycamper (also worldwide)

mobility sharing platform for cars and vans

cars from private individuals, also gomore as an alternative site for this

Bikes can be hired via Publibike in most towns.