Eco ChurcH
Eco Blog by Lyn Hayes (Member of our church)
The COP16 United Nations Biodiversity Conference was recently held in Columbia and its main focus was to measure how countries are performing against targets to halt and reverse biodiversity loss. It’s quite shocking to read how few countries have even submitted their long term strategies to meet these targets and even fewer developed countries have contributed to help fund developing countries to meet their targets. It is also shocking to find out how many environmental activists risk their lives to protect the environment, especially indigenous people whose homes, areas and even countries are threatened.
When we hear about the inability or unwillingness of world governments to get things done to prevent the effects of climate change, it sometimes seems hopeless to keep on with our own individual efforts, but we can make a difference, at least in our home or locality. Making sure we recycle and cut down on single use plastics as much as we can, walk or use public transport when we can and make changes to support wildlife in our gardens, like growing wild flowers and encouraging insects. We can join in the RSPB Garden Birdwatch once a year and take part in other initiatives like Plastic Count and litter picking. Let’s pray that God will help us all to protect our beautiful planet.