Environment

Trinity church hosts Good Seed Sunday

Nandy Heule May 20, 2024

“We need to think about what we can personally do to protect the environment,” says Max Le Moine, after attending Good Seed Sunday just a ...

Cathedral Labyrinth Guild explores ways to reconnect to the natural world

Roxanne Delmage, Diane Perazzo April 22, 2024

The Work that Reconnects is an inspiring process developed by Joanna Macy and her colleagues to help empower people and bring them into a stronger ...

Parishioners Hans Posthuma and Charlie Scromeda check out the small hot water tank.

Ascension finds funding to boost greening efforts

DAVE LONGWORTH November 20, 2023

Church of the Ascension’s participation in the Ottawa Faith Community Capacity Building Program, co-sponsored by Greening Sacred Spaces and Watersheds Canada (Crosstalk, April 2023), which ...

Volunteers from All Saints Greely in front of metal garbage bins

Taking care of God’s world at All Saints Greely

Grace Jones November 1, 2023

Keeping old appliances and scrap metal out of the landfill is something All Saints Greely has been doing on a small scale for several years. We ...

Tree planting at Epiphany Church inaugurates the PWRDF Branches of Hope Project

Perspective, Susan Liddle November 1, 2023

On Sept. 24, Sunday morning churchgoers at Epiphany Anglican Church planted a tree, learned about the work of the Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund ...

Heat pump on the exterior of St. Mary the Virgin Church

St. Mary the Virgin finds green solutions

Leigh Anne Williams October 19, 2023

Shortly before the pandemic, St. Mary the Virgin needed a new furnace. Replacing it was a challenge because the church is located in an area ...

Sharing encouraging environmental news

Leigh Anne Williams September 1, 2023

Amid wildfires and smoke and the hottest July on record globally, worries about climate change on the rise as well. Scientist and activist David Suzuki ...