Eco Tips

Looking for simple, inspiring ways to encourage your church whānau to care for creation? This resource page offers a collection of eco tips drawn from a range of sources—perfect for including in weekly bulletins, PowerPoint notices, email newsletters, or social media posts. Use these ideas to spark awareness, start conversations, and support your church in taking small but meaningful steps towards living more sustainably. Let this collection be a springboard for creativity as you share the message of environmental stewardship with your faith community.

If you’ve shared a series of Eco Tips with your church community, why don’t share what you have so that others can use it at their church? Get in touch!

Creation Justice Ministries - 52 ways to care for creation

Two series of weekly tips from Creation Justice Ministries (formerly the National Council of Churches Eco-Justice Program) represents the creation care and environmental justice policies of major Christian denominations throughout the United States.

Series One

Series Two

Laudato Si’ Movement - 52 ways to care for creation

Following Pope Francis’ leadership and the 1.3 billion Catholics who care for creation, Laudato Si’ Movement has come up with 52 ways for you, your family, and community to pray and take action for God’s creation this year.

Artwork by Brenna Quinlan - Illustrations with a purpose

Share eco tips using illustrations!

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Relevant Eco Church stories

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Education and Engagement, Energy, Sustainable Lifestyles, Worship, Eco Tips

Introducing the Eco-Tip - A regular feature at Cityside

Education and Engagement, Energy, Sustainable Lifestyles, Worship, Eco Tips

Imagine you’ve arrived late for church and as you gaze through the glass doors on your way in, you see a line of people, some wearing black beanies and balaclavas. Do you continue to enter? Yes, at Cityside you do. The congregation were not being held at gun point, they were just learning about load shifting electricity use.

Sustainable Buildings, Transport, Waste, Advocacy, Small Group Resources, Eco Tips

Forming, Norming, Performing: Tawa Anglican's first year as an Eco Church

Sustainable Buildings, Transport, Waste, Advocacy, Small Group Resources, Eco Tips

During 2021 Tawa Anglican Church became an Eco Church, making a corporate statement that we want to actively care for God’s earth as an integral part of our mission. We were pleased to join the Eco Church movement to access support and resources as well as a connection to a network of other Eco Churches throughout Aotearoa. We share with you some of our initial action and longer-term goals.