Stories
Ngā Kōrero
Contact us to add your story to the collaborative Eco Church NZ puna mātauranga / pool of knowledge.
Floral-foam free flower arrangements at St Paul’s Napier
Floral arrangements have long been an important expression in many churches, but in recent years, there has been an increase in using materials and techniques that contribute to waste, such as floral foam, plastic packaging, and chemically treated plants. Knowing that floral foam bricks take time to decompose, the florists from St Paul’s Presbyterian in Napier were keen to look at alternatives.
Search Stories
Type in keywords to search for stories that interest you, or use the CATEGORY list on the right to filter relevant stories.
Select below to filter stories by CATEGORY
- Advocacy 9
- Biodiversity 18
- Calendar of Environmental Days and Events 4
- Carbon Calculators 4
- Children and Families 10
- Christmas 3
- Community Engagement 22
- Community Gardens 12
- Compost 5
- Cycling 9
- Eco Church Action Planner 2
- Eco Church Events 11
- Eco Church Team 1
- Eco Tips 3
- Eco-Anxiety and Wellbeing 5
- Education and Engagement 46
- Energy 6
- Food 20
- Global Campaigns 3
- Green Spaces 15
- Matariki 3
- Practical Conservation 34
- Prayer 8
- Purchasing 14
- Resource Recovery 16
- Season of Creation 13
- Sermons 7
- Small Group Resources 6
- Sustainable Buildings 5
- Sustainable Lifestyles 12
- Transport 13
- Videos 1
- Waste 38
- Water 5
- Worship 14
- Youth 11