Stirling Methodist Church receives prestigious Eco Congregation Silver Award

Stirling Methodist Church has won a prestigious Silver Award as an EcoCongregation. The Award was presented to the Church by Stirling Cllr Alasdair Tollemache, on behalf of EcoCongregation Scotland. Over 130 churches across Scotland have earned a basic EcoCongregation Award. Stirling Methodists are amongst the first to gain a Silver Award. The Award recognises the work done to promote sustainability inside the Church, locally and globally. .As well as making the Church building more eco-friendly and moving to green electricity and gas, the Church grounds now feature a batbox, bee home, birdfeeders and a pallet garden. The Church has been a keen participant in the Transition Stirling Carbon Cutters programme and has now launched its own Carbon Cutters, starting with a campaign to cut down on plastic waste. Stirling Methodists have played a leading role in persuading the Scottish and UK Methodist Churches to cut out investment in oil, coal and gas companies which don’t shift to a low carbon future.
Cllr Tollemache, Stirling Council’s sole Scottish Greens Councillor, presented the award to Gill Nunn, a member of the Church’s Green Team who stressed the work which the whole Church had done to achieve the Award and concluded “Now we go for Gold”.
Information about green and other activities of Stirling Methodist Church, in Queen Street, Stirling, can be found at www.stirlingmethodistchurch.org.uk/
Picture: Cllr Tollemache with members of the Stirling Methodist Church Green Team:
Vicky Masheder, Gill Nunn, Ann Seymour, Walter Attwood, Mark Allison and Jon Cape

See the Certificate here