Zero Interest Ep.2 - Debbie Cook and Rev Tom Cook with a community-based perspective

Zero Interest Podcast S2 Ep.3: For the Love of Nature

Zero Interest, Podcast Series (S2, Ep. 3) For the Love of Nature Show notes: Zero Interest podcast is produced by Coventry Diocese. It is available via SoundCloud, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. The aim of Zero Interest is to bring the topic of Net Zero to a wider audience and we extended it this time to discussing Protecting the Environment / Caring for God’s Creation. This episode features a conversation with Mary Creagh CBE MP and Alison Wilkes, with Colin Angus. Mary is MP for Coventry East and Minister for Nature. Alison is the Project Manager for the development of the Churchyard Biodiversity and Heritage Project, Colin is the Net Zero Carbon - Project Officer. Alison and Colin are part of the staff team at Coventry Diocese. Listen to this episode and • remember seeing murmurations • hear about progress from the Minister for Nature’s perspective, including improvements to waste collection and recycling • discover the difference between Scrumping and Foraging. • find out whether Beavers will ever be introduced to the River Sherbourne which flows through Coventry. • spot which local schools have benefited from GBE’s rollout of Solar PV renewable energy production. • discover Eco schools, Let’s Go Zero, Ministry of Eco Education, Climate Ambassadors and A Rocha’s eco churches • consider what type of land is best for large scale Solar PV arrays and how this benefits nature • assess whether government will encourage farmers to adopt EV farm equipment We also talked about • How the Gov’t will promote less use of fertilisers and encourage Organic farming (Sustainable Farming Incentive) • What the aims of the Churchyard Biodiversity’ project are • Digitising botanical records at Kew Gardens • Why biodiversity matters Please contact Colin Angus with any ideas about Net Zero related topics that you’d like to hear about.

Zero Interest S2, Ep 3: For the Love of Nature

Zero Interest S2, Ep 3: For the Love of Nature by Diocese of Coventry

Zero Interest Season 2 Ep.2 - with Coventry University Sustainability Leads

In conversation with Selina and Michael from the Sustainability Team at Coventry University. How do the team plan to deliver Net Zero emissions by 2030? Show Notes: These links are for most of the resources mentioned in this episode. Coventry University - Sustainability team page https://www.coventry.ac.uk/the-university/key-information/green-campus/meet-the-team/?_t_id=-jz7GkUjp-TqAxAhJyP_HQ%3d%3d&_t_uuid=d3guFWkVSG-JRMKEcCs5NQ&_t_q=sustainability+team&_t_tags=siteid:5cc5b133-9764-4cea-bd2c-ebcc747fe7fa%2clanguage:en%2candquerymatch&_t_hit.id=CovUni_Website_Models_Pages_LandingPageData/_80592af8-c517-4fa1-80d8-c25b8f1afbd0_en-GB&_t_hit.pos=1 Student Opinion Survey, by the NUS https://www.nus.org.uk/student-surveys WWF Carbon Calculator: https://footprint.wwf.org.uk/?_ga=2.80156055.1616586456.1650396405-2062488133.1650396405&utm_source=Grants&utm_medium=PaidSearch-Brand&pc=AWS014007&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=6475886760&gbraid=0AAAAAD5l45Cxk9IA1eynQz-cqCrYswfVA&gclid=Cj0KCQiA-YvMBhDtARIsAHZuUzLeTvdkdYpPo9lKTzg0C8gkbwGDYx3oUbUL7aGexgmW3SkMMpgJtVEaAvprEALw_wcB Climate Stewards https://climatestewards.org/resources/carbon-footprint-game Soil Association, Food for Life https://www.soilassociation.org/our-standards/read-our-organic-standards/food-for-life-served-here-standards/ Carbon Literacy Courses https://carbonliteracy.com/ 'Winderful' Live view of Wind Turbine production in the UK https://winderful.uk/ Net Positives Future https://netpositivefutures.co.uk/ UN Sustainable Development Goals https://www.undp.org/sustainable-development-goals Act on Energy - advice for householders across the West Midlands https://www.actonenergy.org.uk/ Forest Green Rovers Football Club https://www.fgr.co.uk/

Zero Interest Season 2 Ep. 1 - 'Grace not Guilt'

A great opportunity to hear Revd Canon Grace Thomas talking to Revd Charlotte Jackson with Colin Angus. How to move from Climate Anxiety or ambivalence to actions in line with our Christian faith. Here are links to some of the resources we mentioned: A Rocha Eco Church - practical resources https://ecochurch.arocha.org.uk/ Let's Go Zero - for schools https://letsgozero.org/ Woody Church in Manchester - https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=woody%20church%20manchester Church of England Environment Programme Webinars - 'Quicjk Wins' Ecology and Creation courses (Manchester) and Eco-Stepping Stones Equip Hub training available across Coventry & Warwickshire https://www.equiphub.org.uk/ Carbon Confidence Course - available in 2025. https://www.equiphub.org.uk/courses-events-and-resources/carbon-confidence/ Audits as ways to measure our environmental impacts: 360 Carbon Audit, also Climate Hero and Climate Stewards https://360carbon.org/en-gb/ https://climateheroes.org/ https://www.climatestewards.org/ Thank you for listening. colin.angus@coventry.anglican.org

Zero Interest Ep.5 - in conversation with Bishop Ruth

We're delighted to share the conversation with schoolchildren talking with Rt Rev Ruth Worsley, who has been the Acting Bishop of Coventry in 2024. Also joining the conversation are Rev Kate Massey and Miss Knight. The children have lots of good ideas for reducing carbon emissions, in the school and in their homes too. +Ruth mentioned the pledge of the Church of England committing to reduce carbon emissions. Rev Kate was pleased to add that St Paul's Church has been awarded bronze accreditation by A Rocha as an Eco church. Coventry Diocese is offering support to CofE churches and CofE schools across Coventry and Warwickshire, with resources including training courses, local accessible new documents, Case Studies and ideas about low carbon technologies. Feel free to contact Colin Angus via email for an informal chat or to arrange a visit. (Colin.Angus@coventry.anglican.org)