The Parish as Oasis

How This Book Works ................................................................. 7

Part I .......................................................................................... 11

The Church as an Oasis .............................................................. 11

Part II ......................................................................................... 21

Experiment 1: Get Connected .................................................... 21

Experiment 2: Get on Yer Bikes .................................................. 26

Experiment 3: Love the Sun ....................................................... 32

Experiment 4: Put the Lawnmower Away ................................... 38

Experiment 5: Waste Not ........................................................... 43

Experiment 6: Retrofit for the Future ......................................... 49

Experiment 7: Onward to the March ......................................... 55

Experiment 8: A Pilgrimaging People ......................................... 60

Experiment 9: Graduate to Citizen Science ................................ 65

Experiment 10: Give Up Yer Auld Poisons ................................. 71

Experiment 11: Open Up to the Community ............................ 77

Experiment 12: Sharing Is Caring .............................................. 82

Experiment 13: Books Are My (Reusable) Bag ........................... 87

Experiment 14: Tiny Forests ....................................................... 92

Experiment 15: Digital Footprints .............................................. 97

Experiment 16: Unpave Paradise .............................................. 102

Experiment 17: Seasonal Veg(etarianism) ................................. 108

 

Experiment 18: Advent Conspiracy .......................................... 113

Experiment 19: Money Makes the World Go Round ............... 118

Experiment 20: Worship through an Environmental Lens ........ 124

Next Steps ................................................................................ 129