<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <link rel="stylesheet" href="reveal.js/css/reveal.css"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="reveal.js/css/theme/solarized.css"> </head> <body> <div class="reveal"> <div class="slides"> <section> <section> <h1>Who Are Eco-Congregations?</h1> </section> <section> <h1>Began in 1999</h1> <p>Initiated by Forth Environment Link outreach (central Scotland, environmental education charity), later funded by Keep Scotland Beautiful, Scottish Government and ECS member congregations.</p> </section> <section> <div align="left"><h2>Over 350 Churches in Scotland Participate (~9%)</h2> <p style="text-align:left">Compare that with...</p> <ul> <li>233 Development Trusts</li> <li>88 Climate Action Groups<br> &Transition Initiatives</li> <li>14 Permaculture Projects</li> </ul></div></section> <section><div align="right"><img style="" data-natural-width="530" data-natural-height="630" data-src="images/ECS_map.png"></div> </section> <section> <h2>Participating in a variety of low carbon activities...</h2> <p>including 41 CCF funded projects</p> <ul> <li>Recycling</li> <li>Food growing</li> <li>Improving building heating & energy use</li> <li>Implementing renewables</li> <li>Hosting educational events</li> <li>Linking religious values and pro-environmental behaviour</li> </ul> </section> <section> <h4>Slightly more urban, but with a strong presence in specific remote areas</h4> <img style="" data-natural-width="900" data-natural-height="500" data-src="images/UR8_fold.png"> </section> </section> <section> <section> <h1>Our Research</h1> </section> <section> <p><span style="font-size:1.6em">Co-funded by AHRC / ESRC<br> 2013-2016</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:1.6em">http://ancestraltime.org.uk</span></p> </section> <section> <img data-src="images/team_photo.jpg"> </section> <section> <h4>Working with a lot of data</h4> <ul> <li><span style="font-size:0.7em">participant observation at worship and community events</span></li> <li><span style="font-size:0.7em">researchers assisted with site visits / assessments</span></li> <li><span style="font-size:0.7em">documentary analysis of a Eco- Congregation award applications<br> (90 of 133 total awarded sites, or 67.7%)</span></li> <li><span style="font-size:0.7em">analysis of ECS church websites</span></li> <li><span style="font-size:0.7em">researchers attended, participated and observed at network events, board meetings, green group meetings, and annual conferences</span></li> <li><span style="font-size:0.7em">social network engagement analysis of ECS</span></li> <li><span style="font-size:0.7em">interviews with individuals and groups across Scotland</span></li> <li><span style="font-size:0.7em">interviews with volunteers and executives at related secular groups</span></li> <li><span style="font-size:0.7em">interviews with the ECS staff team and board members</span></li> <li><span style="font-size:0.7em">GIS-based comparative demographic analysis</span></li> <li><span style="font-size:0.7em">sampling of at least 10% across a variety of demographics (denomination, region, urban/rural, deprivation)</span></li> </ul> </section> <section> <h2>Our primary research question:</h2> <p>Do unique conceptions of time maintained within spiritual communities offer a possible synergy between heritage and environment?</p> </section> </section> <section> <section> <h1>Our Findings?</h1> </section> <section> <h2>Eco-Congregations tend to stay "off the radar"</h2> <ul> <li>No mention in 2015 Changeworks study (cf. p. 31; Table 7.2)</li> <li>Active but silent partner behind some Community Development Trusts and Transition Groups, but also working in some communities in an independent capacity.</li> <li>Partnerships with large environmental charities<br> (RSPB, WWF)</li> </ul> </section> <section> <h2>Reasons for Action?<br> <span style="font-size:0.5em">Climate justice, stewardship, love of nature, intergenerational concern...</span> </h2> <img data-src="images/motivations.png"> </section> <section> <h3>A place where values are linked with pro-environmental behaviours, but more than this as well...</h3> </section> <section> <h2>Hidden pro-Climate Impacts?</h2> <ul> <li>Trialing new ideas for sustainability<br> (case study: solar panels, community gardens, boilers)</li> <li>Provide personnel and "endurance" for CCF grants, sustainability projects, venues for other groups</li> <li>Linking spirituality with environmental concern</li> <li>Validating "moral" aspect to climate change mitigation</li> <li>Highlighting the international aspect of climate impacts and relational side to mitigation</li> </ul> </section> </section> <section> <h2>For discussion</h2> <ul> <li>How can our research assist government in improving outreach to and targetting of and support for religious communities in Scotland on low-carbon activities?</li> </ul> <ol> <li>Covering the spectrum, from "uninvolved" to "climate champions"</li> <li>Mobilising values frameworks, but also affirming the role of lay knowledge in reckoning with climate change</li> <li>CCF engagement with churches</li> <li>RPP3</li> </ol> </section> </section> </div></div> <script src="reveal.js/js/reveal.js"></script> <script> Reveal.initialize(); 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