Last week, sitting in a little pub in Dorset and about to sip my pint of Doombar, I was approached by the local vicar. He\u2019d officiated at my daughter\u2019s wedding last year and knew I was a Green, although he probably doesn\u2019t know I\u2019m an atheist.<\/p>\n
He asked me if I had heard of the Diocese of Salisbury\u2019s initiative called “Carbon Fast”, which aims to encourage parishioners to reduce the carbon footprint of their households but also their churches, by 40 per cent during the 40 days of Lent.<\/p>\n
I hadn\u2019t, but looked up the website, which says: \u201cThe result? Better stewardship, enhanced worship and witness, and new disciplines for the future. In response to globally recognised ecological concerns, dioceses across the South West are challenging a destructive culture of ease and wastefulness.”<\/p>\n