The following suggestions were compiled during the course of the parish working together to achieve our Live Simply Award
December 2016
Is that light really necessary?
Old clothes? Charity Shop or Clothes Bank
Buy only what you need
Love God, People and Creation
I will live simply this year
Recycle Christmas Cards and Wrapping Paper
January & February 2017
Keep junk mail and burn it in a wood burner or on an open fire.
Use the local Charity shops to recycle your unwanted goods or presents of keep them and donate them to our Summer Fete
Take old small electrical items to the recycling centres
Review the contents of your fridge and store cupboards before going grocery shopping
Plan your menus for the week ahead before going food shopping. Try this useful website ‘Eat not Spend’ eatnotspend.wordpress.com
Buy only the food you need and invite friends to share
Cook a double quantity and make your own ‘ready meal’ for your freezer
Make cooking fun and encourage your children or grandchildren to cook simple meals with you
March & April 2017
Make contact with a lonely person
Give away a smile or a kind work
Greet a street seller and offer a word of encouragement
Visit a friend in ‘Residential Care’
Take someone on an ‘outing’
‘The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others’
May & June 2017
Make sure there is fresh water and food for your garden birds every day
Split open used tea bags and mix the tea leaves with your compost. NB the bags don’t decompose
Grow some extra produce to share or sell for charity at Church during the year
Plant bee and butterfly friendly plants in your garden, patio pots or window boxes
Turn off stand-by electrical appliances overnight e.g. TVs, Phone Chargers, Computers
Boil only the water you need in your kettle (20% energy saving)
July/August/September 2017
Consider changing to a renewable energy supplier e.g Ecotricity
Always use a full load in your washing machine or dishwasher. If you have one, choose the ‘eco’ setting
Hang clothes outside to dry, instead of using a tumble dryer
Pray for our Diocesan Jubillarian Priests
Pray for the Homeless
Pray for Refugees
Pray for Persecuted Christians Worldwide
Pray for the Hungry
Care for Creation
Pope Francis has established 1st September as the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation
Try to attend the Care of Creation Liturgy next Saturday morning
Take time to appreciate the Beauty of Nature
Pray for a World at Peace
Support the Cambodian Mass for the Holy Souls next Friday evening
Pray that we may be good stewards of our Earthly home
October, November and December 2017
Give 10 minutes of your day to spiritual reflection
Try to be inclusive in your Christmas celebrations
Check your store cupboards and only buy what you need.
Christmas love is for life and not just for Christmas
Recycle only recyclable wrapping paper i.e. not glitter paper
January and February 2018
Pray for our Parishioners visiting our twinned Parish of St. Francis Xavier, Svay Sisophon
Pray for refugees in all parts of the world
Pray for refugees in Calais and the charities that support them
March 2018
Sharing lifts to church on Sunday with a list of where people live with cars so we can save petrol
The charity shop in Aylsham in the Market Square (Break) accepts electrical items
Try to walk more to local events instead of taking the care
Cut up old clothes for cloths
Use the library instead of buying books
Don’t flush the toilet every time
Carpool where possible especially for school runs and church events
Use a full load in the washing machine
Dry clothes outside rather than using a tumble drier
Take the bus instead of the car
Prayer sessions for the purpose of praying for those who are poor and do we have any good videos to show people
Attempt to grow at least one food item either indoors or outside
Paper junk mail can be torn up and composted
Collect used stamps for charities
Re-use envelops
Save unwanted presents for a charitable cause
Use the car less
Check your regular list of repeat medications so chemists/ pharmacists don’t give you items no longer required
Giving friends a lift to Mass or shopping is a great idea
Have a green waste bin
Buy clothes from charity shops
June 2018
Buy fruit and veg from the greengrocer or market with no plastic bags
Think of ways to live without plastic
Pick up 3 pieces of litter when you are out on a walk and dispose of them correctly
