Join the SEC Net Zero Team to celebrate creation and grow in shared stewardship and mission. Hope for Creation will build on our encouraging series of Net Zero Roadshow events, continuing to share case studies, external expertise and connect further with other denominations.

Book your place:

Please reserve your spot at the link below as places are booking up fast:

• Hope for Creation Tickets, Tuesday 20 October-Wednesday 21 October | Eventbrite

All conference ticket prices (include the conference dinner) have been subsidised by 50% thanks to the Scottish Episcopal Church and Ecclesiastical Insurance sponsorship. If cost remains a barrier, please get in touch with your Diocese or the Net Zero Team: Contact – Net Zero Portal

Accommodation:

Overnight accommodation for 20th October can be booked directly at a discounted price with Stirling Court Hotel, using the code 330103: Stirling Court Hotel

There are lots of other accommodation options in Stirling with regular 10 min UniLink bus connections to the University campus: Getting here | University of Stirling

Speakers and Contributors:

We are delighted to have a great line up of speakers planned for the conference, a wide range of breakout sessions and a busy exhibition space for networking.

We will be welcoming Alastair McIntosh, Aidan Cottrell-Boyce and Laura Young as keynote speakers, and contributors from the Church of England, Catholic church, Church in Wales, Methodists and United Reformed church on our Ecumenical Panel.

Our breakout sessions will cover funding, heritage buildings, biodiversity, community energy, carbon footprinting and creation care as mission. We also look forward to our storytelling sessions where we will here from local church projects.

Breakout Sessions: 

• Funding Conversation featuring Benefact Trust, National Lottery Heritage Fund, National Lottery Community Fund and Historic Environment Scotland 
• Solutions for Sustainable Heritage Buildings: The Questions Before the Solutions with Adrian Fox, Environment and Sustainability Officer for the Church of England 
• Storytelling Seminars showcasing Pilot and Pioneer church projects from around the Scottish Episcopal Church 
• Community Energy Conversation with Community Energy Scotland, Pure Leapfrog and local church case studies 
• Biodiversity Workshop with Harriet Carty from Caring for God’s Acre 
• Carbon Footprints and Contributions with Caroline Pomeroy, Director of Climate Stewards 
• Creation Care, Mission and Intercession with the team from the YWAM Creation Care Hub