05 July 2010
The Bishop of London the Rt Revd
Richard Chartres has planted a yew tree in the gardens of Lambeth
Palace to celebrate the UN International Year of Biodiversity. The
tree was donated by the Conservation Foundation, which has launched
a campaign to find the 7,000 Millennium Yews ten years on, many of
which were planted in churchyards.
The planting was part of a national Shrinking the
Footprint day at Lambeth Palace for environment officers and
other diocesan representatives.
"Planting a Millennium Yew tree in Lambeth Palace Garden is a
reminder of the Church's long heritage of caring for God's creation
and its commitment through Shrinking the Footprint to the
International Year of Biodiversity. Every diocese in the Church of
England now has environmental issues on its agenda and today has
been a real encouragement to hear about the considerable amount
going on throughout the Church here and elsewhere proving that the
Church has a very real role to play not just in saving energy, but
biodiversity and other environmental issues," said Bishop Richard,
who chairs Shrinking the Footprint, the Church of England's
national environment campaign.
Bishop Richard is pictured with Russell Ball, President of the
International Society of Arboriculture, and diocesan environment
reps.
Notes
More information on the Millennium Yew Trees can be found at www.conservationfoundaton.co.uk
Church of England's national environmental campaign www.shrinkingthefootprint.org