St. Luke’s Anglican Church, Ekibin

Press Release: EKIBIN CHURCH CELEBRATES ENVIRONMENTAL AWARDS AND ACTION

St. Luke’s Anglican Church, Ekibin has received two prestigious environmental awards for its climate and environmental action commitments.

The Five Leaf Eco-Awards Basic Certificate and Eco Worship Awards acknowledge the many actions the church has taken, including establishing a sustainability and environmental group, completing an energy audit, their Containers for Change initiative raising funds for a bike rack on the church grounds, recycling and energy efficiency initiatives, quarterly sustainability and environmental discussion groups, including environmental articles in their church news, hosting an environmental film night and participation in Clean Up Australia Day and the Season of Creation.  

Alison Lampe from St Luke’s Sustainability and Environmental Governance group (SEG) said, “It has been very fulfilling to play a role in establishing the SEG group in our parish and we are delighted to be awarded the ecumenical Five Leaf Eco-Awards Basic Certificate. Seeing initiatives being supported by our congregation is very rewarding. Small efforts by many can lead to meaningful change. Our group aims to continue our focus on SEG and is enthusiastic about developing further initiatives”.

Parish Priest Rev’d Dr Timothy Nicholson said the church was deeply encouraged by the awards, and keen to continue their commitment to care for God’s Creation. St. Luke’s is currently undertaking a redevelopment, and is looking forward to installing solar panels and a bike rack on their new buildings, and potentially investing in an electric vehicle as the next parish car. 

Louise Scott from Our Lady, Queen of Apostles Catholic Parish Stafford (who received their Five Leaf Eco-Awards in September 2022) visited the church to present their award. She said, “It’s wonderful to see what another church has done, and to be able to share our story so that both communities can aim higher and work towards the next awards in the program.”