Footsteps Faiths for a Low Carbon Future
Footsteps brings together faith groups in Birmingham, to respond to the challenge of moving to a low carbon future.
What is Footsteps?
Many faith communities are taking their own actions to help the environment; by coming together we can take footsteps side-by-side towards our common goal. The main way Footsteps does this is by organising interfaith and multi-faith events to explore our responses to the high carbon present, and take action towards a low carbon future.
Footsteps (Faiths for a Low Carbon Future) is a project of Birmingham Council of Faiths reg. charity no. 1015006
How Can I Get Involved?
Check our events listing, to see the Footsteps events. These are open to people of all faiths and no particular faith in Birmingham, who are concerned about the challenge of moving to a low carbon future, and how we can work together to achieve this.
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Our Work Footsteps works on six key themes, plus annual focus themes
Faith & Values
The world’s major faith traditions share values that underpin their action on climate change.
Community
Footsteps provides spaces where people can share faith perspectives on the environment and take ideas back into their own communities and places of worship.
Earth Care
Many faith traditions share the belief that we have a collective responsibility to care for the earth and its people.
Encouragement
Footsteps provides encouragement to those directly involved at place of worship, faith community and city level.
Climate Emergency
Across the world, leaders of both faith communities and cities recognise that we face a crisis and are speaking out.
Young People
Footsteps endeavours to involve young people in its work and activities, not least because young people will be the generation most affected by, but which has done least to cause, climate change.
2021: Glasgow Ready
Footsteps events and activities during 2021 – which are all likely to remain on-line at least until June – will focus on preparation for Glasgow by ‘Building Back Better’.
Just Transition
Many of Footsteps’ activities involve working through places of worship and faith communities in Birmingham to help achieve a just transition to a low carbon future and a sustainable world.
Statements & Reports
Footsteps has written letters to leaders, made statements and published reports on key climate issues over the past five years.
Upcoming Events Footsteps organises events to bring people of different faiths together, to work for a low carbon future: all are welcome.
Balsall Heath Share Shack and Farm Walk
30/06/2021, 9:45 am – 10:45 am, at Balsall Heath City Farm, Balsall Heath, B12 8NN.– A walk to visit the Share Shack project and City Farm in Balsall Heath, open to people of all faiths and none. Register for the […]
Summer Faith Walk 2021
08/08/2021, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm, at Uplands Allotments, Handsworth, B21 8EX.– Our annual walk, to connect with our local environment, and learn about local faith & low-carbon initiatives – all welcome. This year we will be […]
Spring Faith Walk 2021
23/05/2021, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm, at Edgbaston Reservior, meet at the Buddhist Pagoda, Edgbaston, B16 9EU.– We will be visiting Edgbaston Reservoir, and learning about Buddhist perspectives on the environment – all welcome. A bonus spring walk (in addition to our […]