Welcome to the Carbon Fast

22 February - 7 April 2012

Providing daily actions and prayers for Lent to help you and your church protect poor people from the changing climate and care for God’s good creation.

The Carbon Fast has now begun! Check out our gallery with photos from those taking part. Email your photo to campaigning@tearfund.org, or tweet it to @carbonfast

Get involved

1. Sign up for Carbon Fast daily emails using the form below -  these will be sent to you every day during Lent.
2. Download the Carbon Fast 2012 daily actions
3. Click here to order your copy of the Carbon Fast
   2012 action guide. If you'd like a pack
   of 5 action guides, click here.
4. You can also follow the Carbon Fast on Twitter - @carbonfast, #carbonfast or Facebook

More resources

• Carbon Fast poster (A4) - print it out and put it up in your church
• Carbon Fast factsheet - including information to help explain the impact of some of the actions
• Download our guide to meeting your MP (to help with action on 24 March) 
• Download Tearfund's position paper on meat eating and climate change (for action on 26 March) 
• Warm sweater Sunday ideas (Sunday 4 March): tweet or Facebook a photo of everyone in their jumpers. You could combine this with other activities to raise awareness about climate change in your church. For example, you could show Tearfund's climate film, serve a climate-friendly lunch or ask people to share their experiences of doing climate-friendly actions. Share what else you got up to on Twitter, Facebook or by emailing campaigns@tearfund.org

Going global

This year we’re excited that the Carbon Fast has gone global, with churches in Australia, the Netherlands, Brazil, Hong Kong, the United States and many more joining in!

Look out for the weekly actions and reflections, each based on a different theme, to get a flavour of how the Carbon Fast is happening around the world and to help you along too.

Why take part?

Our day-to-day lives may not be impacted severely by the changing climate – yet.

But what about people who struggle to feed their families or find a home that won’t get washed away, or who can’t work because the fields have been destroyed by droughts and storms?

And here in the UK, as many people struggle with heating bills we can see how even predictable weather can push us to the edge.

It’s our job to bring hope.

What cost do our energy-intensive lifestyles have…on us…on poor communities…on God’s creation?

Join us in the Carbon Fast this Lent to respond to this challenge, remembering how God has called us to respect and look after his good creation and to protect poor people who we know are suffering the most.
 
Click here to order your copy of the Carbon Fast 2012 action guide 

If you'd like a pack of 5 action guides, click here.

To signup to the Carbon Fast daily actions email please complete the form below, email enquiries@tearfund.org or phone 0845 355 8355.