Bishops urge people to cut back on carbon for lent
After a particularly pancakey Tuesday the church is urging us to reduce our carbon footprint for lent.
Usually it’s sweets or booze that we deprive ourselves of at this time of year or else we vow to renew that New Year’s resolution to go to the gym at least 3 times a week. Well, this year two Church of England Bishops are asking people to cut back on carbon.
(Just in case some of you are a bit in the dark with regard to all the deprivation talk, Lent is a time when Christians are supposed to fast and pray.)
The Bishop of London, Richard Chartres, and Bishop of Liverpool, James Jones, have teamed up with aid agency Tearfund to encourage the public to take part in a "carbon fast" for the next 40 days.
The carbon-conscious bishops are urging us to remove one light bulb on the first day of lent. That way, when we go to turn it on and it’s not there, we’re reminded of our promise regarding carbon cut backs. Then, once lent is over, you can replace it with a low energy bulb.
It beats giving up chocolate. Hurray for greener bishops we say. Although we recommend you don’t remove the bathroom bulb. Could be quite messy after 40 days of peeing in the dark.
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Strangely enough, I already only switch lights on that need to be on. It's called common sense. Wandering around in the dark for 40 days because you took the bulb out yourself is as stupid as...well everything else the bishops seem to go on about.