Digging deep at Lambeth Palace

01/07/2010

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 churchyard. The planting was part of a national Shrinking the Footprint day at Lambeth 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 is chair of Shrinking the Footprint the Church of England's national environment campaign.

Bishop Richard is pictured here with Geoff Bateman (right) of CIWEM (Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management) and Russell Ball President of the International Society of Arboriculture who spoke at the event.

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