Welcome to St Saviour’s Eco Page!
St Saviour’s is committed to becoming a sustainable organisation that respects and values nature and the environment, and takes seriously our shared responsibility to care for the life that we share our planet with.
‘We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children’
Native American Proverb
A Rocha International is a Christian charity ‘working to protect and restore the natural world and equipping Christians and churches n the UK to care for the environment’. We are pleased to have received their BRONZE ECO AWARD, and in 2026 we are working hard to reach SILVER!
Click on the link below for some simple tips on actions you can take to help nature:
Easy Eco Tips 2026 Calendar - A Rocha UK
What’s happening locally?
Sustainable St Albans are a local organisation helping the residents of St Albans and the surrounding district to get involved in actions that can help us all be more environmentally friendly. Check out their site at:
Sustainable St Albans - for an environmentally sustainable district
Here are just some of the projects we have completed at St Saviour’s
Swift boxes
We have installed three swift boxes on the north face of the church to provide homes for this endangered species. A PA system plays swift calls at dawn and dusk from May through to the end of July to let the birds know boxes’ location. Did you know….
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Swifts are summer visitors, breeding across the UK, but are most numerous in the south and east
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Swifts pair for life and migrate 3,400 miles twice a year from Africa, stopping off to refuel along the way, returning to the same nest site each year
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They like to live in houses and churches where they nest inside roofs
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As more old buildings are renovated and gaps in soffits closed up, swift nest sites are fast disappearing
You can find out more about swifts and how to help at Swift Bird Facts | Apus Apus (rspb.org.uk)
St Saviour’s Buzz Stop
In March 2020 St Saviour’s teamed up with local eco action group Wilderhood Watch to re-wild the land around the Garden of Remembrance and along the banks to create a pollinator friendly Buzz Stop. Since it was first planted it has flourished year on year, attracting a variety of pollinator species to the church grounds. You can find out more about this project and Wilderhood Watch here: St Saviour’s Church Buzz Stop – Wilderhood Watch
Lent 2026 Carbon Fast
This Lent St Saviour’s took part in A Rocha International’s Carbon Fast. Using ideas and resources provided by the Climate Stewards’ Charity Climate Stewards, the church’s eco-team shared weekly themed tips with members of the congregation, who took up the call to action in a variety of ways from recycling, through reducing food miles to donations to our Lent Charity The Ver Valley Society – Protecting & Promoting the River Ver & its Valley.
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