- Balfron Church registered as an Eco-Congregation in December 2005. We gained our first award in June 2007.
- Early efforts concentrated on greening our lifestyles as individuals and as a church.
- We are a Fair Trade Church, and members led the movement to make Balfron a Fair Trade Village.
- We have a link through World Vision with a community in Kampong Tralach, Cambodia.
Recent activity:
- Film showing "Erin Brochovich" with the Strathendrick Film Society
- Special Sunday services highlighting "Trees" and "Sustainability"
- Earth hour - joint event with the Balfron Community singers
- CSV grant - planting in the biodiversity border
- Earth hour - highlighting climate change
- Carbon footprint calculation - 17.5 tons of CO2 used in the last year
- Plant "audit" of the biodiversity border (pdf file).
- Climate Change Roadshow.
- Reseeding the biodiversity border (see photos below).