Scientology goes green for Manchester 
MANCHESTER—Representatives of the Church of Scientology in Manchester announced this week the beginning of a new environmental strategy which aims to reduce waste of energy and resources and increase recycling, in line with the council's current environmental campaigns.
The launch of the strategy comes in the year of the church's 35th anniversary in the North West, having been founded on 12th March 1974. Now, recognising the need for energy efficiency and responsibility toward the environment, church officials have decided to 'go green'.
The need for energy efficiency and particularly recycling schemes in Manchester is clear from recent statistics published by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), which show the North West region as having some of the poorest levels of municipal waste recovery, though the percentage of recycled household waste is slightly better.
Manchester City Council has sought to repair the city's reputation by launching environmental campaigns to encourage non-household waste producers to increase recycling and to make this part of an 'environmental business pledge,' with official recognition for levels of achievement.
A spokesperson for the Church of Scientology said that the organisation was trying to set a good example of what a community organisation should be doing in times where environmental issues rank high on international agendas. Its founder L. Ron Hubbard propounded these principles in his 1980 book, The Way To Happiness, which has a chapter entitled, "Safeguard and Improve Your Environment."
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at 06:19 on August 13th, 2009
Took out a link to the council's environmental campaign "Manchester Green City" as I think Rob Walker considered this a violation of the Code of Conduct. That was the only amendment.
at 06:28 on August 13th, 2009
Rob Walker has flagged this story as needing improvement. This is acknowledged and has been discussed.
at 12:39 on August 14th, 2009
When reprinting an article you must place it in highlight and a link to the original is necessary to identify the article as a copy.
at 09:35 on August 14th, 2009
I agree with Sam Butler about Manchester City Council has sought to repair the city's reputation by launching environmental campaigns to encourage non-household waste producers to increase recycling and to make this part of an 'environmental business pledge,' with official recognition for levels of achievement.
The Cult of Scientology who Sam Butler represents needs to start by looking first in its own back yard, and to stop sending worthless fliers and repetative rubbish out to anyone that at some stage may of given out there address.
In my case my wife and i requested that the COS stop sending letters and requests for donations to our house hold, as this was due to our Daughter wrote a letter to the COS STATING that she had left the said organisation. They did stop sending this rubbish in the end to our house, after 6 Months, and that was only because our daughter went to Uni.
STOP STOP JUNK MAIL FROM BUSINESSES, The cult of scientology is a BUSINESS, FACT.
Thanks for posting this Sam, and maybe you could do good with this story, could you pass it on to your superiors.
Many thanks from a go green supporter.
I have noticed that the ANON cos Criticts, who protest outside the Deansgate org always pick up litter and take it home.
Take care Tony Leigh.
at 11:02 on August 14th, 2009
If Scientology wants to set a good example, they need to quit being such flagrant hypocrites.
Quit sending out unwanted promotional garbage to people who don't wish to receive it; you could save a lot of ink and trees that way.
And has anyone heard about the Scientology cruise ship, The Freewinds, fouling the watershed with raw sewage on Bonaire in the Dutch Antilles?
The only "concern" Scientology has for the environment involves how the organization can use the issue to promote itself, just as it has with its fraudulent drug rehab program Narconon, and the exceptionally cynical "Youth For Human Rights" front group.
Of course, Scientology's own record of human rights violations comes from apostates and free speech advocates, and thus may be dismissed as lies by Scientology spokesthingies.
We shall see. We'll see how France deals with the allegations of fraud and medical malpractice when the Scientology organization is judged by the court in October.
We'll also see how three cases of human rights abuses in the United States do, where ex-members are suing for compensation for decades of slave wages and deprivation, humiliation and beatings.
It's a fun year. I like watching the cult squirm as it tries to get a toe-hold in the world of legitimacy by latching on to hot button social issues!