Anna's got faith in green beliefs; Climate Change Champion opts for an 'eco' baptism in River Usk.Byline: Jessica Flynn TEENAGER Anna Surridge is so passionate about climate change she organised her own eco-baptism. Although Anna has been busy sitting her GCSEs during the past few months, it hasn't stopped her raising awareness of climate change. The 16-year-old from Radyr, Cardiff, who was chosen as one of six Climate Change Champions for Wales following a Welsh Assembly Government The Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) (Welsh: Llywodraeth Cynulliad Cymru, LlCC) was firstly an executive body of the National Assembly for Wales, consisting of the First Minister and his Cabinet from 1999 to 2007. competition, is eco-aware and eco-friendly in everything she does. The Bishop of Llandaff High School pupil worked out that the electricity needed to raise the temperature of a baptistery baptistery (băp`tĭstrē), part of a church, or a separate building in connection with it, used for administering baptism. In the earliest examples it was merely a basin or pool set into the floor. (for immersion baptisms) to a comfortable temperature could be equivalent to making a thousand cups of tea and that it easily holds more than 1,000 litres of water. So she decided to be baptised in a more green way. Anna attends the Seventh-day Adventist Church The Seventh-day Adventist Church (abbreviated "Adventist"[2]) is a Protestant Christian denomination which is distinguished mainly by its observance of Saturday, the "seventh day" of the week, as the Sabbath. , Twyn Road, Ystrad Mynach, and the Minister, Jeremy Tremeer, arranged for Anna's baptism to take place during a weekend camp near Brecon in the river Usk. "It was an amazing experience," said Anna, who was baptised by her father John, a Minister and administrator for the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Wales. "The weather was fantastic, but the water was freezing. "I was wearing a wetsuit wet·suit also wet suit n. A tight-fitting permeable suit worn in cold water, as by skin divers, to retain body heat. wetsuit wet n → combinaison f de plongée , as was my dad who baptised me, but I most certainly could still feel the cold." Anna is trying to live a greener life in everything she does, from growing her own vegetables to getting an old mobile phone from a friend instead of buying a new one, and she even wore a vintage 1950s dress instead of a new one to her school prom - and she went there by train not limousine. For tips on how to be more eco-friendly, and for more information about what Anna's been doing, visit www.anna.surridge.org.uk CAPTION(S): 16-year-old Climate Change Champion Anna Surridge, above, being baptised in the River Usk, and left, Anna in her vegetable garden at her home in Radyr |
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