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More Earth Month and Earth Day Activities
If you and your family haven’t participated in or volunteered for any Earth Month activities yet, there is still time and still lots of opportunities. And you can attend many…
The theme of 2022’s Earth Day is “Invest In Our Planet”!
Christy Walters of Reuse Revolution writes in her newsletter: “As individuals, we have the simple yet effective power to make our voices heard through our choices, our civic actions, and…
Earth Month Is Here!
Huh. So what? What difference does it make? When governments and big corporations drag their feet about the climate crisis people can get cynical about ground-roots movements . Yet some…
It’s Time to Get Ready for Earth Month!
Believe it or not, Earth Month (April) is just seven days away. All during the month, and not just on Earth Day, volunteers will be working on environmental projects. A…
A Lenten Fast from Plastic 2: Going Plastic Free
Since 1950, 8.3 billion metric tons of plastic have been produced, and 4 billion of that was in just the last 15 years. Only about 9 percent of all plastic…
A Lenten Fast from Plastic 1: Recycling
“Repentance,” as Jesus seems to have understood it, does not mean hair-shirts and grief. It means coming to a realization that one is going the wrong way and then “turning…
Lenten Reassessment
Since the beginning of the year I’ve been focusing on Creation Care as a spiritual discipline. Scholar Sallie McFague believes that the climate crisis “is really a spiritual problem—a problem…
Lobby Your Representative and Your Community
Dear Representative . . . Perhaps you’ve written a letter to a bank by now. What’s the next step? Getting political. In the Columbus area we have three congresspersons, two…
Help Save the Earth – Change Your Bank
Last week I wrote about how some banks, including those doing business in Columbus, are major investors in fossil fuel development. I suggested ways you might take action to express…