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Arbor Day is an opportunity to take time out to love "the lungs of the Earth" – trees! The Arbor Day Foundation has tons of resources for people looking to get involved with tree-loving activities like tree planting, caring for trees and parks and fighting for tree conservation. Check out their website for more ideas!
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EverydayChristian.com is featuring an article describing how more Christians are participating in Earth Day now than in the past, when the holiday was seen as "too liberal". In fact, there are several Christian websites that encourage green living, including The Blessed Earth and Christians and Climate, just to name a few. Both sites have lots of information on how to protect the planet, not just on Earth Day, but everyday!
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This year, Earth Day will not only be the day that we honor the environment through initiatives that promote a clear Earth, but it will also mark the beginning of The Green Generation Campaign, which will culminate in 2010 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Earth Day! Here’s a list of programs that you can get involved with to serve the environment, or you can post your own Earth-friendly volunteer opportunities at ChristianVolunteering.org!
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Sponsored by the World Wildlife Fund, Earth Hour 2009 is your opportunity to vote with your light switch. Lights off means that you’re voting for the Earth. Lights on means that you’re voting for global warming. Big choice, right? The results of this vote will be presented to official goverment officials at the Global Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen 2009. For more information, please check out the history behind Earth Hour.
I love to eat meat. I’m from Kansas City where we love to BBQ everything. There have been times in my life when I consistently ate at least a pound of meat a day. So let me tell you, that I’m frightened by the idea that in the future becoming a vegetarian might be increasingly an issue of justice, but that may be what happens over the next century.
Harvest Sermon for Arthur Rollinson. – by David Bowring
Harvest festivals are found around the world. Some, like the German Oktoberfest are pretty secular. Others, like the one describer in the Book of Deuteronomy, are deeply religious. Deuteronomy 26 begins with these words.
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By David Bowring, using files from www.faith-commongood.net.
A large Oak Paneled house across the street from Queen’s Park, a lush greenspace in the heart of Toronto is the home of Greening Sacred Spaces, a group funded by The Ontario Conservation Bureau and the Toronto Atmospheric Fund to help faith groups reduce greenhouse gases and to live sustainably.
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Trading Fairly for 60 Years – Ten Thousand Villages and the International Fair Trade Association
By David Bowring, Toronto from files found on www.tenthousandvillages.com
China’s economic growth in recent decades has been astonishing; unfortunately, it may be matched by the pace of their environmental destruction. Mother Jones magazine visited China recently to see the downside of their rush to emulate the American way of life.
In the coming years, the U.S. faces a great challenge: how to reduce dependence on fossil fuels while protecting low-income consumers from rising fuel costs. The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities reports on how the Senate’s new cap-and-trade bill measures up.
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"I don’t think we’re going to make it," John Doerr proclaims, in an emotional talk about climate change and investment. Recently his daughter demanded he fix the mess the world is heading for. So he and his partners at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers embarked on a greentech world tour — surveying the state of the art, from the ethanol revolution in Brazil to Wal-mart’s (!) eco-concept store in Bentonville, Arkansas. KPCB is investing $200 million in green technologies to save the planet — profitably. But, Doerr fears, it may not be enough. |
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Losing the presidential race didn’t defeat Al Gore. In this 2006 talk, he is funnier, more passionate, and more practical than ever. Building upon the awareness of climate change created by An Incovenient Truth, here he identifies 15 ways we can address climate change, from buying a hybrid car to inventing a hotter brand name for global warming. His message: Doing something is easier than you think. |
We are sure that all of this is social justice related, but it’s really funny. Moopheus–you have to love that. Anyway, it makes a good point about workers’ rights in the meat packing industry while making you laugh, so it’s a winner with us. Check out the Meatrix 1 and 2 also, but this was our favorite.
On August 29, 2005 a devastating hurricane wiped out most of a city: 80% of the housing stock gone, most of the population evacuated, the infrastructure a shambles. In this session you will learn how one CCDA ministry reshaped its mission and began unique work to bring hope from chaos.
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