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| Creation Care Never before in history have human beings had the capacity for destroying the environment of Earth as they are currently doing today. This continuing destruction of the environment, on a global scale, seriously brings into question whether humankind and the majority of living creatures can survive in the years to come. Destruction of this magnitude of the Creator’s home for all living things points to a moral and spiritual crisis in humanity. It also presents an unprecedented challenge to those who profess to believe in a Creator, live a faith-based life, and seek to honor the Creator’s works. The ongoing destruction of life on Earth demands that the leaders and congregants of every faith community consider their roles as stewards of creation and how they can lead society, through inspiration from their own traditions, to life-affirming and immediate changes in how humanity interacts with sacred Creation. Perhaps no other element of society can have a larger influence on how humanity responds to this call than faith-based communities. Download the Orange County Interfaith Coalition for the Environment's Creation Protection Agreement and Letter to all Orange County, CA Houses of Worship to get started. Still no convinced that Climate Change is real or do you know someone who still isn't convince? Click here. The Catholic Church adds "Thou Shall Not Pollute the Earth" as a new sin. Southern Baptist Leaders Shift Position on Global Climate Change Guidelines: Greening your house of worship. Guidelines: Greening your home.
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 "Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed. Mahatma Ghandi
Tip of the Month Make the switch to re-usable (cloth) tote bags for all of your shopping needs. If you use a cloth bag, you can save 6 bags each week. That's 24 bags a month, 288 bags a year, and 22, 176 bags in an average life-time. If just 1 out of 5 people in our country did this we would save 1,330,560,000,000 bags over our life time! Plastic bags are made from a non-renewable natural resource: petroleum. Consequently, the manufacturing of plastic bags contributes to the diminishing availability of our natural resources and the damage to the environment from the extraction of petroleum. At the same time, plastics are hazardous to produce; the pollution from plastic production is harmful to the environment. Finally, most plastic bags are made of polyethylene - more commonly known as polythene - they are hazardous to manufacture and are said to take up to 1,000 years to decompose on land and 450 years in water. To join the Campaign Against the Plastic Plague, visit Earth Resource Foundation's website.
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