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Workshops Offered by OCICE and Affiliate Organizations:

OCICE is proud to partner with Earth Resource Foundation and ReclaimDemocracy to bring you the following workshops. These workshops are offered throughout the year.  You no longer have to wait for the Annual Caring for Creation conference to learn how you can tread more lightly on Mother Earth!

To schedule a workshop at your House of Worship or for your Organization, please contact the workshop facilitator listed with each workshop.

Creation Spirituality
Workshop Leader: Rev. Susan Chamberlain
Contact: (714) 744-3904
Email: susanrc@sbcglobal.net

Environmental Stewardship in Your House of Worship
Workshop Leaders: Margaret Henke
Contact: (714) 731-6775
Email: marghenke@cox.net

In this workshop, you will learn how to start an Environmental committee in your house of worship, what activities to plan, to get your congregation involved, how to plan an Earth Day service, etc.

Transportation & Energy Alternatives
Workshop Leader: Al Benoit
Contact: (714) 368-5119
Email: albenme@sbcglobal.net

If you have been considering solar or wind energy for your home, house of worship or business, this workshop is for you.  Learn what steps to take to prepare for solar or wind installation, including installing energy efficient appliances and lighting. 

Workshop Leader for the following: Sherri Loveland
Contact: (714) 552-0333
Email: ocice@cox.net

Creating a Non-Toxic Home
In this workshop, you will learn why using chemical cleaning solvents, fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides are hazardous to your health, especially children.  You will also learn what environmentally friendly cleaning solvents work, as well as organic fertilizers and pest control.

Greening Your Home
In this workshop, we will cover non-toxic alternative cleaners and gardening techniques, as well as earth friendly remodeling practices (paint, flooring, furniture, etc.).

Greening Your House of Worship
Learn why Caring for Creation is a spiritual matter and why we need to teach our congregants' the importance of being stewards of the earth.  Additionally, you will learn how to implement energy saving practices that will save your congregation several thousand $$$ a year, as well as alternative cleaning and grounds maintenance practices.

Greening Your Business
Learn why Caring for Creation is a spiritual matter and why we need to implement earth friendly practices into our businesses.   Additionally, you will learn how to implement energy saving practices that will save your business several thousand $$$ a year, as well as alternative cleaning and grounds maintenance practices.

Campaign Against the Plastic Plague
Workshop Leader: Earth Resource Foundation
Contact: (949) 645-5163
Email: stephanie.barger@earthresource.org

As a result of the harmful impact of plastic on global ecosystems, economies, and public health, immediate action must be taken to eliminate single use throwaway plastics. Change must be established in the consumer lifestyle through education, citizen action, and business accountability.

Workshop Leader for the following:  Steve Spanier
Contact: (949) 654-7500
Email:  fwysngrns@cox.net

Better Living Through Chemistry?
Describes the historical pattern used by chemical companies to pollute the environment and damage human health

The Economic Consequences of Big-Box Retailers
 Describes how chains like Wal-Mart and Target impact communities

A Short History of Trade and Trade Agreements
 Traces the history of the World Trade Organization, International Monetary Fund, and World Bank and examines trade agreements such as NAFTA

Immigration, Globalization, and Poverty
Addresses the root cause of the immigration problem

Modern Corporations and Their Impact on Society
 Uses the stories of a farmer, a GE engineer, a Governor, and others to examine the impact of transnational corporations on our society

Privatization
Defines privatization, provides examples, and compares and contrasts it with nationalization

Unplugging the Corporate Machine
 Describes ways to change our corporatocracy into a democracy

Ethical Consumption
Presents the case that we say something about ourselves everytime we make a purchase and argues that certain purchasing habits, which are described, are better for people and the planet.
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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.