Tag: Plastic pollution
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Some Positive News About Plastic Pollution and More Useful Environmental Newsletters
Read More: Some Positive News About Plastic Pollution and More Useful Environmental NewslettersThe UN Environment Programme (Unep) has released a report saying that Global plastic pollution could be slashed by 80% by 2040. The Guardian reports that “The changes needed are major, but are also practical and affordable.… The first step is to eliminate unnecessary plastics, such as excessive packaging, the report said. Then next steps are…
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Plastic Pollution Is Even Worse Than We Thought
Read More: Plastic Pollution Is Even Worse Than We ThoughtIt’s too late, our bodies are already full of micro and nanoplastics. As Mark O’Connell writes in the New York Times: “There is plastic in our bodies; it’s in our lungs and in our bowels and in the blood that pulses through us. We can’t see it, and we can’t feel it, but it is…
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Living the Zero Waste Life
Read More: Living the Zero Waste LifeAlthough there are arguments about where the most pollution comes from, industry or human consumers, Lloyd Alter reports that a study from “the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies and Aalto University in Finland…bucked the common belief that 100 companies are responsible for 71% of emissions; it actually claimed that 72% of emissions were caused by…
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The Election Is Over. Now What?
Read More: The Election Is Over. Now What?As I write this (to make a deadline) it is too early to say who won the presidency and by how much. Many climate activists are feeling discouraged, however, and wondering what to do now. Here are some suggestions from Grist, Tree Hugger, E Magazine and even the Department of Energy! (The three ecology news…
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Centering Prayer at St. Stephen’s
Three Opportunities to Learn & Practice Centering Prayer There are 3 opportunities at St Stephen’s to learn and practice centering prayer: 1. Every Thursday at 12 noon we have an in-person centering prayer meeting that meets in the Sanctuary. After the centering portion, we have a Lectio Divina portion where we read an excerpt from…
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Art in the Sanctuary – Mike & Elly Kaizar’s Block Prints
We’re so excited to be featuring block prints by Mike and Elly Kaizar this month. Stop by the sanctuary and check them out! Artist Bio Mike Kaizar michaelkaizar@yahoo.com 614-747-3151 Michael Kaizar is a Columbus-based blockprint artist whose bold, hand-carved imagery blends craft with playful, mythic storytelling. He began printing during the early COVID-19 pandemic, growing…
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Take the Adult Formation Survey
Our new Adult Formation Working Group has created a survey so that you can help guide their planning. Please fill out here, or fill out a paper copy in church on Sunday.
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