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Welcome to Our Blog page. This is where we share and dialogue about our concern and desire for improved Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation in our world today.
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Earth Day 2019 -Some ideas, share yours

4/8/2019

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​Earth Day 2019

This year reflect on how you can live the Gospel way of respect for creation.
Make a commitment to act on one or more of the ways listed below. When you gather with your fraternity again, share how you are living your commitment.
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Make an earnest effort to be conscious of the beauty of creation by --
  • Walking in solitude with nature,
  • Planting a tree,
  • Planting a garden,
  • Feeding the birds,
  • Tending your yard with non-pesticides,
  • Recycling,
  • Enjoying dandelions,
  • Advocating for non-hazardous waste,
  • Cleaning up parks and recreational areas,
  • Researching the effects of corporate hog, cattle, turkey, and chicken confinement lots,
  • Writing Members of Parliament or Legislatures about environmental violence,
  • Volunteering at animal shelters,
  • Watching a sunrise or sunset,
  • Learning about nature around us,
  • Advocating for clean air and water,
  • Thanking God for the beauty of creation.
Edited version based on: Living like Francis Today by Marci Blum, OSF Good Ground Press, St. Paul, 2005
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Berkeley sets nationwide standard with ordinance on disposable plastic foodware

2/14/2019

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Celebrate the most comprehensive single-use plastic ordinance passed by the city of Berkeley! Here's what the bill requires:
  • Immediately requires accessory items like utensils, straws, lids, and sleeves be provided by request only.
  • Immediately requires food vendors to have compost bins for customers.
  • By January 1, 2020, requires all disposable takeout foodware to be BPI certified compostable.
  • By January 1, 2020, requires that all vendors charge 25 cents for hot and cold takeout cups. If a customer provides their own cup, the charge is not applied.
  • By July 1, 2020, requires that all eat-in dining be in reusable foodware.
          Let's all work together to get our cities to follow suit or even do better!
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Rossland is the 10th City in Canada to Say Yes to 100% Renewable Energy - Good news for Change

1/29/2019

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The City of Rossland passed a resolution that aims to transition the community to 100% Renewable Energy by 2050. This makes Rossland the 10th municipality in Canada, and the fourth in the West Kootenays alongside the Village of Slocan, the City of Nelson, and the Regional District of Central Kootenay to be a bold leader.
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The City of Rossland committing to 100% Renewable Energy was also a “wow” moment for me. A huge thank you to the Mayor and Council of Rossland for being visionary leaders in the movement to phase out fossil fuels and transition to 100% renewable energy. And an even bigger thank you to the residents, many of whom are our amazing volunteers, and businesses of Rossland for standing up to say the time for 100% renewable energy is now. “Wow” can do this if we work together!    Read More
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Your are stealing our future - a 15 yr old message to COP24

12/21/2018

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Democracy Now! - Simple and powerful!
Also see: School strike for climate - save the world by changing the rules | Greta Thunberg | TEDxStockholm ​(11 min) - She is amazing and humbling....makes you want to cry in shame....
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Human Rights - In Search of the Perfect World

12/10/2018

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Seventy years ago, Canadian John Humphrey was selected to draft the UN declaration of human rights to usher in a new world. Take a look at at how we've done. 
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In this special documentary presentation, former CBC News chief correspondent Peter Mansbridge and his German counterpart Claus Kleber set out to explore a world where human rights are neither universally accepted nor even agreed upon. This is a very worthwhile and important documentary to see. It delves into a number of issues surrounding human rights. It includes such subjects as freedom of speech, refugees, poverty, Canadian mining in the global south and so on.... Many of these topics we have featured on this website. SEE THE DOC HERE
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