tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9531808.post7487882060216924964..comments2023-07-05T04:15:25.944-05:00Comments on Musings of a Discerning Woman: Blog Action Day - CopenhagenSusan Rose Francois, CSJPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09801188192396918147noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9531808.post-7156282234520513632009-10-16T14:45:23.910-05:002009-10-16T14:45:23.910-05:00Kelly ... thanks!
Anne ... we are just starting o...Kelly ... thanks!<br /><br />Anne ... we are just starting our work on this area. Our Care of Creation/Climate Change Group is suggesting that while it is important to learn about climate change and participate in legislative and advocacy efforts to combat it at the system level, we also need to look at our own lifestyles in terms of sustainability. We're just starting on this path, but I imagine it will entail looking at both our own lifestyle choices in our living communities, as well as our ministries and institutions.<br /><br />On a personal note, one of the reasons I chose to ask to join the community where I am now living is that I can walk or take the bus to my place of ministry instead of commuting 45 minutes!Susan Rose Francois, CSJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09801188192396918147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9531808.post-49247517135729577112009-10-16T10:37:36.877-05:002009-10-16T10:37:36.877-05:00I would be interested to know what your community ...I would be interested to know what your community is doing to reduce its own carbon footprint. The problem will not be solved by international conferences but by individuals willing to take tepid showers, turn down the heat and put on winter underwear, take public transportation, open farmers markets in poor neighborhoods and work with their neighbors to get off the grid and use alternative energy sources.Anne Welchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07773939487916426557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9531808.post-25933560745753423332009-10-15T11:05:02.711-05:002009-10-15T11:05:02.711-05:00will be joining in prayer!will be joining in prayer!Kelly_SSJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11500137960381254756noreply@blogger.com