Our Congregation's Responses to questions about the Earth's Environmen

Our Congregation's Responses to questions about the Earth's Environment:

Questions were posed and responses invited on posters in Webster Hall. |Environmental awareness and activities will be a focus for 2CC during Lent 2014.

What are your concerns about the world's environment?

- loss of species due to global warming
- loss of habitat
- loss of wild scenic places
- changes in weather patterns
- pollution of air, water, land
- the effect of acid rain on the environment and historic man-made places
- garbage in the oceans and washing up on shore
- medication-resistant organisms






What do we need?

- sustainable farming to help avoid loss of affordable food available to all. There is enough for all if we learn to conserve and share.
- make better use of what we have
- clean drinking water for everyone

What are you doing to help care for the earth's environment?

- recycling, re-using, reducing
- composting
- growing a garden for human edibles and of flowers to attract and feed honeybees
- using a mulching lawnmower
- reusable shopping bags
- traded in truck for Prius plug-in
- opening windows instead of using air conditioning
- insulating our home properly
- avoiding bottled water (to reduce waste plastic)
- having fewer garbage cans (to reduce number of garbage bags used)
- using LED bulbs instead of incandescent or fluorescent
- sweeping instead of vacuuming
- combining errands to use less gas

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