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Ecological Justice

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As the U. S. Federation of the Sisters of St. Joseph and Associates, "we live and work that all may be One." We are concerned for all of God’s creation and our sisters and brothers everywhere.  Earth, which reflects God’s glory, is in great peril. We accept scientific evidence that climate change is happening and caused by human activity. The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in its February 2007 report states: "Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations, widespread melting of snow and ice, and rising global average sea level." We accept our responsibility to find solutions to this devastation of Earth, and to act accordingly and immediately. (read more)

U.S. Federation of the Sisters of St. Joseph Statement on Climate Change


Take Action
http://www.networklobby.org/issues/2009%20Issue%20Agenda/ecology_page.htm


Prayer

Gracious God, help us to justly harness the wind, the water, the sun, and all the ready and renewable sources of power.
Teach us to conserve, preserve, and use wisely the blessed treasures of our wealth-stored Earth.
Help us to share your bounty, not waste it, or pervert it into for our children or our neighbors in other nations.
You who are life and energy and blessings, teach us to revere and respect our tender world.
Amen.
--Education for Justice

Resources

International Day of Climate Action
http://www.ocice.org/
http://www.350.org/
 
Earthday Network  http://www.earthday.net/about 

100 Ways to Save the Environment http://www.seql.org/100ways.cfm

Buy from local farms in your area http://www.localharvest.org/organic-farms/

49 ways to save water http://www.americanwater.com/49ways.htm
 
Convert a section of your lawn into a bed of drought-tolerant flowering shrubs http://www.ourwater.vic.gov.au/saving/home/gardening/native
 
Participate in Bioneers http://www.bioneers.org/conference
 
Earth Light –The Magazine of Spiritual Ecology           www.earthlight.org
The Earth Charter Initiative                       www.earthcharter.org

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