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The bioregional quiz
… in your region? When is the rut of deer and when are the fawns born? Name five kinds of trees in your region! Are they native to your region? Name five birds which stay the whole year …
The bioregional vision: Living in and loving your own place
… rock-bottomed Ozark waterway. A spring-fed stream shaded by spicebush and pawpaw trees runs down the hollow’s center. Its banks are carpeted with bloodroot, trillium and other … could be bottled and sold to noise-addled city dwellers. David Haenke Leroy Hollow’s beautiful trees suffered two assaults in the last century. In the 1910s loggers cut down the oaks, then … liquidation prices, in order to stuff the multinational feeding frenzy. “The value of a log tree here has to compete against land virtually given away and harvested by near slave labor in …
The world prays for success in Cancun
… drive less miles, buy locally grown foods, eat organic natural food, start a small tree planting project on waste land wherever you live and support a group campaigning for a clean … feast fair-trade sales of dried mangos pay for the planting and protection of 200 fruit tree saplings 2 meters tall done with the indigenous people for the past 6 years. So eating the right food does justice, plants trees, saves the soil, provides shade, cools the earth, conserves water, and prevents landslides. …
How we see and know daily holiness
… Christ still shines, a light no darkness can extinguish. The ritual is simple. Most Christmas tree lot owners are happy to sell inexpensive bundles of greenery for the wreath, and some owners …
Overdoing Advent
… Heidi Schlumpf … Is it just me, or do more people have their Christmas trees all decorated, their lights all up and their shopping all done this year? More and more of … Christmas spirit in our culture that precedes the actual Christmas season. We haven't bought a tree yet, haven't responded to any of the dozens of promotional emails to order photo cards, …
The solar-powered, inner-city parish
… It tracks energy savings and avoided emissions translates into how many cars off the road or trees planted for storytelling purposes. You can aggregate it with other parishes. It’s …
Welcome to Eco Catholic
… and practiced in many different settings. The blog’s logo contains the leaf from a sycamore tree, reflecting the significance of a common tree that is renowned for its ability to absorb pollution, as well as its important place in the …
Advent: Time for Christian Resistance
… Jesus. Definitely have an advent calendar for small children. Make decorating the Christmas tree something the family does on Christmas Eve and something the family does together. Keep your …
This is not a time to give up
… delight is the law of the Lord; and who ponders God's law day and night. That person is like a tree that is planted beside flowing of waters, who yields its fruit in due season; whose leaves …
Don't forget 'Food For The Poor'
… develop fishing industries. In the last three years, they have planted more than 335,000 fruit trees in Haiti and Jamaica. The Gospel demands everything of us. We are to give alms and meet the …