Ecology and Faith in Ottawa
I was to a great extent unsatisfied last week to over that a city church had exchanged its "Pesticide freed, Safe payment Me" signs on the side of posted warnings about the urgency of pesticides on its property. I clothed no suspicion what inspired this dramatic change of nitty-gritty. I walk my dog past this church damn near every day and their sward always looks overgrown.
Fortunately other nearby faithfulness communities are moving forward on issues of sustainability and environmentalism. The local chapter of the chauvinistic interfaith network, seems to be passably vigorous in Ottawa. I see them every Earth heyday weekend at the at the RA core. Unfortunately their is not same informative, seems to be updated solitary infrequently, and is mostly subservient to construction.
loyalty and the Common orderly nationally and locally run a program called . This program helps interested devotion communities as though their buildings (churches, synagogues, temples, and mosques) and grounds more environmentally-friendly. In Ottawa, if you are interested in portion out or are part of a faith community or religious group that would like assistants in beautifying more environmentally-friendly, you can get in touch with Faith and the Common Good Ottawa by email: ottawa@faith-commongood.lattice-work
On a correlated thesis, CBC radio's weekly news arsenal on faith, belief, and spirituality----is airing a program on the Goddess and the Greenman this Sunday (June 17th) at 2:00 pm on Radio a person. This program will explore how the news of religion in the West is allied to our known environmental crises. If you skip the televise, they record audio files of most of their past shows in their . You puissance also like to listen to their past put on:
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