has anyone used cloth diapers? i have used disposable in the past and would like to use cloth this time around. any advice/experience? i am looking at a delivery service called happy nappy (unlimited diapers for about $23.00 week). thanks :)
While preoccupied with death on another thread, I started to surf the web for an image of a shroud. Lo and behold I discovered this website and I was really glad I did.
Support Earth Hour - In 2009 hundreds of millions of people around the world showed their support by turning off their lights for one hour, Earth Hour. In 2010 Earth Hour will continue to be a global call to action to every individual, every business and every community. ...
At 8.30pm on Saturday 27 March, 2010, the greatest show on Earth for action on climate change will take place in homes, office buildings, town halls and public spaces across the globe as lights go out for Earth Hour 2010.
You used to be able to count on the United States to be the bad guys at United Nations climate conferences. But this year, while the Obama administration's pledges aren't as ambitious as some might like, the US government is more willing to combat global warming than it has been for years. That's left our northern neighbor, Canada, to emerge as the summit's major stinker.
The world worked up its hopes that its primary institutions would do the responsible thing and stop the threat of destruction of our beloved civilization.
It failed. Did we have to go to political science and history classes to see it coming? The nature of the beast, shown to us repeatedly over the centuries, but we lived in 'hope' that the beast was something that it is not.
An illusion squashed by its own demonstration. We are so disappointed our hope turned from illusion to its actual reality.
My neighborhood is full of people who drive Priuses to haul their Labrador Retrievers to the park for a run. According to two New Zealand researchers, the beloved pet they are hauling has twice the carbon footprint of a Toyota Land Cruiser. The three cats at home? Each of them mucks up the environment about as much as a compact car.
I am not a climate change debunker but have some discomfort with the processes around Copenhagen. I have been having a hard time working through them because I do not deny there is a problem and I do not deny that we need, urgently, to care for our planet. What I have trouble with is the band-wagon that seems to be surrounding these issues and I feel suspicious.
Welcome to my blog — a place to reflect with me on God's healing of soul, community, and creation. I hope you will visit often and be part of this sacred conversation.
My first official stop as Moderator was on the beach at Naramata Centre on Wednesday, August 19. Within a cathedral of light reflected by earth, lake, and sky, the community gathered for worship. Lake Okanagan was at my back as I donned the moderatorial stole for the first time since the installation service. As I draped it over my shoulders, the fringe of the stole touched the sand at my feet. My immediate reaction was to gasp and blurt out to the crowd “Oops—don’t tell anyone it touched the ground!”
Smoking is, unfortunately, a fact of modern life. As a non-smoker (with the heart and lungs of a person half my age according to my doctor), and a person aware of environmental issues, the disposal of cigarette butts has become a problem. This discussion is not a militant anti-smoker attack (hey, its their lungs!), but rather seeking practical ideas and solutions to the disposal of cigarette butts. Some of the more practical suggestions include Personal Ashtrays, Wall-mounted Ashtrays, Post-mounted Ashtrays, Free-standing Ashtrays and Windproof Tabletop
