Stewardship of Creation Tips

Prairie Climate Stewardship Network

Living consciously with creation in mind does not necessarily mean living without.

It does mean living differently.

It does mean living simpler and intentional lives.

The choice is ours to make.

Stewardship of Creation Tip #4: Bottled Water & Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Supplying Americans with water bottles for 1 year consumes 15 million barrels of oil.

15 million barrels of oil releases:

6,000,000,000 lbs of CO2 or

3,000,000 tons of CO2

15 million barrels of oil:

Generates electricity > 250,000 homes a year or

Fuel for 100,000 cars a year.

An estimated 40% of bottled water sold in the US is just filtered tap water.

Sources: Message in a Bottle: Despite the Hype, Bottled Water is Neither CLEANER no GREENER Than Tap Water, Brian C Howard, http://www.emagazine.com/view/?1125; http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/water/?section=fastfacts; 1 barrel of oil consumed releases about 400 lbs of CO2 http://www.unc.edu/~dcrawfor/enst006.htm

Awakening: Knowingly Beholding God in All

“The day of my spiritual awakening was the day I saw --and knew I saw --all things in God and God in all things.”

Mechtild of Magdeburg

Reflection: “All things in God; God in all things.” Is this what I behold? Is this what I know I behold?

How do my actions affect all things, far and near?

Tip #1 Download PDF or Download Word Dishwasher: Energy & Water Conservation

Tip #2 Download PDF or Download Word Washing Machine: Energy & Water Conservation & Awakening: the gift of clean water

Tip #3 Download PDF or Download Word Phantom Loads & Awakening: To God In All

Prairie Climate Stewardship Network will periodically post other tips that foster creation care. Please feel free to share these with others and/or include them in bulletins or other material. Please acknowledging sources used should you share these tips.

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