Each year, Americans use 13 billion pounds of paper towels. We can drastically reduce that if we “shake and fold” and use one paper towel. Watch Joe Smith from Concordia University in Portland present a TED – Ed talk in 2012:
Read more →Our congregation will be voting on a Creation Justice (earth stewardship) Covenant proposed by the First Congregational Church Green team at the Congregational Meeting on February 5. This Covenant expresses FCC’s commitment to earth stewardship, to addressing the climate crisis and doing all we can as a
Read more →Before you toss out your old clothes to make room for new, think about the best place to toss them. You’ve no doubt wondered if you should give your son’s old football jersey to Goodwill or put it in a rag bag. American clothing is an environmental
Read more →by Brenda Kame’enui When you’re ready to put the furniture back where it belongs and dismantle Christmas décor at home, consider these recycling opportunities… Christmas trees Boy Scouts: tree pick up and recycling (remove all tinsel and ornaments) www.scouttroop182.org Your local yard debris collector for tree chipping:
Read more →Green Line by Brenda Kame’enui I’ve done it more times than I want to admit, but now I think about the effect of a return before I buy. As online shopping has grown, returns have become part of the shopping culture. In 2021, $218 billion in online
Read more →What About Food Waste? Food waste occurs all along the food chain, but the largest waste comes from consumer-facing businesses. A restaurant’s broad menu of dishes that may not be ordered and huge portions designed to attract customers are big sources of waste. Food safety regulations require
Read more →A commercial leaf blower emits as much smog-forming pollution in one hour as driving a 2016 Toyota Camry about 1,100 miles. Multiply this by hundreds of blowers in the course of a week, and we understand one small-but-large contribution to Eugene-Springfield’s rating among the worst for air
Read more →What about our online shopping? The toothbrush, hair dryer, or running shoes we order on two-day delivery? If UPS careens down your street three times a day, the carbon is significant. We often order one item in a hurry. If we drive to the store to buy
Read more →Choices that help at the grocery store: buy mesh bags in the produce department and use them instead of plastic for produce items. Wash them as needed and take them in with your re-usable grocery bags every time select glass bottles instead of plastic for cooking oils,
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