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

The Social Justice and Witness committee asks that you think about our church sponsored Little Free Pantry and our collection for CAHOOTS when you make those trips to the store. There is always a need for food for the both the Pantry and CAHOOTS. What specifically is

LEVO (Lift Every Voice Oregon), an interfaith group that seeks to reduce gun violence, continues its push to collect signatures to get a gun safety measure on the November ballot. Originally, the goal was to collect signatures for two initiatives, one to ban assault weapons and one to

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

How to Get Straight A’s in Climate Citizenship (AAA) It’s too easy to think that there is little we can do as individuals to help alleviate our planet’s current climate concerns. But actually there is much we each can do to be part of the climate solution, and not just

You! Yes, You! Yes, you CAN! with Climate Action Now Much has been written about the very serious nature of the growing climate crisis here on Planet Earth. But perhaps not enough has yet been written to spur us to bold, clear and consistent advocacy on behalf of this place we call

Climate “Denial-ism” vs. “Doom-ism” vs. “Do-ism”… Okay, maybe that’s stretching the alliteration just a bit too far, but let us explain. *There are those who deny that climate change is real. We beg to differ. *There are those who acknowledge climate change, but who think that things are

Reflections on Earth Day, 2022 As we observe Earth Week this week, let us take a moment to reflect on the condition of our planet in Spring, 2022. As trees leaf out, flowers bloom and the sun comes out from behind the clouds, it would be easy to

“Kids might be a small percentage of the population, but we’re 100% of the future.”  (Cash Daniels, age 12, Environmental Activist, Time Magazine’s “Kid of the Year”)   Now there’s some youthful wisdom we can get behind! Kids like Cash Daniels, Greta Thunberg (the Swedish teen and prominent climate

“The eyes of the future are looking back at us and praying that we can see beyond our own time.” –Terry Tempest Williams, American author The “eyes of the future” belong to our children, our grandchildren and all future generations. Imagine their concern – their angst, their alarm –