[Oe List ...] FW: [earthrise] Nature Speaks

Isobel and Jim Bishop isobeljimbish at optusnet.com.au
Sun Feb 6 18:42:09 CST 2011


Dear colleagues,
Thank you so much for the suggestions about how to create some things  
to act out --during the Season of Lent.
I will take these ideas to our Worship committee of the Pitt St  
Uniting Church where Jim and I and the Telfords worship..
  I deeply appreciate all the work you have done on our behalf over  
the last many years.

In gratitude,
Isobel Bishop.
On 05/02/2011, at 6:54 PM, coevolutionacademy at juno.com wrote:

> Thank Lynda!
>
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> From: "Lynda Cock" <llc860 at triad.rr.com>
> To: "'Phyllis Hockley'" <phyllish at efn.org>, "'Karen Snyder'"  
> <ksnyder at consultmillennia.com>, "O:E List" <OE at wedgeblade.net>,  
> <earthrise at yahoogroups.com>
> Cc: greenschemes at bellsouth.net, StoverN at BellSouth.net
> Subject: [Oe List ...] FW: [earthrise] Nature Speaks
> Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2011 11:45:14 -0500
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> Elaine and Nelson Stover have been very active in this movement of  
> care for the earth.  I asked them to respond with their awards list  
> and am forwarding it to you. Thank you, Elaine and Nelson!   Lynda
>
> From: Elaine K. Stover [mailto:greenschemes at bellsouth.net]
> Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2011 11:24 AM
> To: 'Lynda Cock'
> Cc: 'F. Nelson Stover'
> Subject: RE: [earthrise] Nature Speaks
>
> Dear Folks,
>
> Attached is a listing of the various things that congregations in  
> Greensboro, NC have been doing over the last two years. About three  
> years ago our church (UU) collaborated with several others to form  
> the Environmental Stewardship Greensboro. They have promoted  
> various individual church activities and sponsor events to make  
> some money that goes for small grants to church youth organizations  
> for “green” projects. This past fall they brought Earth Mama to  
> town (for the third time). http://www.earthmama.org/
> These awards were presented to representatives of the various  
> congregations at the intermission of the program.
>
> Elaine
>
> “Since sustainability is a cultural process it depends on the  
> everyday actions of ordinary people”.
> Ecological Design. Sin Van der Ryn & Stuart Cowan, Island Press.1996.
>
>
                                    Elaine K. Stover
>                                     Principal
>
>                                     5911 Western Trail
>                                     Greensboro, NC
>                                     (336) 605-0143
>                                     www.greenschemesnc.com
> From: earthrise at yahoogroups.com [mailto:earthrise at yahoogroups.com]  
> On Behalf Of Phyllis Hockley
> Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 7:52 PM
> To: karensnydertroxel; earthrise at yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [earthrise] Nature Speaks
>
>
> Nature speaks and you speak beautifully about it.
> So true, so true.
> And what will be our response to these cries for all of us is the  
> question.
> Our "Cool Congregation" committee struggles with ways to respond  
> that we can share with our congregation.
> For Lent we are suggesting a Meatless Monday with suggested  
> recipes. Another church in town is having a carbonless day each week.
> Would be delighted to receive ideas from wherever.
> Phyllis
>
>
> At 10:42 PM 2/4/2011 +0000, karensnydertroxel wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Every winter Jim and I spend some time on the Litibu Playa in  
>> Mexico, north of Puerto Vallarta – a time for refreshment,  
>> reflection, and community living. This year I have been  
>> particularly taken with the mysterium tremendum in nature. The  
>> bright color of the plants and flowers all around us is  
>> breathtaking. I marvel at the sunsets, each night uniquely filling  
>> the sky with color and interesting cloud formations. Watching the  
>> full moon set on the western horizon over the ocean as the sun  
>> rises in the east is awesome. And it is amazing to be in a climate  
>> that is 80 degrees here when it is snowing in Chicago (where we  
>> will return).
>>
>> Yet it is colder here than past winters. Even though it is only  
>> colder by a few degrees, I wonder whether it is part of the  
>> natural cycle or a part of the human influence on climate change.  
>> The waves completely cover the beach, leaving standing pools  
>> throughout the day, which has never occurred in past visits – is  
>> it an indication of the oceans rising? For two days a whale came  
>> in too close to shore, repeatedly hitting its tale on the water -  
>> is it a distress call? Where are the flocks of pelicans that  
>> normally fly by morning and night in V-formation? And what has  
>> happened to the red snapper fish that are no longer available at  
>> the neighboring restaurant? The results of the river flooding  
>> greeted us as we arrived at the Playa and the results of one the  
>> greatest snowstorms of all time await us as we return to Chicago.
>>
>> The crying out of nature disturbs the tranquility of each day. I  
>> ponder and anticipate my year as a response to these cries as we  
>> leave this special place.
>>
>>
>>
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