Community For Earth Portland

Giving up on the web search I contacted Metro Recycling, City of Portland Recycling and Far West Fibers.  Sorry to say no recycling for bioplastics.  Best thing is not to purchase for now.  If someone has a different answer, I am eager to hear.  😊

Helping the planet is also political, especially in these days and times. I guess that I would also like to see pressure from the rest of the work to put the US back in community of nations addressing climate change, not denying it. We, in the US can only work from within to help each other understand and to do something.

On this last day of the challenge, I want to congratulate our competitors, the "Anchorage Unitarian Universalist Fellowship", for taking our challenge and their impressive success!     COMMUNITY FOR EARTH PORTLAND | 17 members | 2291 points | VS.  | AUUF | 24 members | 3240 points

Great Earth Day sermon at Church (although some points could be debated). Also a good turn out at the EcoFIlm Festival to see the Reluctant Radical and Five Season, Piet Oudolf. Friends of Portland Community Gardens at the Hollywood Theater.

I went to see Jacqueline Keeler's talk at the Sewell Lecture last weekend and also the Front Line Communities panel discussion on Saturday at the Unitarian Church.  Jacqueline talked in part about the Dakota pipeline struggle.  This brought back  the images of courage shown by indigenous peoples, as they struggled to protect the life giving...

Our Community for Earth members stepped up and helped organize a deeply moving panel discussion and information fair on Frontline Communities and Environmental and Climate Justice: A Just Transition. We got great support from Rev. Bill Sinkford, social justice director Dana Buhl, and our friends and allies from the NAACP, OPAL, APANO, NAYA and...

I found out yesterday that our native trillium when it turns purple, is not just from age, but it has been pollinated. That must signal the bees that the white ones are still ready for pollen. It is never too late to learn something new.

Fun fact: Your brain and stomach register feelings of fullness after about 20 minutes of eating. While dishing food out, we tend to load our plates with more than we need. Using smaller plates helps to mitigate this.  Aside from the environmental benefits, what other benefits might come out of this?  One answer: Keeping that weight down.

Looking forward to the Sewell Lecture tomorrow.  http://www.firstunitarianportland.org/events/sewell-lecture-with-jacqueline-keeler/

Looking forward to the Sewell Lecture tomorrow.  http://www.firstunitarianportland.org/events/sewell-lecture-with-jacqueline-keeler/