Fyi.
This information was forwarded to me from a colleague at Duke U's
Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences...
Best,
ruba
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Date: Feb 13, 2007 12:36 PM
Subject: [Profstudents] Tired of missing your favorite foods? Try
carbon fasting for Lent!!!
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Heard about this from Alice Lloyd of the NC Interfaith Coalition on Climate
Change. Consider carbon fasting this Lent as an alternative to giving up fried
foods or sugar. Help youself and the Earth this Lint, make a larger
impact with your faith and your environmentalism! Learn more from the Monthly
Eco-Justice bulletin below from the NC Interfaith Coalition.
Monthly Eco-Justice Bulletin
February Edition 2007
To help people of faith and their communities address the causes and
consequences of global climate change through education and public policy
advocacy.
NC Interfaith Power & Light:
A program of the North Carolina Council of Churches
Formerly Climate Connection
www.ncipl.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Go on a Low Carbon Diet! Two resources
Caring for Creation: A Prayer/Action Guide for a Lenten "Fast from
Carbon." Traditionally Lent, the 40 days before Easter, has been a time
of
self-evaluation, repentance, and renewal. Typical spiritual practices include
prayer, almsgiving, and fasting. This year, NC Interfaith Power and Light
invites you to "fast from carbon," that is, to reduce the amount of carbon
dioxide you put into the atmosphere.
http://www.nccouncilofchurches.org/areasofwork/committees/climate_connection/resources.htm
Low Carbon Diet, A 30 Day Program to Lose 5000 Pounds is an illustrated
workbook
that offers much more than a list of eco-friendly actions. It walks you
through
every step of the process, from calculating your current CO2 "footprint" to
tracking your progress. It's publisher the Empowerment Institute calls it "a
fun, accessible, easy to use guide that will show you, step-by-step, how to
dramatically reduce your CO2 output in just a month's time." Visit
www.empowermentinstitute.net and also read this Christian Science Monitor
article which profiles both Low Carbon Diet and Interfaith Power and Light.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1228/p14s01-sten.html
Want to learn about carbon offsets? The Tufts Climate Initiative
recently issued
a thorough study about purchasing voluntary carbon offsets to offset
air travel
emissions. You can find all the information at
http://www.tufts.edu/tci/carbonoffsets Download the full report as
well as the
consumer handout.
Few guidelines are available for consumers on how to choose the best offset
company, but Interfaith Power & Light's national website offers links
to three.
http://www.interfaithpowerandlight.org/
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