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We Must Find The Balance!

Information By: World Health Organization

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Your intentions & actions impact everything around you!

Quote By: Fritjof Capra

Photo Credit: https://quotefancy.com/quote/1494660/Fritjof-Capra-Ecology-and-spirituality-are-fundamentally-connected-because-deep

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Resources to Study The Connection Between Heath & The Environment

1.      https://foodprint.org/the-total-footprint-of-our-food-system/issues/food-and-the-environment/

Food Print is an organization which provides research and valuable information regarding your economic footprint based on the food you purchase. This site is extremely beneficial, organized, easy to navigate and aesthetically appealing. Food Print provides  valuable information for beginners who are trying to understand the whole idea on what goes on behind the scenes in the environment and the food industry.

2.      http://www.foodcoalition.scot/

This website is a platform used by an alliance of civil society organizations working towards educating others on food justice. This site covers ground on a sustainable food system, food poverty, and some laws. This is a beneficial website and provides a lot of information regarding the topic.

3.      https://www.pnas.org/

The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America provides adequate resources and up to date research articles on the environmental impacts of foods. This website is great for moderate to expert level researchers on the topic and looking to make a change in their communities.

4.      https://www.cdc.gov/

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention speak on the impacts of foods which are unhealthy for us as well as building a sustainable environment from how we source our food. This is a governmental website which is respected and provides up to date information with valuable research.

5.      https://www.healthandenvironment.org/

This website is easy to use, aesthetically appealing, and also provides information in a manner which balances our lifestyles, from what we eat, how we work and how that all influences our health. The goal is to balance our lifestyles to build a sustainable future, and they do a good job making connections with the articles on their website between health and the environment.

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Ecological Spirituality

You can see signs in a leaf, a mountain trail, a dewdrop, and in a poor person’s face. The idea of reflection really falls back on perspective and how we can use our perspective to become wiser, to learn and grow. This is essentially saying that when we can see life in this way, where we reflect on anything and everything, that God will be in our hearts and God will allow us to see signs in everything around us. This mindset is one of ecological spirituality. -Writing Assignment #5

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Attacking Farmworkers Is An Attack On The Whole Community!

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Let Us Show Our Respect To The Folks Making An Honest Wage #JusticeForFarmers

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"One of life's biggest blessings to be able to put food on your table every day. We must be thankful to God who has enabled us to have this blessing. We also must not forget the folks on the farms who are behind the scenes who have committed themselves to ensure we all have food on our tables. Sadly they have been victims of mistreatment and have not been given their lawful rights."

Writing Assignment #4

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We Need Justice For Our Farmers!

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The Key To Success Is To Respect Mother Nature!

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Top 5 Resources to Learn About Climate Change!

1.      https://climate.nasa.gov/

This website is on top of my list for reliable websites, NASA is a government website and gives timely information on the front page such as carbon dioxide levels, global temperature, arctic ice levels, and sea levels. They have a variety of educational articles and videos on climate change as well as resources from dependable sources. Site is very easy to navigate.

2.      https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/climate-change/

National Geographic is a very dependable resource as well as database with a plethora of information regarding climate change. They have many informational videos and articles on this site. The formatting is up to date and they also have some of the most current information.

3.      https://www.climatecentral.org/

Climate Central is an organization which is devoted to research and providing their finding for others to view, their site is very informational and they provide great graphs and visuals on the topic. They also have easy access to many different topics regarding climate change on the front page which are all useful and beneficial.

4.      https://www.ipcc.ch/

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is a resource which the United Nations uses for assessing science related to climate change. They have great research programs and scientific assessments on the current position of climate change and how the future will look in the future. This site is up front with everything and not as engaging with the pictures and graphs, but provides great information.

5.      https://www.climate.gov/

This government website is great because it has detailed graphs on the various topics of climate change on its landing page. The information is easy to access and shows a period of about 70 years on each graph. These studies and graphs provide reliable and quick information to get an idea of the current state of each topic before diving into do research on something in particular.

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An example from nature and being patient comes from allowing trees to grow and mature which can take on average 15 to 20 years, a woodworking shop will build sustainable products as described in the text and await some new trees to grow before going back and chopping more down. This is essentially working at the same speed as nature to give nature enough time to heal. This way is one of sustainability and encouraging a quality product. While today on the other hand, we cut more trees down than nature can replenish. Our endeavors have allowed us to think out of greed not sustainability.

Week #3 Writing Assignment

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Show Compassion To God’s Creation

Photo Credit: https://blog.duncraft.com/2011/01/20/learn-how-to-hand-feed-your-wild-birds/

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You Have A Responsibility To Heal The Earth - Plant Trees - Save Lives!

Photo Credit: https://dailylife.com/article/planting-trees-to-feed-your-soul

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"There is a growing need for respecting the rights of people, their cultures, and how they have developed socially and historically. This allows us to be compassionate and understand others instead of breaking them down or taking advantage of their weaknesses and vulnerabilities. We must promote peace. We should weave bonds of belonging and togetherness and tear down barriers of selfishness and ego."

Week #2 Written Assignment

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Practice The Principles!

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"there was a powerful idea that there is an inseparable connection and harmony with God and others, with nature and with himself, between nature and justice for the poor, commitment to society, and interior peace. One reason for this is that we are living a life which can be referred to as ‘rapidification’, which is the speed of human activity working in this complex system of ours. On the contrary though, nature moves at a much slower pace, to build, maintain and sustain its balance. Human nature is built in a way which is hasty, but we must be able to control ourselves and take the lessons and signs from our natural environment. Our growth is causing us to rely on caffeine and medications to keep us going instead of finding natures balance. We are disrupting our natural environments with the need to keep up with a fast paced technological era, with the growth hormones, chemicals and preservatives in our foods, with deforestation, with natural resource mining. We are so caught up in building and advancing that we neglect ourselves and the blessings we have been given. The earth demands a natural process of healing and we are abusing this principle. We have turned greedy and are spending all our money before we can receive another paycheck, rather than develop a plan and evaluate what we have a capacity for today, so that tomorrow and a year from now we can still live comfortably. We do not think of sustainability anymore, we think the tank is always running full and that is our biggest mistake."

Week 1 Writing Assignment

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‘You Don’t Want No Smoke’ Air Pollution Kills 60,000 People A Year