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February 17
Ash Wednesday |
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During Lent set a goal to prevent all food waste |
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Buy milk in a glass container |
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Wash and reuse your ziplock bags |
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Lent 1
Pray for our air,
that it be clear and healthful
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Lower the temperature on the water heater
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Change 5 light bulbs to CFL's
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Purchase reusable shopping bags for all shopping
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Plan to walk instead of riding while doing errands
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Wash and reuse plastic grocery bags
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Recycle all paper, not just newspaper
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Lent 2
Pray for our air, that it be clear and beautiful
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March 1
Make a plan to reduce the amount of laundry each week
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Organize a place inside to hang laundry each week
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Make a family resolution to reduce shower time by one minute
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Replace a disposable item with a permanent item
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Recycle printer ink cartridges
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Organize a car pool to church or other event
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Lent 3
Pray for our atmosphere, that we bring our carbon ratio down
to 350 ppm
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Encourage a person / business / organization / to stop using
bottled water
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Locate a place that recycles #5 items and use it
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Buy in bulk:pasta, grains, and beans
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While washing dishes by hand, use a rinse pan rather than
keeping the water running
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Buy green household cleaning products
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Buy everyone in the family a non-disposable water bottle for
daily use
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Lent 4
Pray that there be enough clean water to meet the needs of Creation
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Resolve not to buy styrofoam or order from take-out businesses
who use it
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Encourage a person / business / organization / to use naturally
produced take-out containers
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Make a donation to an organization that provides clean water
internationally
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Reduce waste. We all throw away too much
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Resolve to buy fair trade coffee, chocolate and bananas
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Buy local cheese
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Lent 5
Pray that a way be found for transportation and
electricity to be used without harm
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Make a committmenmt to buy one item of organic cotton
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Buy in bulk - flour, honey, cooking oil
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Use the dishwasher's quickest cycle for all but the dirtiest
dishes- and skip the prerinse
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Turn off the water while you wash your hair to save up to 150
gallons a month
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Resolve not to put any phosphorus in fertilizer on your lawn
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Plan and purchase necessities for beginning and continuing composting
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Palm Sunday
Pray that the knitting together of God's Creation may again
be made whole
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Monday in Holy Week
Visit ecologyactioncenter.org to make spring yard plans
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Tuesday in Holy Week
Research Native Plants for Spring Planting
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Wednesday in Holy Week
Plan and purchase necessities for promoting wildlife in your yard
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April 1
Maundy Thursday
Explore a rain garden or rain harvesting
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Good Friday
Pray for forgiveness for the destruction that we have unwittingly done
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Holy Saturday
Easter Eve
Pray: Lord help us to finda way not to depeople the earth
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Easter Day
Give thanks for the amazing world God has given us
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