Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Week #4.Social Justice Material and Tradition Elements for this Block.
ENERGY
Fossil Fuels & Climate Change
350.org Fact Sheets: Science, Policy, Solutions-- http://www.350.org/en/factsheets 350.org Climate Street Art-- http://earth.350.org/street-art/ Glance at the sun. See the moon and the stars. Gaze at the beauty of the Earths greenings. Now, think.Hildegard von Bingen (10981179)
Id put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we dont have to wait til oil and coal run out before we tackle that. Thomas Edison (18471931) If you think mitigated climate change is expensive, try unmitigated climate change. Dr. Richard Gammon, University of Washington, on the steps of the US Congress, June 28, 1999 Objectives. Provide materials that help participants understand how our consumption of fossil fuels is changing our
climate and threatening the well-being of our Earth. Beyond the science of climate change, provide information on how government policy, as well as our own individual actions, impact climate change. Through encounters with artwork, give group members the opportunity to see how climate change has impacted various communities. Empower group members to take concrete steps towards reducing their contributions to climate change.
description and have a group member read the artists intentions for the piece. After reading the background to the piece, invite discussion about what (based on the Fact Sheets) might be some policies impacting the situation, as well as what might be some potential solutions. Depending on how much conversation you have or how much time you want to dedicate to each piece, you may get through more or less of the images.
Prayer. 3 min.
Forgive us Lord for our thoughtless wasting For heat blasting in open doorways - for lights burning in empty rooms for homes basking in T-shirt warmth forgive our thoughtless wasting. For leaving windows draughty, for lagging left undone, for lofts un-insulated forgive our thoughtless wasting. For cars that guzzle petrol - for driving little journeys, for cheaper fares on planes forgive our thoughtless wasting. God grant us clear thinking, right action, and a gentle lifestyle. Amen
-Chris Polhill. Part of the materials for the Climate Change Day of Prayer. Available at
http://www.ctbi.org.uk/pdf_view.php?id=371.
** additional resource materials/web links** The Story of Stuff Project. www.storyofstuff.org Carbon Footprint Calculator. www.carbonfund.org Eaarth by Bill McKibben (2011). There are also Eaarth facts and figures available at
http://www.billmckibben.com/eaarth/factsandfigures.html Practicalaction.org resources on climate change: http://practicalaction.org/climatechange?utm_source=S000&utm_medium=PPC&utm_campaign=C10105&gclid=CI_Tk4fuhq0CFQ5T7Aod tWv8UQ