DAILY LIVING PRACTICES TO CARE FOR CREATON
During April, May, and June we focus on the importance of earth/soil in our Caring for Creation section. During these weeks may the spirit of Easter helps us undertake little resurrections in the broken parts of ourselves and the world. We commit ourselves to new ways of living that help heal our planet.
Creation Quote for your Meditation
“Gardening is an active participation in the deepest mysteries of the universe”.
Thomas Berry, The Doubleday Christian Quotation Collection
Suggestions for Personal Action
Consider this for your lawn. According to the Cornell Botanic Gardens’ sustainable lawn project:
(https://cornellbotanicgardens.org/explore/on-campus-natural-areas/native-lawn-demonstration-area/ )
One of their projects converted a grass lawn to a low-maintenance, low energy input, and high biodiversity, sustainable native lawn.
What makes it sustainable? It requires no fertilizer that emits a greenhouse gas during its production; no pesticides; provides a diversity of native plants that supports over four times more biodiversity for pollinators and other invertebrates; requires minimal mowing, which reduces the amount of gas used and greenhouse emissions from lawnmowers; uses minimal to no watering; serves as a demonstration for encouraging the implementation of a native lawn in a home landscape.