DAILY LIVING PRACTICES TO CARE FOR CREATON
During July and August we focus on the importance of fire/sun/energy in our Caring for Creation activities. Simultaneously, the season of Pentecost reminds us that the Spirit blows where it will. The Spirit sustains all that is true, good and beautiful wherever it may be found and by whomever it may be done. Traditional representations of the disciples on Pentecost show them with tongues of flame above their heads indicating their internal change and sense of purpose.
Quotation for your Meditation
“Biodiversity is the heartbeat of our living planet. The astonishing array of life on Earth is the greatest marvel in the known universe. It also, directly and indirectly, sustains human life – from the food we eat to the fuel and medicines we need for survival, from clean air and water to a stable climate. Our economies, our societies, our civilizations: biodiversity underpins them all.” World Wildlife Fund – 2024 Living Planet Report
“The truth is: the natural world is changing. And we are totally dependent on that world. It provides our food, water and air. It is the most precious thing we have and we need to defend it.”
Sir David Attenborough Broadcaster, biologist, naturalist, writer, former president Royal Society for Nature Conservation
Suggestions for Personal Action
The Crisis for Birds Is a Crisis for Us All. The mass disappearance of North American birds is a dire warning about the planet’s well-being….Birds are indicator species, serving as acutely sensitive barometers of environmental health, and their mass declines signal that the earth’s biological systems are in trouble.
The skies are emptying out….The number of birds in the United States and Canada has fallen by 29 percent since 1970, scientists reported on Thursday. There are 2.9 billion fewer birds taking wing now than there were 50 years ago…. Europe is experiencing a similar loss of birds, also among common species… New York Times 09/19/2019
Seven Simple Actions to Help Birds from the Cornell University Ornithological Lab *(https://www.birds.cornell.edu/home/seven-simple-actions-to-help-birds/).