Earth care

As I reflect on the weekend at Shalom I am grateful for the time spent there and the people it was spent with. The variety of view points and our ability to discuss things was great. Linden was right when he said we need to come together and listen to each other.
Looking at my earth care practice the recycling is not yet a habit but it is getting nearer as I have my sons voice in my head and foot at my backside every time he catches me in the act of not recycling. My wife and daughter are also fully on board and we find ourselves looking for things that have been made from recycled goods. We do not purchase them often but it does bring up new discussion for us.
As a second grader it is not unusual for my son to come home and tell me what his recess group is for the week, it ranges from the cool group, to I am just playing with one person this week, or I just follow some friends around. Since the snow is gone I am proud to say that he is in the litter pick up group formed by him. He has been doing this about a week and what started as 2 is now 8. Last night he was complaining that two of the boys were trying to be captians of the group. I asked him what was more important being the leader or doing good for the Earth and he did not even think about it, he said earth. I think he is ok with knowing that he started it. He truly is a servant leader in the world and I could not be prouder.
As I cleaned out my car the other day, after 6 months or so, it struck me how easy it is to just throw stuff in the trash can. I found my self scrutinizing each thing I went to throw away and found my self thinking about the landfill it would go to. That scared me because those are not my thoughts. Even though I have had environmental science class, I have other things to be contemplating, like Moltmann. What is this class doing to me???????
Just joking I am very much enjoying the learnings that are taking place. Until next Blog.

Rick