First United Methodist Church of San Diego is a partner with IRC‘s New Roots Community Farm in the community of City Heights in San Diego, California. Taken from San Diego City Beat magazine By Rebecca Tolin Johora Musa is pregnant with her fourth child. She and husband Bilali Muya are unemployed, and their family of five [...]
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Community Farming in San Diego, Part 2
Posted in Christian/Environmental Philosophy, tagged Cambodia, City Heights, community farming, environment, farming, garden, gardening, International Rescue Committee, IRC, Mexico, New Roots Community Farm, refugees, San Diego, Somalia on August 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Residential ‘gray water’ rules eased
Posted in Water Issues, tagged drought, environment, environmental stewardship, gray water, green, sustainability, water on August 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
By Mike Lee UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER 2:00 a.m. August 1, 2009 California regulators have opened the floodgates for using “gray water” by issuing an emergency decision that allows residents to create simple water-reuse systems without a construction permit. Gray-water advocates welcomed the change, which is expected to take effect Tuesday. They said the homemade systems – [...]
Bags for Sale
Posted in Announcements, Events, tagged cloth bags, environment, plastic bags, recycle, reusable, reusable bags, sustainability on February 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Yesterday marked the first day of selling our new Earthcare reusable bags. And boy, were folks excited about them. I can’t tell you how many people exclaimed, “Oh! We DO have bags for the church. This is great! My so-and-so group has been talking about the church’s need for these.” And many people even thanked [...]
Richard Louv speaking engagement in San Diego, February 24 @ 7pm
Posted in Children & Nature, Christian/Environmental Philosophy, Events, tagged education, environment, Richard Louv on February 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Richard Louv discusses his book Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder and presents ideas for how to re-connect our children with the outdoors. Tuesday, February 24th at 7:00 p.m. Point Loma Nazarene University Brown Chapel. Co-sponsored by Floresta USA. $5 for tickets purchased online before Friday, February 13, or $10 at the door. ** To facilitate [...]
EarthCare Meeting Announcement
Posted in Announcements, tagged church, environment, meeting on February 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This Thursday, February 5 we will meet at 6:30PM in Linder Hall #5. All are welcome. We will be discussing upcoming information tables as well as publicity for our class and reusable grocery bags. See you there!
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