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See the links and resources
suggested below.
Note: The contents of the links listed
below, except those that are part of the ELCA or Women
of the ELCA Web sites, are not under the direction of
the ELCA or Women of the ELCA; they are the
responsibility of the individual Web hosts.
Tips for
living green
Women of the ELCA lists helpful
tips for living green. Tips include ways to
transform your home and body, as well as other useful
ideas to
become more earth-friendly.
Stand With
Africa water project
Women of the ELCA designated giving from the
20th anniversary cele-bration to a
Stand With
Africa water project.
Women and
water
Women of the ELCA features helpful water-saving tips
and lists ways that you can make a difference.
You can also learn the
history of water and how the ELCA and
Lutheran organizations have responded to water issues
here and around the globe.
Recycle your
cell phone
The
Good Deed Foundation wants your unused and outdated
cell phones. In exchange, The Good Deed Foundation will
send profits to the Women's Funding Network, a group of
organization's whose work is focused on women and girls.
Two-thirds of profits will go to support programs that
work to build women's financial assets and increase job
opportunities to end poverty. Women of the ELCA is a
member of the Women's Funding Network.
Caring for
Creation: Vision, Hope, Justice
The
ELCA's social statement about the environment.
Other Web
sites
Earth Day is April 22, 2008
Read about the
history
of Earth Day.
E-vite your Earth day party
The popular on-line invitation tool offers ways that you
can organize and host an
Earth Day party. From suggestions for games your
eco-conscious friends can play to instructions for
asking your guests to ditch their cars for your party,
the E-vite site is a complete earth-friendly
package--with no waste!
Recycle . .
. even more
This Web
site can help you find the closest recycling center
in your neighborhood. It also lists by category, all the things you can recycle. If you already
concentrate on recycling paper and bottles, add
batteries or electronics to your list.
Article
"Eight
ways to green your Earth Day" by
Trey Granger, Earth
911, March 16, 2008.
Earth911
Web site.
Book
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
by Barbara Kingsolver, Camille Kingsolver, Steven L.
Hopp, HarperCollins Publishers, 2007.
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