Caring for Creation in Your Own BackyardRegent College Publishing, 2001 - 272 σελίδες Why should New Age trends and philosophies shape the ecological agenda? Loren and Mary Ruth Wilkinson believe that it's time Christian families took a biblical position on environmental issues. In this wonderfully creative and practical book, they offer more than a hundred simple things you and your family can do to make God's earth a better place in which to live. But more than this, they show you how to celebrate God's creation through the seasons of the year. If you have wanted to get involved in environmentalism but felt overwhelmed or confused by the philosophies shaping the ecological movement, here is a book to help you sort through the confusion. It offers biblically-based answers and practical ideas that will not only help the environment but will enrich your life. In Caring for Creation in Your Own Backyard, you will discover a host of smart and simple things to do at home with your children, neighbours, and community. Learn how to: Shop for a better world Make creative and ecological meals that everyone enjoys Save money and energy through recycling and re-using Support businesses that care for creation?and much more! Loren and Mary Ruth Wilkinson have worked in both city and countryside putting principles of caring for creation to work. They live on Hunterston Farm, Galiano Island, British Columbia. Loren is Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies and Philosophy at Regent College. He is editor of Earthkeeping: Christian Stewardship of Creation. Mary Ruth teaches as a sessional lecturer at Regent College. |
Περιεχόμενα
Preface | 7 |
Things to | 21 |
PaperContainersEverythingReusables | 55 |
House WastesYard WastesPaper WastesAuto Wastes | 67 |
Things to | 85 |
Yourself from ScratchBeautifulwith Others | 93 |
Things to | 147 |
Search for the Sources of Your FoodSave Energy | 171 |
Things to | 201 |
TransportationA New Place Sojourning | 221 |
Notes | 263 |
Συχνά εμφανιζόμενοι όροι και φράσεις
animals appliances ation backyard beauty begin birds bread C.S. Lewis caring for creation chapter Christian Christmas church clean communities compost cost Creator culture cycles earth eggs electric energy environmental farms flowers Frances Hodgson Burnett G.K. Chesterton Galiano Island garbage garden Gerard Manley Hopkins Ghillean Prance gift give God's grow habitat human J.R.R. Tolkien Jesus keep Kenneth Grahame kind kitchen land light live look materials meal means native nature North packaging percent plants plastic problems produce protein rain forest reasons recycled paper reduce reminder repair reuse Robert Farrar Sabbath seeds share skills soap soil stewardship T.H. White T.S. Eliot things throwaway tion tithe trees vegetable waste Wendell Berry whole wood word
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