DownloadArticles : Environment and agriculture
March 8 issue
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Photo by Brian Paff/Laurelville
Laurelville event promotes Earth care as faith calling
MOUNT PLEASANT, Pa. —Wendy Chappell-Dick has tried to creatively reduce her children’s consumption habits.
Chappell-Dick, of Bluffton, Ohio, shared some of the environmental stewardship struggles she faces as a mother to teenage daughters living in a consumer culture during a break-out session at “Creation Care: Stewards of the Earth,” a retreat Feb. 12-14 at Laurelville Mennonite Church Center.
Jan. 11 issue
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The environment and the poor
Nations with high greenhouse-gas output have a challenging New Year’s resolution: prepare action plans by the end of January for reducing their emissions.
Nov. 23, 2009 issue
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Bethel College and church plant garden together
NORTH NEWTON, Kan. — Rain couldn’t dampen the spirits of those who gathered to break ground for a new cooperative venture between Bethel College and area residents.
Nov. 16, 2009 issue
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Charity sparks an interest in gleaning
CORNWALL, Vt. — Clusters of plump, wine-red Empire apples hang from sagging boughs, yearning to be picked.
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Sustainable gardening, sustainable faith
At this point in the fall, there’s a bulwark in the freezer, and the canning shelves sag.
Nov. 9, 2009 issue
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Confronting climate change
GOSHEN, Ind. — People here joined others in 181 countries participating in International Day of Climate Change Oct. 24.
Nov. 2, 2009 issue
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Cooking simply, seasonally
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — First there was Julie and Julia, the book and then movie, about one woman’s quest to make all the recipes in Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking.
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Love of neighbor spurred opposition to Mega Shredder recycling machine
Darrin Snyder Belousek learned about the value of loving his neighbor when the Mega Shredder came to Elkhart, Ind., in 2006.
Oct. 5, 2009 issue
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Lives of service in Paraguay
On my desk is Robert and Myrtle Unruh: A Legacy of Christian Service and Goodwill in Paraguay, 1951-1983, by Gerhard Ratzlaff and Philip Roth, published by Masthof Press, Morgantown, Pa., 2009, 269 pages, $19.95
Sept. 7, 2009 issue
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Fewer cars, care for Earth
HARLEYSVILLE, Pa. — Cars in the parking lot at Salford Mennonite Church were more sparse than usual Aug. 23.
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