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Page 1: CREATIONTIDE BOOKLET fin Aug 21

1

Page 2: CREATIONTIDE BOOKLET fin Aug 21

15

Le

t th

e h

ea

ve

ns

re

joic

e,

let

the

ea

rth

be

gla

d;

let

the s

ea

res

ou

nd

, a

nd

all t

ha

t is

in

it.

12 L

et

the

fie

lds

be

ju

bil

an

t, a

nd

ev

ery

thin

g i

n t

he

m;

let

all

th

e t

rees

of

the

fo

res

t s

ing

fo

r jo

y.

13 L

et

all c

rea

tio

n r

ejo

ice

be

fore

th

e L

OR

D,

for

he

co

mes

,

h

e c

om

es t

o j

ud

ge

th

e e

art

h.

Psa

lm 9

6: 1

1-1

3a

Ex

tra

ct

fro

m J

us

t W

alk

to

Je

rus

ale

m P

raye

r,

Wa

lk s

oft

ly u

po

n t

he

ea

rth

. M

ay i

ts b

ea

uty

su

rro

un

d y

ou

Ma

y i

ts w

isd

om

deli

gh

t y

ou

, It

s m

usic

in

vit

e y

ou

Ma

y y

ou

lo

ve

an

d b

e lo

ve

d,

May

yo

u k

no

w p

ea

ce

an

d p

rac

tice

co

mp

as

sio

n

Re

joic

e in

th

e e

art

h a

nd

in

all

of

cre

ati

on

. C

hri

s R

ose

, A

mo

s T

rust

Un

less o

the

rwis

e s

tate

d a

ll B

ible

re

fere

nce

s a

re f

rom

th

e N

IV (

Ne

w In

tern

atio

na

l

Ve

rsio

n).

FS

C lo

go

rep

rodu

ce

d b

y p

erm

issio

n o

f th

e F

ore

st

Ste

wa

rdsh

ip C

oun

cil

UK

.

Extr

act

from

Ju

st W

alk

to

Je

rusa

lem

by p

erm

issio

n o

f C

hris R

ose

.

Ph

oto

gra

ph

s b

y p

erm

issio

n o

f: E

nid

Ba

rro

n, Jo

hn

Ba

rro

n, S

ue

Ch

arlto

n,

Brian

Cu

thbe

rtso

n, S

he

ena

Eva

ns a

nd J

ohn

Go

ose

.

2

Cre

ati

on

tid

e

Th

is is a

re

lative

ly n

ew

se

ason

in

th

e c

hu

rch c

ale

nda

r.

It w

as e

sta

blis

he

d in 2

00

7 b

y

the

Eu

rope

an E

cum

en

ica

l A

ssem

bly

an

d h

as b

een

ado

pte

d b

y C

hu

rch

es T

og

eth

er

in

Brita

in a

nd

Ire

lan

d.

The

se

aso

n r

un

s f

rom

1st S

ep

tem

be

r to

4th

Octo

be

r -

the

fe

ast

da

y o

f S

t F

ran

cis

of A

ssis

i. S

t F

ran

cis

is th

e p

atr

on s

ain

t o

f e

co

log

ists

. D

urin

g

Cre

atio

ntide

chu

rch

es a

re e

nco

ura

ge

d t

o fo

cu

s p

art

icu

larly o

n ‘th

e p

rote

ction

of

cre

atio

n a

nd

the

pro

mo

tio

n o

f su

sta

ina

ble

lifesty

les.’

At

St S

tep

hen

’s w

e w

ou

ld u

su

ally

ha

ve

a s

pecia

l se

rvic

e t

o c

ele

bra

te C

rea

tion

tid

e.

In 2

02

0 w

e w

ere

una

ble

to

mee

t to

ge

the

r a

s a

fu

ll con

gre

ga

tion

so w

e d

ecid

ed

to

pro

du

ce

th

is b

oo

kle

t to

he

lp p

eop

le fo

cu

s o

n c

rea

tio

n a

t h

om

e. W

e h

ave

su

bseq

uen

tly b

ecom

e a

wa

re o

f w

ide

r in

tere

st in

the

bo

okle

t a

nd

so

ha

ve

rep

rodu

ce

d

it w

ith

som

e s

ma

ll re

vis

ion

s. W

e h

ope

tha

t p

eo

ple

will

en

joy u

sin

g it b

oth

at S

t

Ste

ph

en

’s a

nd

be

yo

nd

.

En

viro

nm

enta

l p

rob

lem

s s

ee

m s

o h

uge

we

are

tem

pte

d t

o d

espa

ir o

r ig

no

re t

he

m

be

lievin

g th

at

the

re is n

oth

ing

we

as ind

ivid

ua

ls c

an

do

to

ma

ke

a d

iffe

ren

ce.

Th

is is

no

t tr

ue

.

Eve

ryo

ne c

an

pla

y a

pa

rt. E

ven

a g

rea

t la

ke

is m

ad

e u

p fro

m ind

ivid

ua

l

dro

ps o

f w

ate

r. W

e c

an

all

he

lp t

o m

ake

a d

iffe

ren

ce a

nd

lo

ts o

f sm

all,

in

div

idua

l,

po

sitiv

e a

ctio

ns a

re n

ee

ded

to b

rin

g a

bo

ut b

ig c

ha

ng

es fo

r th

e b

ette

r.

Ta

kin

g s

tep

s

to c

om

ba

t su

ch

big

issu

es a

s c

lima

te c

ha

ng

e, h

ab

ita

t d

eg

rad

atio

n,

wa

ter

po

llutio

n

an

d th

e e

xtin

ctio

n o

f sp

ecie

s h

elp

s u

s t

o c

om

ba

t a

ny d

espa

ir w

e m

ay f

ee

l, c

an

be

fu

n

an

d o

fte

n lea

ds to

meetin

g in

tere

sting

pe

op

le a

nd

ma

kin

g n

ew

frie

nds.

Th

ere

is a

top

ic t

o c

onsid

er

for

ea

ch

on

e o

f five

we

eks (

an

d b

eyo

nd if

yo

u w

ish

) w

ith

a s

ele

ctio

n o

f th

oug

hts

an

d a

ction

s r

ela

tin

g to a

spe

cific

aspe

ct

of

cre

ation

. W

e h

op

e

yo

u w

ill c

ho

ose

to

fo

llow

up

som

e o

f th

ese

. T

he

y a

re o

nly

ta

ste

rs; th

ere

is s

o m

uch

mo

re y

ou

ca

n e

xp

lore

an

d s

o m

uch m

ore

to

do

.

En

id B

arr

on

Su

e C

ha

rlto

n

Se

pte

mb

er

20

21

Page 3: CREATIONTIDE BOOKLET fin Aug 21

3

Wh

y C

hri

sti

an

s s

ho

uld

ca

re f

or

cre

ati

on

Go

d s

aw

all

tha

t h

e h

ad

ma

de,

an

d it

wa

s v

ery

go

od

. G

ene

sis

1: 3

1

We

are

com

ma

nd

ed

to lo

ve

Go

d a

nd t

o lo

ve

ou

r n

eig

hbo

ur.

I

f w

e h

arm

th

e b

eau

tifu

l

wo

rld

Go

d h

as c

rea

ted f

or

us a

nd o

ur

fello

w c

rea

ture

s to

en

joy w

e s

ho

w o

urs

elv

es to

be

un

gra

tefu

l a

nd

we

dis

ho

nou

r h

im.

Wh

en

we

fa

il to

be

go

od

ste

ward

s o

f th

e w

orld

we

ha

rm o

ur

fello

w h

um

an b

ein

gs a

nd a

ll e

lse

tha

t G

od

ha

s m

ad

e.

Ma

ny o

f th

e a

ction

s w

hic

h c

au

se

dam

ag

e t

o c

rea

tio

n c

om

e f

rom

what

as C

hristia

ns

we

ca

ll sin

: g

ree

d,

en

vy a

nd s

loth

(la

zin

ess)

as w

ell

as ig

no

ran

ce a

nd

tho

ug

htle

ssn

ess.

In t

he

wo

rds o

f th

e O

rth

odo

x P

atr

iarc

h B

art

holo

me

w ‘to

com

mit a

crim

e a

ga

inst

the

na

tura

l w

orld

is a

sin

ag

ain

st o

urs

elv

es a

nd

a s

in a

ga

inst G

od.’

1

Ch

rist’s d

ea

th o

n t

he

cro

ss w

as f

or

the

red

em

ptio

n o

f a

ll c

rea

tio

n –

no

t ju

st th

e

hu

ma

n p

art

. (s

ee

Co

lossia

ns 1

: 1

9-2

0).

Th

e A

ng

lica

n C

hu

rch

re

co

gn

ise

s o

ur

duty

to lo

ok a

fte

r G

od

’s w

orld

in

one

of

its F

ive

Ma

rks o

f M

issio

n:

To

str

ive

to s

afe

gua

rd th

e in

teg

rity

of

cre

atio

n, a

nd s

usta

in a

nd

ren

ew

th

e life o

f th

e

ea

rth

.

So

me

pe

op

le r

efe

r to

th

e n

atu

ral w

orld

as G

od

’s B

oo

k o

f W

ork

s a

nd r

eg

ard

stu

dyin

g

cre

atio

n a

s a

wa

y to

he

lp u

s u

nde

rsta

nd

Go

d.

T

he

pre

se

nt P

ope

write

s t

ha

t S

t

Fra

ncis

: ‘in

vite

s u

s t

o s

ee

na

ture

as a

ma

gn

ific

en

t b

oo

k in

wh

ich

God

sp

ea

ks to

us

an

d g

ran

ts u

s a

glim

pse

of h

is in

fin

ite

be

auty

an

d g

ood

ne

ss.’

2

Eve

r sin

ce

the

cre

ation

of th

e w

orld

his

ete

rna

l p

ow

er

an

d d

ivin

e n

atu

re,

invis

ible

tho

ug

h th

ey a

re, h

ave

be

en

und

ers

too

d a

nd

se

en

th

roug

h th

e t

hin

gs h

e h

as m

ade

.

Ro

man

s 1

: 2

0 (

NR

SV

).

Ove

r th

e n

ext

few

we

eks y

ou

are

in

vited

to

take

tim

e t

o s

tud

y t

he

Boo

k o

f W

ork

s a

nd

se

e w

ha

t you

can

le

arn

fro

m t

his

abo

ut G

od a

nd

th

e p

art

we

can

pla

y in

bu

ildin

g h

is

kin

gd

om

he

re o

n e

art

h.

1 A

ddre

ss in S

anta

Barb

ara

, C

alif

orn

ia,

Ecum

en

ical P

atr

iarc

h B

art

ho

lom

ew

, 19

97.

2 L

au

dato

Si’

– E

ncyclic

al Le

tter,

Pope

Fra

ncis

, 2

015

14

Heart

sym

bols

fro

m C

limate

Coalit

ion’s

Show

the L

ove c

am

paig

n

So

me

of

the

Ac

tivit

y in

th

e C

hu

rch

Th

e C

hristia

n e

nviro

nm

enta

l cha

rity

, A

Ro

cha

UK

, set

up

the

Eco

Ch

urc

h s

che

me

in

2

016

. S

eve

ral th

ou

san

d c

hu

rch

es fro

m d

iffe

ren

t d

eno

min

ation

s a

re r

eg

iste

red w

ith

E

co

Ch

urc

he

s a

nd

th

e n

um

be

r co

ntinu

es to

gro

w.

St S

tep

hen

's is o

ne

of th

ese

ch

urc

he

s a

nd

ha

s n

ow

ga

ine

d a

silv

er

aw

ard

.

In 2

02

0 t

he

Ch

urc

h o

f E

ng

lan

d lau

nche

d a

too

l b

y w

hic

h th

e c

arb

on

fo

otp

rin

t o

f e

ach

ch

urc

h a

nd

ca

the

dra

l ca

n b

e m

ea

su

red

ann

ua

lly e

nab

ling

th

em

to

ke

ep

tra

ck o

f ca

rbo

n e

mis

sio

ns w

ith

th

e a

im o

f re

du

cin

g t

hese

. B

uild

ing

on

th

is the

Ch

urc

h is n

ow

d

eve

lop

ing

a to

olk

it to

me

asu

re e

ne

rgy u

sag

e in

oth

er

type

s o

f bu

ildin

g a

nd

fo

r w

ork

re

late

d tra

ve

l.

Th

e s

am

e y

ea

r th

e C

hu

rch

of E

ng

lan

d a

gre

ed

a ta

rge

t o

f re

du

cin

g its

ca

rbo

n

em

issio

ns t

o n

et ze

ro b

y 2

03

0 a

nd a

t L

on

don D

ioce

sa

n S

yno

d th

e B

ish

op

of

Lo

ndo

n

sa

id t

ha

t: 'C

lima

te c

han

ge

rem

ain

s t

he

big

gest

exis

ten

tia

l th

rea

t w

e fa

ce

an

d w

e

ne

ed

to e

nsu

re th

at th

e e

con

om

ic r

ebu

ildin

g fro

m th

is [

Co

vid

] crisis

is

en

viro

nm

enta

lly f

rie

nd

ly.'

Cre

ation

Ca

re is a

n im

po

rta

nt fe

atu

re o

f th

e D

ioce

se o

f L

ond

on

’s 2

030

Vis

ion

.

Th

e b

od

ies w

hic

h in

vest

mon

ey fo

r th

e C

hu

rch

of E

ng

lan

d a

re c

om

mitte

d t

o

with

dra

win

g in

ve

stm

ent

fro

m f

ossil

fue

l com

pa

nie

s if th

ey h

ave

no

t a

lign

ed t

he

ir

bu

sin

esse

s w

ith

th

e P

aris c

lima

te a

gre

em

en

t b

y 2

02

3. T

he C

hu

rch

's le

ad

ha

s

en

cou

rag

ed

oth

er

investo

rs t

o fo

llow

su

it.

Th

e C

limate

Coa

litio

n in

clu

de

s m

ajo

r C

hristian

Ch

aritie

s s

uch

as C

hristia

n A

id,

CA

FO

D a

nd T

ea

rfu

nd

. I

t cam

pa

ign

s f

or

a c

lea

ne

r, g

ree

ne

r fu

ture

. A

ctio

n in

clu

de

s

an

an

nua

l m

ass lob

by o

f M

Ps.

Bo

th th

e n

atio

na

l ch

urc

h w

eb

site

and

th

at fo

r th

e D

ioce

se

of L

on

do

n h

ave

co

mp

reh

en

siv

e s

ectio

ns o

n th

e e

nviro

nm

en

t exp

lain

ing

th

e issu

es, actio

ns ta

ke

n a

nd

p

rop

ose

d a

nd p

rovid

ing

re

so

urc

es.

Se

e:

http

s://w

ww

.ch

urc

ho

fen

gla

nd

.org

/mo

re/p

olic

y-a

nd

-th

inkin

g/o

ur-

vie

ws/e

nviro

nm

en

t-a

nd

-clim

ate

-cha

nge

and

http

s://w

ww

.lon

don

.an

glic

an

.org

/mis

sio

n/e

nviro

nm

en

t/.

In F

eb

rua

ry 2

01

9 t

he

Arc

hb

ish

op o

f C

an

terb

ury

co

nven

ed a

mee

ting

to

dis

cu

ss

Clim

ate

Cha

ng

e M

igra

nts

an

d R

efu

ge

es.

Th

e A

ng

lica

n C

om

munio

n E

nviron

me

nta

l N

etw

ork

wa

s f

orm

ally

esta

blis

he

d in 2

00

2

to w

ork

acro

ss t

he

Anglic

an

Co

mm

un

ion t

o e

nco

ura

ge

by v

ario

us m

ea

ns s

usta

inab

le

en

vir

onm

enta

l p

ractices.

Se

e h

ttp

s://a

cen

.an

glic

an

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mm

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ion.o

rg/.

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13

Busy b

ees o

n a

sunflow

er

Fin

d o

ut

mo

re

Exp

lore

th

e w

eb

site

of o

ne

of

the

org

an

isa

tio

ns in

vo

lve

d w

ith

asso

rted

min

i b

ea

sts

e

.g. B

ug

life

http

s://w

ww

.bu

glif

e.o

rg.u

k/,

Bu

tterf

ly C

on

se

rva

tion

http

s://b

utte

rfly

-co

nse

rva

tio

n.o

rg/,

th

e B

ritish

Ara

ch

no

log

ica

l S

ocie

ty (

sp

ide

rs)

htt

p://b

ritish

sp

ide

rs.o

rg.u

k/

Fin

d o

ut

ab

out

the

wo

rk o

f you

r lo

ca

l n

atu

ral h

isto

ry s

ocie

ty o

r na

ture

re

se

rve

e.g

. S

elb

orn

e S

ocie

ty a

nd E

alin

g W

ildlif

e G

rou

p in

re

lation

to m

ini

be

asts

.

Dis

co

ve

r w

ha

t yo

u c

an a

bou

t o

ne o

r tw

o m

ini b

ea

sts

, m

aybe

on

e

yo

u f

ind

ap

pea

ling

lik

e a

bee

or

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t on

ly d

oe

s it e

xp

lain

clim

ate

ch

ang

e a

nd

its

imp

acts

but

als

o g

ive

s in

form

atio

n a

bo

ut

wa

ys o

f ta

cklin

g th

e p

rob

lem

s.

Th

eir 9

thin

gs y

ou

ca

n d

o a

bou

t clim

ate

ch

ang

e:

http

s://w

ww

.im

pe

ria

l.ac.u

k/g

ran

tha

m/p

ub

lica

tio

ns/9

-th

ing

s-y

ou

-can

-do

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ut-

clim

ate

-

ch

ang

e.p

hp

is a

he

lpfu

l g

uid

e t

o ind

ivid

ua

l a

ctio

n.

Jo

in o

ne

of

the

Futu

re L

ea

rn (

htt

ps:/

/ww

w.f

utu

rele

arn

.co

m/)

on

lin

e s

ho

rt c

ou

rse

s

su

ch

as T

ipp

ing

Po

ints

: C

lima

te C

han

ge a

nd

So

cie

ty,

Clim

ate

Ch

ang

e:

the

Scie

nce

an

d C

lima

te C

ha

ng

e: S

olu

tion

s.

Se

arc

h th

e w

eb

fo

r sites g

ivin

g a

dvic

e o

n d

rivin

g in

a g

ree

ne

r w

ay inclu

din

g r

ed

ucin

g

the

em

issio

n o

f p

art

icu

late

s.

Th

ing

s y

ou

ca

n d

o

Tu

rn d

ow

n t

he

re

gu

lar

se

ttin

g o

n y

ou

r h

eatin

g t

he

rmo

sta

t b

y a

de

gre

e o

f tw

o a

nd

pu

t

on

an

extr

a la

ye

r o

r la

ye

rs if

yo

u s

tart

to

fe

el co

ld.

Wh

en

you

bo

il th

e k

ettle

sa

ve e

ne

rgy b

y o

nly

fill

ing

it

with

the

am

ou

nt

of

wate

r you

actu

ally

ne

ed

. If

coo

kin

g o

n a

hob

kee

p th

e lid

on t

he

pa

n u

nle

ss the

re

cip

e r

eq

uire

s

eva

po

ratio

n o

r con

sta

nt

stirr

ing

.

Dry

clo

the

s o

n a

n o

utd

oo

r lin

e o

r in

doo

rs o

n a

ra

ck r

ath

er

than

usin

g th

e tu

mb

le

drie

r.

Na

tura

l d

ryin

g a

lso

re

du

ce

s th

e d

isp

ers

al o

f p

lastic m

icro

fib

res.

Sw

itch

yo

ur

dom

estic e

ne

rgy p

rovid

er

to o

ne o

f th

e g

ree

n e

ne

rgy s

up

plie

rs s

uch

as

Gre

en

En

erg

y U

K,

Ecotr

icity a

nd

Go

od

Ene

rgy.

Yo

ur

cu

rre

nt

su

pp

lier

ma

y a

lso

off

er

a g

reen

alte

rna

tive

.

Cle

an

up

you

r tr

ave

l: w

he

re p

ractica

ble

wa

lk, cycle

or

use p

ub

lic t

ransp

ort

. C

ar

sh

are

. C

ut

you

r a

ir m

iles.

Wh

en

cha

ng

ing

yo

ur

ca

r g

o fo

r an

ele

ctr

ic o

r h

yb

rid

on

e.

Do

no

t le

ave T

Vs o

r o

the

r m

ach

ine

s/d

evic

es o

n s

tan

db

y;

the

y a

re s

till

usin

g e

nerg

y.

Dry

ing n

atu

rally

6

Ready f

or

sow

ing,

Norf

olk

Ea

rth

In t

he

be

gin

nin

g G

od c

rea

ted t

he

he

aven

s a

nd

the

ea

rth

. G

ene

sis

1: 1

Th

en

th

e L

OR

D G

od

fo

rme

d a

man

fro

m th

e d

ust

of th

e g

rou

nd a

nd

bre

ath

ed

in

to h

is

no

str

ils t

he b

reath

of

life

, an

d th

e m

an

be

cam

e a

liv

ing b

ein

g.

Ge

nesis

2:

7a

Fo

r d

ust

yo

u a

re a

nd

to

du

st

you

sha

ll re

turn

. G

ene

sis

3: 1

9

Wh

ile G

en

esis

1 s

ho

ws t

he

fu

nd

am

en

tal im

po

rta

nce o

f e

art

h d

o

we

fe

el d

imin

ish

ed

by th

e ide

a th

at o

ur

bo

die

s m

ight

ha

ve

d

eve

lop

ed f

rom

it

an

d w

ill e

nd

up a

s s

oil?

P

erh

ap

s w

e s

hou

ld

fee

l ho

nou

red t

ha

t w

e h

ave

a c

lose a

ffin

ity w

ith

su

ch

a

wo

nd

erf

ul, c

om

ple

x a

nd

life

-giv

ing

su

bsta

nce. F

or

so

il is

ou

r lif

e

su

ppo

rt s

yste

m. W

ithou

t so

il w

e w

ou

ld h

ave n

oth

ing

.

Sa

dly

pe

op

le a

re d

oin

g m

uch

wh

ich

ha

rms t

he

la

nd

. In

ten

siv

e

farm

ing

is d

am

ag

ing b

oth

th

e s

tru

ctu

re a

nd

nu

tritio

na

l va

lue

o

f th

e s

oil.

W

e p

ollu

te la

nd

with o

ur

wa

ste

. C

lima

te c

han

ge

is

cre

atin

g d

ese

rts a

nd w

aste

lan

d w

he

re la

nd

wa

s o

nce

fe

rtile

. T

he

lis

t go

es o

n.

Wh

at a

wa

y to

tre

at G

od

's g

ift

of 'm

oth

er' e

art

h.

Ho

use

ho

lds in

th

e U

K p

rod

uce

en

oug

h r

ub

bis

h e

ve

ry t

wo

ho

urs

to f

ill t

he

Ro

ya

l A

lbe

rt H

all.

T

he

we

ight

of

wa

ste

we p

rodu

ce

in

a y

ea

r is

eq

uiv

ale

nt

to t

ha

t of

thre

e

an

d a

ha

lf m

illio

n d

ou

ble

de

cke

r b

use

s.6

Acro

ss t

he

wo

rld

ab

ou

t 2

4 b

illio

n t

on

s o

f fe

rtile

so

il p

er

yea

r a

re b

ein

g lo

st

ma

inly

b

ecau

se

of

un

su

sta

inab

le a

gricu

ltu

ral p

ractice

s.

At th

is r

ate

it

is p

ossib

le t

ha

t up

to

9

5%

of

ea

rth

’s la

nd

are

as c

ou

ld b

ecom

e d

egra

de

d b

y 2

050

.7

Fo

r six

ye

ars

so

w y

ou

r fie

lds, a

nd f

or

six

yea

rs p

run

e y

ou

r vin

eya

rds a

nd g

ath

er

the

ir

cro

ps.

Bu

t in

the

se

ven

th y

ea

r th

e lan

d is to

ha

ve

a y

ea

r o

f S

abb

ath

re

st,

Sa

bb

ath

to

th

e L

OR

D.

Do

not

so

w y

ou

r fie

lds o

r p

run

e y

ou

r vin

eya

rds.

Do n

ot

rea

p w

ha

t g

row

s

of

itse

lf o

r h

arv

est

the

gra

pe

s o

f yo

ur

un

ten

de

d v

ine

s.

The

lan

d is to

ha

ve

a y

ea

r o

f re

st.

Le

vitic

us 2

5: 3

-5

It is c

lea

r fr

om

th

e B

ible

tha

t G

od

req

uire

s u

s to

be

go

od s

tew

ard

s o

f th

e s

oil.

6 2

0 F

act

s A

bo

ut

Wa

ste

an

d R

ecy

clin

g,

C.B

. E

nv

iro

nm

en

tal

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7 L

an

d D

eg

rad

ati

on

: G

lob

al

En

viro

nm

en

t F

aci

lity

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7

Fin

d o

ut

mo

re

Ea

rth

’s s

oil

sto

res v

ast a

mo

unts

of C

O2

. R

ese

arc

h v

ia th

e w

eb

or

refe

ren

ce b

oo

ks

the

pa

rt s

oil

ca

n p

lay in c

om

ba

ttin

g c

lima

te c

ha

nge

.

Wh

at

type

of

so

il do

you

ha

ve

in

yo

ur

ga

rden

or

loca

l pa

rk?

W

hat

gro

ws w

ell

wh

ere

yo

u liv

e, o

r w

he

re y

ou

vis

it?

D

isco

ve

r ho

w t

he

so

il a

ffe

cts

th

e p

lants

th

at g

row

n

atu

rally

in e

ach

are

a.

Try

to

get

be

tte

r a

cq

uain

ted

with

so

il, r

un

som

e t

hro

ug

h y

ou

r fin

ge

rs, sq

uee

ze

it

sm

ell

it.

Ch

eck o

ut th

e s

oil

wh

en y

ou

vis

it d

iffe

ren

t p

art

s o

f th

e c

ou

ntr

y.

A h

an

dfu

l o

f so

il lo

oks p

rett

y d

ull.

D

isco

ve

r m

ore

abo

ut th

e v

ario

us o

rga

nis

ms w

hic

h

live

with

in a

nd

you

will

fin

d it

is te

em

ing w

ith

life

. W

e o

we

ou

r w

ellb

ein

g t

o t

he

se

m

inu

te a

nd

ofte

n in

vis

ible

life

fo

rms.

Exp

lore

th

e S

oil

Asso

cia

tio

n (

http

s://w

ww

.so

ilasso

cia

tion

.org

/) o

r R

oya

l H

ort

icu

ltu

ral

So

cie

ty (

http

s://w

ww

.rh

s.o

rg.u

k/)

we

bsite

s f

or

info

rma

tio

n a

bo

ut

so

il ty

pe

s a

nd

wha

t pla

nts

thrive o

n d

iffe

rent soils

.

[Je

su

s]

sp

at o

n t

he

gro

un

d, m

ad

e s

om

e m

ud

with

th

e s

aliv

a, a

nd p

ut it o

n th

e m

an

’s

eye

s.

Jo

hn

: 9:

6

Wh

ile th

e h

ea

ling

of

the

blin

d m

an

in t

his

Go

sp

el a

cco

un

t h

ad

mo

re to

do w

ith

th

e

pe

rso

n o

f Je

su

s th

an

th

e th

era

pe

utic p

rope

rtie

s o

f m

ud

th

ere

is e

vid

en

ce

th

at

ea

rth

d

oe

s h

ave h

ea

ling

pro

pe

rtie

s.

W

ha

t ca

n y

ou f

ind

ou

t a

bo

ut th

is?

Wh

at

yo

u c

an

do

En

su

re th

at

land

ove

r w

hic

h y

ou h

ave

con

tro

l is

we

ll ca

red

fo

r.

Feed

the

ea

rth

in

yo

ur

ga

rde

n a

nd

/or

allo

tme

nt

with

ple

nty

of

org

an

ic m

ate

ria

l a

nd a

vo

id t

he

use

of

ch

em

ica

ls w

hic

h m

ay d

am

age

the

so

il a

nd its

in

hab

ita

nts

. D

o n

ot use

pea

t b

ased

co

mpo

sts

sin

ce

pe

at extr

actio

n d

am

age

s v

alu

ab

le a

nd

fra

gile

hab

ita

ts.

Avo

id c

ove

rin

g s

oil

with

im

pe

rme

ab

le m

ate

rials

su

ch

as c

on

cre

te. I

f a

ha

rd s

urf

ace

is

re

qu

ire

d in y

ou

r g

ard

en

se

lect

a p

erm

eab

le o

ption

(se

e fo

r e

xa

mp

le:

En

viron

me

nt

Ag

en

cy:

Gu

ida

nce

on

th

e P

erm

ea

ble

Su

rfa

cin

g o

f F

ron

t G

ard

en

s -

h

ttp

s://a

sse

ts.p

ub

lish

ing

.se

rvic

e.g

ov.u

k/)

.

Try

to

bu

y f

oo

d w

hic

h is p

rod

uce

d o

rgan

ica

lly in

ord

er

to e

nsu

re t

ha

t la

nd

ha

s n

ot

be

en

dam

ag

ed

in

its

pro

du

ctio

n.

Ma

ke

com

po

st

ou

t of

un

co

oke

d f

ruit a

nd

veg

eta

ble

rem

ain

s.

10

Sm

oke a

t Ir

onbridge,

the

bir

thpla

ce o

f th

e

industr

ialre

volu

tion

Air

Th

e S

pirit o

f G

od

ha

s m

ade

me

; th

e b

rea

th o

f th

e A

lmig

hty

giv

es m

e life

Job

33

: 4

An

d w

ith t

ha

t he

bre

ath

ed

on

th

em

an

d s

aid

, “R

ece

ive

the

Ho

ly S

pirit''.

Jo

hn

20

: 22

Th

e c

reatio

n s

torie

s in

th

e B

ible

ma

ke n

o s

pecific

re

fere

nce t

o t

he c

rea

tion

of a

ir b

ut

we

be

co

me

aw

are

in

Ge

ne

sis

2:

7 t

ha

t it is f

rom

God

as h

e b

reath

ed

in

to th

e n

ostr

ils

of

the

first m

an

to g

ive

him

life

. J

ob

ackn

ow

led

ge

s th

at

it is th

e b

rea

th o

f th

e

Alm

ighty

tha

t g

ive

s life

. I

n J

oh

n w

e s

ee

th

e H

oly

Sp

irit c

om

ing f

rom

bre

ath

and

in

Acts

th

rou

gh

the

air,

'like

the

blo

win

g o

f a

vio

len

t w

ind

' (A

cts

2:

2).

Hu

man

ity is s

erio

usly

da

ma

gin

g th

e a

ir.

By p

rod

ucin

g

exce

ssiv

e a

mo

unts

of g

ree

nh

ou

se

ga

se

s s

uch

as

ca

rbo

n d

ioxid

e (

ma

inly

fro

m b

urn

ing

fo

ssil

fuels

) a

nd

me

tha

ne

(m

ain

ly f

rom

in

ten

siv

e liv

esto

ck p

rodu

ctio

n)

we

are

cre

atin

g a

so

rt o

f th

icke

nin

g b

lan

ke

t ro

und

the

ea

rth

wh

ich

pre

ve

nts

th

e h

ea

t fr

om

the

sun

dis

pe

rsin

g

ad

eq

ua

tely

. A

s a

re

su

lt t

he a

ir t

em

pe

ratu

re r

ou

nd

th

e

ea

rth

ha

s in

cre

ased

by a

bou

t 1

°C s

ince

th

e s

tart

of th

e

ind

ustr

ial re

vo

lutio

n -

c 1

750

. T

his

is a

lre

ad

y h

avin

g

se

rio

us c

on

se

qu

en

ce

s in

clu

din

g m

ore

se

ve

re a

nd

mo

re

fre

qu

en

t e

xtr

em

e w

ea

the

r e

ven

ts, m

eltin

g ice a

nd r

isin

g

se

a le

ve

ls,

exte

nsiv

e fire

s,

mo

re a

rea

s s

uff

erin

g d

rou

gh

t an

d o

the

rs flo

od

ing

.11

If w

e k

ee

p a

dd

ing

to

the

gre

en

ho

use g

ase

s a

t th

e c

urr

en

t ra

te a

tem

pe

ratu

re

incre

ase

of

4°C

(o

r m

ore

) b

y t

he

en

d o

f th

e c

en

tury

is p

red

icte

d.1

2

The

co

nseq

uen

ce

s w

ill b

e d

isa

str

ou

s fo

r m

uch o

f lif

e o

n e

art

h.

Urg

en

t actio

n is e

sse

ntia

l.

Th

ere

are

pre

vio

us in

sta

nce

s o

f th

e a

ir a

roun

d e

art

h b

eco

min

g m

uch

ho

tte

r o

r co

lde

r

bu

t th

e c

han

ge

s h

ave

ta

ke

n p

lace

s s

low

ly o

ver

tho

usa

nd

s o

f ye

ars

. S

cie

ntific

evid

en

ce

sho

ws t

ha

t th

e r

ece

nt

rap

id c

han

ge

s a

re m

ain

ly th

e r

esu

lt o

f h

um

an

activity.

We

are

als

o d

am

ag

ing t

he

qua

lity o

f th

e a

ir w

e b

reath

e b

eca

use

of su

bsta

nce

s s

uch

as p

art

icu

late

s w

hic

h w

e d

isp

ers

e in

to it.

W

e h

ave

be

en s

ho

cke

d b

y r

ece

nt

figu

res

for

dea

ths fro

m C

ovid

19

. A

lmo

st

as s

ho

ckin

g is a

n a

nn

ua

l p

rem

atu

re d

eath

to

ll o

f

up

to

36

,00

0 in

th

e U

K lin

ke

d to

lo

ng

-te

rm e

xpo

su

re to

air p

ollu

tio

n13 -

mu

ch o

f it t

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pra

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se

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f se

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o w

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su

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ma

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th

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am

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