Earth Hour Sunday
May 11, 2010
Expression from Sharlene Douglas-Huriwai
Motion 14 presented by Archbishop David Moxon on Earth Hour and Earth Sunday has me thinking of what I can do to help the environment. Part of our 5 fold mission statement says something like ’striving to care for creation’. Having our haahi take this day into consideration and observing a Sunday towards this I hope willl spread the word on how serious that the climate change is. This will draw our communities attention to the need of making changes for climate change. As mentioned from the floor, there are areas in Australia (yep just over the ditch) who have never seen the wonders of rain. Can you imagine what New Zealand would like without the luscious green grass and our beautiful forests, conservation lands and gardens?
Lyndon Rogers, a youth delegate from Diocese of Christchurch spoke of a few ways in which his Diocese passed to support efforts for climate change. Becoming more active, this year Lyndon a young leader in our haahi has flown to places around 2 times per month. Can you imagine the effects that our whole church have on the environment? One of the efforts from Diocese of Christchurch was asking their minita to ‘ride a bike’ instead of driving their car and could be reimbursed for the mileage in which they ride to get to their hui. What great initiative!
Let us think about what we are doing. I mean, how many trees would you have to plant to ofsett your carbon emissions?
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