Infographics, anyone?

Tomorrow I'll attend a meeting after which I will have made a personal pledge to reduce my Greenhouse Gas Emissions.  Yikes!  I'm still not sure what my pledge will be, but here's something I came across when I was looking for ideas. (LIKE I NEED MORE IDEAS)

It's an infographic called Personal Choices to Reduce Your Contribution to Climate Change.  It rates a bunch of personal actions by order of impact (High, Medium, Low.)  Take a look, if you're interested. 

If you're wondering what kind of meeting I'll be attending, check out For the Love of Creation and follow the links to their Faith In Action campaign.  I'll let you know how it goes!

Good stuff.

Small steps.



 


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  1. LeanneApril 14, 2021 at 7:07 AM

    How was your meeting??? :)

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  2. Sandy PlettApril 14, 2021 at 9:38 AM

    It was great! We had some discussion about personal pledges and what it means to commit to a small act with great hope. Or something like that. :) The neatest part was when we thought about the area of climate related work that sparks our joy and energy and shared those. Inspiring for further action. And I did make a pledge - to work at reducing our factory farmed meat intake. (no, not going meat-free!) And I decided to learn how to do a proper land acknowledgement.

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    1. LeanneApril 16, 2021 at 6:55 AM

      Personal pledges...I like that. What sparks our joy...yes! That's totally how any kind of sustainable work can happen. Figuring out how to use our personal gifts to "make the world a better place". It's so cliche but it really is true. (It's like the podcast you mentioned, right?!).

      Please share your resources for locally-produced meat. I know of some, but it's always good to hear from others. And hearing various businesses & organizations acknowledge the history & current state of our land before meetings or games or performances has really helped my awareness. These are corporate responses...I wonder what are ways that individuals can do this...following your lead of learning how to do it seems like an excellent idea!

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  3. Sandy PlettApril 21, 2021 at 7:17 PM

    Totally true - like the podcast said! :)
    As for locally produced meat; I'm new to the area but I have bought pasture raised beef from Thousand Hills Ranch who you can find at this link. http://www.manitobagrassfedbeef.ca/About/Thousand/
    As for chicken and pork (especially bacon) I'm not sure around here just yet. Anyone with tips for Southern Manitoba? I guess I could raise and slaughter my own chickens... gulp.

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