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Interfaith EarthKeepers
Eugene/Springfield communities of faith committed to the care of God's creation.
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Eugene Friends Meeting Plastic-free Challenge
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As one way to address our approved Minute to Reduce Plastics in the World the EFM Earthcare Support Group offers this Plastic-Free calendar. We will focus on single-use plastics, those things that are designed to be used once, then tossed. We will not give much attention to recycling and re-use in this calendar, though these are good steps. Research estimates that only 10% of our plastic waste is actually recycled, and, while re-using a single-use plastic item will stretch its usefulness, it is still another piece of plastic that will eventually go to the landfill.
Week 1 (February 19 – 25): Prepare and begin to fast.
Week 2 (February 6 – March 4: Food shopping.
Week 3 (March 5 – March 11): Your kitchen. Links repaired!
Week 4: Clothing and laundry We will focus on single-use plastics, those things that are designed to be used once, then tossed. Also, you might want to join the Eugene Friends Meeting Earthcare Support Group at our next meeting: Monday, April 3, at 7 p.m. We spend a bit of time discussing plastics and alternatives we’ve found. Just drop us an email and we’ll send the zoom link. Let us know if you have any questions, and happy plastic fasting!
Week 5: Your bathroom
Week 6: Celebrations, travel, and eating out
Week 7: The garden
Learn More
Find each week's infomration as it is released: https://eugenefriendsmeeting.org.
Earth Care Interfaith Fund: Offset Your Carbon Footprint
Long Tom Watershed Council
The Earth Care Interfaith Fund supports the values of people of faith in the greater Eugene-Springfield area for the” stewardship of creation” through partnerships with local organizations. This joint fund shared with McKenzie River Trust supports activities and materials for plant establishment and maintenance in the Long Tom Watershed Council’s service area.
McKenzie River Trust
The Earth Care Interfaith Fund supports the values of people of faith in the greater Eugene-Springfield area for the “stewardship of creation” through partnerships with local organizations. This joint fund, shared with Long Tom Watershed Council, supports activities and materials for plant establishment and maintenance in the McKenzie River Trust’s service area.
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Interfaith EarthKeepers are of many faiths working together to save our sacred planet. We advocate for the powerless and our endangered planet, and demonstrate possibility in the face of antipathy. We support a ban on fossil fuel infrastructure development and on fossil fuel exports. We support electric vehicles, solar power, labelled GMOs, a carbon tax and campaign finance reform.
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Our monthly meetings are held at different churches.
See the schedule above on this page for location and time.
For outstanding coverage of environmental solutions, see https://ensia.com/
For local climate action also go to: http://world.350.org/eugene/
For good scientific data, click here: https://climate.nasa.gov/
For local news: https://newswire.kepw.org/