It's Not Easy Being Green 
How's a Christian to respond to the hot-button issue of the environment?
You could say my grandma was eco-friendly. Decades before caring about the environment was in vogue, she set her thermostat low and pulled on a sweater. She reused glass jars and tin cans for canning, baking, and crafts. She patched old clothes. When those became threadbare, she recycled the material to make rugs and potholders.
Yet if Grandma were alive today, she'd be perplexed by Al Gore PSAs, Prius-driving ...
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Shirley J. King
I thought all persons with any measure of intelligence were good stewards of their resources (monetary and physical and environmental) because it gave them more of the same to use elsewhere... I created a class called "EC" Environmental Concerns in 1965 to make people in Hawaii aware of the damage caused to the hillside by indiscriminate construction the didn't take into consideration the washing down the hillsides of the red soils that ended up in the bays and surrounding surf and killed all the coral. It took quite a while for Al Gore and his associates to "catch on" to what many of us have know for decades... I truly abhor the commercial crassness and notoreity given to persons with "names" who flaunt their ideas about this - I, myself, and my family, will continue to recycle, reuse, create alternate uses and try to be positive role models for the positive things in life and for life on this planet...God bless America.
Geoff
You advise: "Pay bills online. You won't have to spend time—and money—buying stamps, writing checks, and driving to the post office." Writing from the UK, there is another side to this issue. Many rural Post Office are being closed, causing people to make unnecessary car journeys to Post Offices in towns. These closures are said to be due to falling business, which is partly due to the Government pressurizing people to get their pensions and other State benefits paid directly into bank accounts, as well as more and more people renewing vehicle licenses, etc. online. So your advice may actually cause more driving, not less.
Paula
I think we all have to be more conservative. It is just good stuardship of Gods gifts. People are to concerned about the things of this world and not enough about Gods Will for this world.
Margaret
We need common sense regarding environmental issues and this articl certainly hits the mark. Dawn's illustrative example of her Grandmother was a perfect picture of how we need to approach planetary stewardship. Often, we get caught up in the big issues that we forget the little things we can do to take care of God's world.
Christine
I agree with Dawn. As Christians we can all do small things that add up over time to help the enviroment. As a family, we recycle, I wash all the clothes in cold water, I drive a Honda Civic and we donate clothes to the local thrift store. I don't think the world is headed to globle disaster, but that doesn't mean I should not do my part to be a good steward of the Earth. Every little thing you do can make a difference.
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