{"id":1364,"date":"2008-06-30T08:11:45","date_gmt":"2008-06-30T15:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/?p=1364"},"modified":"2008-06-30T08:16:39","modified_gmt":"2008-06-30T15:16:39","slug":"church-activities-and-environmental-sustainability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2008\/06\/30\/church-activities-and-environmental-sustainability\/","title":{"rendered":"Church activities and environmental sustainability"},"content":{"rendered":"
Last night, I went to a musical fireside. There were several musical numbers and a few spoken testimonies. It was pretty good. Two young women performed a duet of “Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing”. They did a great job.<\/p>\n
Afterwards, refreshments were available in the gym. While they were pretty tasty, it did produce a lot of waste. All the dishes were polystyrene foam, and the styrofoam cups contained only water.<\/p>\n
It got me thinking. I was contemplating several of the church activities I attended in the last few months and realized it was the same at all of them: polystyrene foam dishes.<\/p>\n
So I have been wondering what sort of options are available to try making church activities more environmentally sustainable.<\/p>\n
Pros<\/em>: No non-food waste Pros<\/em>: Less cleanup. Decomposes faster than polystyrene. Pros<\/em>: Less cleanup. Decomposes faster than polystyrene and paper dishes. Less distribution and storage costs. Any other thoughts?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Last night, I went to a musical fireside. There were several musical numbers and a few spoken testimonies. It was … Continue reading Church activities and environmental sustainability<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[121,83],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activism","category-environmentalism"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nCons<\/em>: Requires more cleanup. Uses more water and natural gas (hot water) than disposable dishes<\/p>\n2. Use paper dishes<\/h3>\n
\nCons<\/em>: Still contributes to landfill use.<\/p>\n3. User paper napkins for dessert-only refreshments<\/h3>\n
\nCons<\/em>: Still contributes to landfill use.<\/p>\n