I grew up in Los Angeles in the 1980’s. More than a decade after the passage of the Federal Clean Air Act, LA’s worst air pollution days were behind it by the 1980’s, but smog alerts were certainly not uncommon during the hot summer days of my childhood. It’s not surprising, then, that air pollution…
Category “Practical Applications”
Sometimes we fail. So we try again.
It’s a good thing that we don’t have to abandon our good intentions when we fail to live up to them. Sometimes we fall short of our ideals. But it does not make us hypocrites to continue to hold those ideals even when confronted with our own failure. It means we tried, and failed, but we can try again.
March is Emergency Preparedness Month
March: LDS Theme: Emergency Preparedness How much can you do without electricity? Or running water? We have long been encouraged to have emergency supplies in place so that in the event of a catastrophic emergency like an earthquake or blizzard we are able to care for ourselves and then our neighbors until we are able…
Without a Car
It’s been a week and a half since we’ve driven our car. We’ve been able to do everything we normally do. I even figured out how to load my 13-year old’s bike into the bike trailer so that when I pick him up from his voice lessons, we can ride our bikes the 3 miles…
LDS Earth Stewardship in February
Our calendar of themes and activities for the next few months will be ready soon. In the meantime, a new month has begun. We at LDS Earth Stewardship would like to host a physical get together each month. We’re thinking about things like lectures, service projects, nature hikes, and visits to the capitol. But we…
2013 Resolution
(As printed in the Herald Journal, Jan. 1, 2013) Turning the page on a calendar shouldn’t be the motivation to change one’s life but, for tradition’s sake, perhaps being kind could be given consideration as a resolution for 2013. The fast-paced, competitive nature of our lives tends to push many of us toward the “survival of…
Resolutions
I have a hard time with resolutions for the entire year; those have never worked well for me. (See related post here.) But I have already settled on my fast for Lent. I love observing Lent. It is a different kind of fasting that Mormons do every first weekend of the month. It is a…
Intermountain Bioneers Conference & LDS Earth Stewardship
The 9th annual conference of the Intermountain Bioneers will be held in Logan, Utah. An “Evening with the Bioneers” will be held at the LDS Tabernacle on Friday, October 19 where the 250-member American Festival Chorus will be directed by Craig Jessop (former director of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir). There will also be presentations by the Bear…
October Theme – Energy Conservation
As October approaches, ushering in cooler temperatures for those of us living in the temperate zones, ENERGY CONSERVATION is our theme for this month. Consider these 10 energy-saving…..and money-saving…..ideas: 1. Install window and door weatherstripping. 2. Install power-outlet foam gaskets and socket plugs for outlets not in use. 3. Plant deciduous trees along the South…
Environmental Education Conference
Utah Society for Environmental Education will be conducting their annual conference at the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge near Brigham City, Utah. The building has a beautiful learning center, introductory film, and paved walkways into the wetlands to observe a diversity of wildlife. The Conference is Friday & Saturday October 5 & 6. They host…