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As a Consumer
- Find additional resources for changing your
consumption patterns at the following websites:
- Center for A New American Dream helps Americans consume responsibly to protect the environment, enhance quality of life, and promote social justice. They provide resources for living consciously, buying wisely, and making a difference.
- The
Green Guide newsletter and website aim
to provide objective, responsible and accurate
reporting to inform product choices and daily
practices that are better for people's health
and for the environment.
In Your Family
- If you have children, have family activities
that will teach them wonder and curiosity about
the natural world, and help them see the connection
between faith and love for creation.
- Take advantage of local parks, zoos, nature
centers, museums, and other educational resources
in their communities that will help them to
experience the creation first-hand.
- Explore your own neighborhood or back yard
with them.
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- Help them to understand where your family's
food and water comes from and where your waste
goes.
- Especially for young children, don't burden
them with fear or guilt about environmental
problems. With a solid foundation of love
for creation, their human neighbors, and an
understanding of how the world works, they
will be well-prepared to assume their appropriate
responsibilities when the time comes.
- The "Family Time" feature in Creation
Care magazine offers ideas for activities
with children.
- Involve your children in family
learning activities that make your environment
a healthier place with suggestions from Healthy
Families, Healthy Environment (a campaign of
the Evangelical Environmental Network).
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