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Sisters of St. Joseph Consensus Statement
2010-2011 Goal
Continue to work on Millennium Development Goal #7
"Ensure Environmental Sustainability"

For more information about Earth Partners contact:

Co-chairs: Joyce Dahlberg, jkdahlberg@comcast.net and Karen Olson, email:  mrskmoj@aol.com


 

August 2010
Visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8bK7J77DhY for a quick video of the lush fruits of the day sponsored by Earth Partners Working Group of the Justice Commission of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet and Consociates (CSJ) in partnership with other CSJ ministries and community partners working for a more sustainable world.   FFI contact:  jkdahlberg@comcast.net or mrskmoj@aol.com


Sulfide Mining in Minnesota

Several mining companies have set their sights on northeastern Minnesota.They include the PolyMet proposal, which is the furthest along of any company, and over 100 recent applications to explore for minerals on public lands, much of which is just outside the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.  Visit www.preciouswaters.org to learn more including how to keep up to date on the legislation and contact your legislators.

Resources We Recommend

Books
Common Sense for Common Good, Karen Olson Johnson,Consociate
    
Amber Skye Publishing, Mpls, MN, 2010. Available through the author; at ItascaBooks.com;  
    and online, ebooksforpleasure.com. “Every once in a while a book is written which has the 
    potential to change our world. This is that book.” Sustainability and inspiration.
  
Earth Prayers from around the World, edited by Elizabeth Roberts and Elias Amidon  
    HarperSanFrancisco, 1991. Especially note the Native American and Celtic prayers.

The Heart of Matter, “The Mass on the World,” Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
    
A Harvest Book, Harcourt, Inc., 1976, 1978.

The Great Work: Our Way into the Future, Thomas Berry
     
Bell Tower, New York, 1999.

Worldviews and Ecology: Religion, Philosophy, and the Environment, edited by Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim,
    Orbis Books, Maryknoll, New York, 1994.

Green Sisters: A Spiritual Ecology, Sarah McFarland Taylor
  
Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 2007.

Women, Earth, and Creator Spirit, Elizabeth A. Johnson
   1993 Madaleva Lecture in Spirituality,
Paulist Press, New York, 1993.

Tending the Earth, Mending the Spirit: The Healing Gifts of Gardening
   Connie Goldman and Richard Mahler, Hazelden, Center City, MN, 2000.

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
  
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Collins

The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
  
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press.

The Dream of the Earth, Thomas Berry
  
Sierra Club with University of CA Press, 1988.

From the Primordial Flaming Forth to the Ecozoic Era
   Thomas Berry with Brian Swimme, Harper, San Francisco, 1992.

The Universe Story, Thomas Berry with Brian Swimme
   Harper, San Francisco, 1994.

The Christian Future and the Fate of Earth, ed. Mary Evelyn Tucker & John Grim
   Orbis Books, 2009.

Diet for a Small Planet, Frances Moore Lappe´

Getting a Grip: Clarity, Creativity, and Courage in a World Gone Mad, Frances Moore Lappe´


Celtic Spirituality
  
Great Respect and Love for Creation

The Book of Creation: An Introduction to Celtic Spirituality
   J. Philip Newell, Paulist Press, New York, 1999.

Listening for the Heartbeat of God: A Celtic Spirituality
   J. Philip Newell, Paulist Press, New York, 1997.

Eternal Echoes, John O’Donohue
   Harper Collins, New York, 1999.

Magazines
Catholic Rural Life, National Catholic Rural Life Conference

DVDs
Sisters on the Planet, Oxfam

Flow
Thirst

Websites We Recommend
Minnesota Energy Challenge,www.mnenergychallenge.org/challenge/
Minnesota Environmental Partnership, www.mepartnership.org
Union of Concerned Scientists, www.ucsusa.org
1SKY, www.1sky.org
Fresh Energy, www.fresh-energy.org
National Catholic Rural Life, www.ncrlc.com//page.aspx?ID=88
Women’s Environmental Institute, www.w-e-i.org
Alliance for Sustainability, 612-331-1099, www.afors.org
Dream of Wild Health, www.dreamofwildhealth.org
In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre, www.hobt.org
Religion and Ecology, www.religionandecology.org
Land Stewardship, www.landstewardshipproject.org
Upper Midwest Campaign


How to Host a Low Waste Event

Meet some members of the Earth Partners Working Group

updated 9/24/11


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