Creation Care Alliance of Western North Carolina

Because it is boring when not being creative.

Keeping commitments is hard.

100% Renewable Energy Resolution Passes in Asheville! Committing to a goal of #renewable by 2030. #westernnorthcarolina #asheville#creationcare #loveyourneighbor #Cleanenergy #energyequity#legacyoflove

Grateful that the City of Asheville is considering a 100% renewable energy resolution tomorrow. https://www.citizen-times.com/story/opinion/2018/10/22/asheville-vote-yes-renewable-energy-opinion-climate-change-city-council-pastor/1727126002/

Creativity is the backbone of simplicity. In it's basic form say you need a container for your idea for an indoor herb garden. You could hop on amazon or head to a your local big box store and buy some factory made, cheap craftsmanship container for a trendy indoor herb garden. OR you could find items around your house, scrap wood, unused...

I see gratitude as a virtue. It is cultivated by mindfulness and peaceful living. This is a challenge in our world. People are driven to acquire worldly things that do nothing but wreck the planet with waste, consumerism, corporate greed... the list goes on. So, embracing the virtue of gratitude can be cultivated by letting go.

Balance is vital to sustainability. Examples of imbalance would be horrid factory "farms" versus finding the beautiful symbiosis of small local ecologically minded farms that work with the land and all that is within it. Balance is also found in sourcing our meals from food sources grown locally and seasonally. The earth when cared...

Great conversations the last two days with amazing people who are working to change the world for better.  However, I am a bit distracted from my work with grief after reading some of the the latest UN Climate Reports.  I am grateful to be sharing in this experience with all 14985 of tenaciously creative eco collaborators.  

“Practice has value independent of outcome; it’s a way of life, not a job with a clear payoff. A joyful habit. The right way to live.”- Drew Jones  This article is powerful and perfect as we experience the Eco Challenge !   https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/06/opinion/sunday/climate-change-global-warming.html

Challenges are going well. I'd like to explore a few more that are out of my normal routine. I'm reading Braiding Sweetgrass and it's really waking me to the true interconnectedness of all things