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God and neighbor without distinction.

Sisters of St. Joseph Consensus Statement
2009-2010 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


Earth Partners

Summer 2010

   GREAT GREEN GATHERING
    Saturday, August 28, 1:30 - 4:00 p.m.
   Carondelet Center and Grounds 
1890 Randolph Avenue, Saint Paul

Garden Tours    Taste Tests
Heirloom Plants   Solar Ovens
Water Issues    
Canning and Preserving
Biking and Busing
Composting and Recycling    
Garden Art Activities and MORE!

Presented by Earth Partners Working Group of the Justice Commission
of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet and Consociates and Friends

FFI:  Joyce Dahlberg, jkdahlberg@comcast.net  or Karen Olson, mrskmoj@aol.com  


PAST EVENTS
Spring 2010
CSJ Earth Day ~ May 1, 2010

This Spring we will focus on plantings for the Rain Gardens. There will be a walking ceremony from one rain garden to the next and onto the community-garden’s green house! We will name the people and pets for whom the plants will be dedicated and whose names will be inscribed on the plaque (located on the west edge of the prairie).

Call Joänne in the Justice Office, 651-690-7079 if you wish to purchase plants to remember your loved ones. Gather at 10:00 a.m. on May Day at the garden level entrance of Carondelet Center (near the west door).
Earth Hands hand painted


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.

Earth Partners Spring 2010 Event
Spring 2010
CSJ Earth Day ~ May 1, 2010

This Spring we will focus on plantings for the Rain Gardens. There will be a walking ceremony from one rain garden to the next and onto the community-garden’s green house! We will name the people and pets for whom the plants will be dedicated and whose names will be inscribed on the plaque (located on the west edge of the prairie).

Call Joänne in the Justice Office, 651-690-7079 if you wish to purchase plants to remember your loved ones. Gather at 10:00 a.m. on May Day at the garden level entrance of Carondelet Center (near the west door).

Earth Partners Winter 2010 Events
Celeste’s Dream and Earth Partners Presents

March 2, 7-9:00 p.m.

Wonderment Series
“The Power of Water: Whose is it?”


Presented by
Glenn Skuta
Environmental Professional for 20 years with 14 years experience in water quality.
He
serves as a deacon in the Catholic Church.
Topics include: water scarcity, local river/lake water quality, quality of our drinking water, and personal behavior and water quantity/quality.

LOCATION:
Common Roots Café 2558 Lyndale Ave. S., Minneapolis
.

FFI:
Jennifer Tacheny
jtacheny@csjstpaul.org or 651-696-2872
Jill Underdahl junderdahl@csjstpaul.org or 651-696-2873

VISIT: http://www.csjstpaul.org/celeste_wonderment_series.aspx
Wonderment events at Common Roots have a maximum capacity of 25 people.


Fall 2009 Events

Prepared 11th Day Prayer for Peace Sept. 11, 2009
"Peace for the Earth."

November 20-21, 2009
Participated in Wisdom Ways Soul Conference
The Myth of Choice and the Taste of Democracy:
Building a Local Food Economy


Additional Resources

Book List:  (Justice Resource Room, Administration Center, 1884 Randolph Avenue, St. Paul)

Awakening Earth: Exploring the Evolution of Human Culture and Consciousness -Elgin
Boundary Waters -Gruchow
Desk Reference to Nature's Medicine -Foster/Johnson
(The) Dream of the Earth -Berry
Eastern Forests -Sutton/Sutton
(The) Fatal Harvest Reader -Kimbrell
(The) Land -Brueggermann
(The) Natural Step for Business: Wealth, Ecology and Evolutionary Corporation -Natrass/AltomareNoah's Garden -Stein
Remaking the Earth -Goble
Sensuous Living -Conger
Tall Grass Prairie -Madson/Oberle
Thomas Berry and the New Cosmology -Berry
(The) Universe Story -Swimme/Berry

How to Host a Zero Waste Event

Meet some members of the Earth Partners Working Group

Climate Change and Sustainability Links

Ecology and Theology
www.religionandecology.org

Green Jobs and Climate Change

http://www.1sky.org

Leading the Transition to Clean Energy 
http://www.fresh-energy.com

Alliance for Sustainability
http://www.afors.org

Ocean Protection and Sustainability
http://www.oceana.org

Union of Concerned Scientists
http://www.ucsusa.org

Clean Energy and Climate Protection
http://www.repoweramerica.org

Kenya Water Project
http://csjministriesfoundation.org/global_initiative.aspx

Recommended Reading

Getting a Grip: Frances Moore Lappe
http://www.smallplanet.org

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Prairie Alliumstellatum
 Prairie Wildflower
   Alliumstellatum
Prairie Grass
     Prairie Grass
Wildflower Gernanium
Geranium Maculatum

CSJ Earth Day 2009 Ritual 1
CSJ Earth Day
Ritual Gathering

CSJ Earth Day 2009 Ritual
Earth Partners adding mulch to the woodland
Marie Therese Belanger & Joanne Tromiczak Neid at Prairie Dedication Plaque
CSJ Earth Day spreading wood chips
Celeste's Dream's Greenhouse
Ann Redmond CSJ Green Bag Winner


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