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December 2019
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This email goes to those who have attended Pachamama Symposiums such as Just One Earth (AWAKENING THE DREAMER). DRAWDOWN, or other PACA programs in the Greater Cincinnati area. We hope this helps your commitment to our goals of:
Environmental Sustainability
Social Justice
Spiritual Fulfillment
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2 PACA PROGRAMS
Face to face opportunities to learn, be inspired, and build community
Do you care about our common home - the earth?
Of course you do. But sometimes even the most caring people can feel overwhelmed.
- Can one person make a difference?
- Where and how can I take a next step?
WHAT:
Just One Earth
(JOE) is an
Awakening the Dreamer
symposium based on dynamic group interaction, leading edge information, and creative videos.
GOALS:
To empower people to build a life and planet that is:
Environmentally Sustainable
Socially Just
Spiritually Fulfilling
WHO
is JUST ONE EARTH for?
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Environmental Groups
● Community Groups
● Schools
Anyone who cares about the future of the planet and living a more fulfilling life would benefit from the information, inspiration, and support of a Just One Earth symposium.
WHEN: Saturday, January 18, 8:30 am - 12:00 noon
WHERE: Mercy Montessori, 2335 Grandview Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45206
SPONSOR:
Mercy Montessori +
PACA (Pachamama Alliance of the Cincinnati Area)
VIDEO:
Trailer https://youtu.be/MoXJZ_3-J9w
Deadline - Saturday, January 11
COST:
Free will offering
We are excited to alert you to our newest program
THE DRAWDOWN INITIATIVE
WHAT:
Project Drawdown is a coalition of more than 200 experts who researched the 100 most substantive solutions not just to slow global warming, but to begin to roll it back. PACA leaders have been trained to lead this hope-restoring series based on Paul Hawken's
Drawdown book.
The Drawdown Initiative will help participants decide and implement an action to reverse global warming.
WHEN: A 5 session series: Tuesdays, 7:00 - 9:00 pm
tentatively,
Feb. 11, Feb. 18, Feb. 25, Mar. 3, Mar. 10
WHERE: Green Umbrella, 5030 Oaklawn Dr, Cincinnati, OH 45227
COST: FREE will offering;
BUT, you do need to invest your time and energy.
Interested? We're signing people up now.
Registration deadline: Saturday, Feb. 1.
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Stop "wish-cycling" -- loosely defined as "the practice of tossing questionable items in the recycling bin, hoping they can somehow be recycled."
Peter Sawtell
Executive Director, Eco-Justice Ministries
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Online Options
THE GAME CHANGER INTENSIVE
This unique online course will inspire you and equip you to become a game-changing leader in the world.
E
nroll by January 12.
Course
begins January 21
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In the Intensive you will:
- Learn at home, online, and on your schedule, with a compelling curriculum aimed at both personal and planetary transformation.
- Delve into the issues of environmental sustainability, social justice and spiritual fulfillment (the focus of the Awakening the Dreamer course).
- Ground yourself in the wisdom and knowledge of great visionaries of our time, as well as clarify your own role in changing the game.
- Connect with a community of like-minded people across the country and the world through online discussions and facilitated conference call conversations.
- Engage with grassroots movements for change that strike at the root causes of the great challenges of our time.
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Awakening the Dreamer
Although it's ideal to take this symposium with a live group, if you can't attend in person, consider taking the online course.
Learn more
about Awakening the Dreamer (named Just One Earth in the Cinti. area) at the Pachamama Alliance website
and scroll to the orange
ACCESS THE ONLINE COURSE section for information and to
register
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YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
For your consideration:
- Attend PACA's next meeting in February. Contact Jim Vogt for details.
- Become a River Guardian to protect the Ohio river. See issues from WV.
- Call or write to your legislators about environmental issues
- Develop new lifestyle habits: 101 easy to read ideas.
"Repair Cafés are free meeting places and they're all about repairing things together. We build community, help the earth and save you money! We usually meet on 2nd Sundays of the month."
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Sun, Jan. 12, 2020 at 3 PM - 5 PM
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Wyoming Fine Arts Center
Wyoming, OH, 322 Wyoming Ave
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Terracycle, not Trash
Wondering what to do about "recyclables"
that are forbidden in your curbside bin or community dumpster?
Here's an opportunity to dispose of some hard to recycle items.
Community Collection Day
Sat, Dec. 21, 2019 9am - noon
St. Peter Church
6120 Ridge Road 45213
Please read and follow directions carefully.
Seasonal Suggestion
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
LOCAL
See the
movie 'Dark Waters' with Cincinnati connections.
REGIONAL
NATIONAL
INTERNATIONAL
Short on time? Read a
review
of the 2019 highs and lows regarding climate change.
MEDIA MATTERS
PLEASE complete a 5-question
survey
about how PACA delivers news.
GOOD NEWS:
It's not all doom and gloom!
1. Do you wrestle with the choice of wasting food or contributing to take-out trash?
Here's a possible
solution
2. Can wind turbines be less threatening to birds? Read about new bladeless design.
Enjoy the great outdoors at one of Hamilton County's Great Parks
without an entry fee on Christmas and New Years Day!
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A STORY ABOUT RECYCLING PLASTICS - PROS & CONS
 It all started a couple months ago when I learned that Whole Foods
would no longer accept #1-7 plastics for recycling. That's a bummer. Of course Rumpke's curb side recycling accepts plastic bottles and jugs, but what about all those other plastics like the clam shells that berries and cherry tomatoes come in? What about the #5's that yogurt comes in.
I diligently started searching for alternative places to recycle these plastics. Here's what I found:
- In N. Ky. Boone County Best Way Disposal takes #1,2,3,4,5,6,7 but residents have to pay $3.50/month unless you live in Ft. Mitchell, Lakeside Park, or Walton which folds the fee into their tax structure. I have friends in Ft. Mitchell, maybe I could just give my stuff to them.
- Again in Boone County, Big Blue Bins also take more than plastic bottles but only #1 and #2.
- If you live in Ohio or Indiana, you'll have to do your own research. (It's a possible Drawdown project. (Enroll in our next Drawdown series above. :-) )
The more I researched I realized that the reason many recyclers were no longer accepting plastics was because their previous markets (primarily China) were no longer accepting our plastic. I also learned some disturbing news about the growing recycling related pollution problems in Indonesia which did continue to import our plastics for "recycling."
(Best Way Disposal sends their recycling to Republic Services in Indianapolis where they currently recycle stateside all the plastics they collect Unfortunately. they couldn't guarantee how long that would last. Click here for more information
 Finding alternate plastic recycling sources is only a temporary solution. I was going to have to go hard core - back to the basic recycling mantra REDUCE, reuse, recycle. But what about my beloved yogurt? I took a deep breath and decided to dig out my old yogurt maker from decades ago. Today I made yogurt. Yea!
As for the other plastic clamshell containers, the jury is not yet in. I had already decided not to buy the yogurt with fruit in it, now I don't need to buy plain yogurt. But what about those berries and tomatoes. In the summer I grow berries but don't get many. I'm willing to default to raisins on my cereal for the rest of the year...but my husband isn't. I'm not aiming for 100% purity, but I can at least REDUCE. Have you found ways to reduce the use of single use plastics? Please share.
Bottom Line:
RECYCLING -
Good (Level 1)
- Rumpke - only takes plastic bottles/jugs (greater Cinti.)
- Big Blue Bins - only takes #1,2 (Boone County & Pioneer Pk)
- Best Way - takes #1,2,3,4,5,6,7 (Boone County have to pay $3.50 unless Ft. Mitchell, Lakeside Park, Walton
REDUCE - Better (Don't buy as many products packaged in plastic) (Level 1):
MULTIPLY SOLUTIONS: - Best (Go beyond individual lifestyle changes by impact societal change)
Level 2 -
Talk with friends about your lifestyle improvements
Level 3 - Institutional change. Contact local governments schools, churches, etc.
Level 4 -
Go Big - Become involved in national political lobbying
Signs of progress:
Click here to read or listen to NPR's 3 minute recent feature on the evolving natural substitutes for plastics.
By Susan Vogt
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About Us
The Pachamama Alliance - Cincinnati Area (PACA) was founded to coordinate efforts which advance
Environmental Sustainability,
Social Justice, and
Spiritual Fulfillment.
In order to do this we collaborate with groups which support these goals, especially the Marianist related ones which gave rise to the initial local movement. We utilize the comprehensive path outlined by the
Pachamama Alliance
to:
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Provide
educational symposiums
(Just One Earth aka Awakening the Dreamer
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