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RE:FORM Episode 05 :: Real Seeds of Hope
Posted in Environment, Video on April 15, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Floresta CEO Scott Sabin shares how his organization’s work in impoverished regions around the world are transforming communities. Learn more about Floresta’s latest initiative, Plant with Purpose.
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Saving Lives One Outhouse at a Time
Posted in Education, Environment, Social Justice, tagged bathrooms, developing nations, disease, Environment, rural sanitation, Science Daily on March 12, 2009| 5 Comments »
I once had a Bible study leader explain how going to the bathroom glorified God if you were a Christian. How he arrived at this conclusion was through simply saying that anything a Christian does to advance the Kingdom glorifies God–and removing harmful wastes from your body in order to stay alive did just that.
As we explore some of the issues surrounding RE:FORM, the environment weaves an inextricable web with many other social justice issues. Some of them are complex; some of them are simple. Whether we are dipping our toes into these issues or diving headlong into them, we must realize the vast opportunities to connect the environment with current missional work our churches are doing–such as improving rural sanitation. (more…)
