Joe Garms
Texas Water Quality
The current administration’s actions to loosen clean water rules have increased concern about water quality and contamination impact on...
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Joe Garms
- Jan 15, 2019
- 2 min
Wrapping Paper Alternatives
For many of us, wrapping gifts is even more fun than giving them. But each year, we throw away miles and miles of wrapping paper, much of...
Joe Garms
- Jan 15, 2019
- 2 min
The State Water Plan
St. Andrew is an Earth Care Congregation, committed to improving its relationship with nature and the quality of life of its inhabitants....
Joe Garms
- Jan 15, 2019
- 2 min
Alternative Energy Sources
St. Andrew is an Earth Care Congregation, committed to improving its relationship with nature and the quality of life of its inhabitants....
Joe Garms
- Jan 15, 2019
- 2 min
Coal
As an Earth Care congregation, we have a Task Force composed of Kathy Poynor, Jim Garrett, and Steve Crane. Our concern about coal and...
Joe Garms
- Jan 15, 2019
- 2 min
What are we breathing?
As an Earth Care Congregation we are concerned about outdoor air pollution challenges facing the United States today....
Joe Garms
- Jan 15, 2019
- 2 min
Cloth vs. Disposable Diapers
Parents find themselves in a quandary when deciding between cloth and recyclable diapers because both affect the environment negatively,...
Joe Garms
- Jan 15, 2019
- 2 min
Benefits of Hemp
The environmental benefits of hemp are noted because it can be grown in all parts of the world. For clarification, marijuana and hemp are...
Joe Garms
- Jan 15, 2019
- 2 min
Flowers are pretty, but at what cost?
If one buys a bouquet for Mother’s Day or Valentine’s Day, there is a 70 percent chance it came from the savanna in Bogata, Colombia....
Joe Garms
- Jan 15, 2019
- 2 min
Why Organic?
Farming was organic before farmers began using pesticides and herbicides to increase yields at lower prices. However, there is a price to...
Joe Garms
- Jan 15, 2019
- 2 min
Recycle, Reduce, Reuse
Our human footprint doesn’t end after we buy and consume things. In 2006, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimated trash...
Joe Garms
- Jan 15, 2019
- 2 min
Child Labor/Slavery and Chocolate
In honoring the St. Andrew Good Earth commitment, there is a price to pay as we Americans eat millions of pounds of chocolate the weeks...
Joe Garms
- Jan 15, 2019
- 2 min
What We Can Do
St. Andrew is an Earth Care Congregation, committed to improving its relationship with nature and the quality of life of its inhabitants....
Joe Garms
- Mar 20, 2018
- 1 min
Earth Care Congregation
St. Andrew is a certified Earth Care Congregation approved by the Presbyterian Church (USA). In this blog we will feature several...