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Texas Water Quality
The current administration’s actions to loosen clean water rules have increased concern about water quality and contamination impact on...
Joe Garms
Jan 15, 20192 min read
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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, 20192 min read
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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, 20192 min read
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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, 20192 min read
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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, 20192 min read
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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, 20192 min read
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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, 20192 min read
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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, 20192 min read
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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, 20192 min read
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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, 20192 min read
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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, 20192 min read
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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, 20192 min read
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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
Jan 15, 20192 min read
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Earth Care Congregation
St. Andrew is a certified Earth Care Congregation approved by the Presbyterian Church (USA). In this blog we will feature several...
Joe Garms
Mar 20, 20181 min read
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