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… on my front porch during my daughters' nap time. I open and deposit its contents of colorful plastic bricks on our kitchen table, knowing how excited my 3-year-old will be when she wakes up. … it just so. And when Easter arrives, we catch a glimpse of how those seemingly random little plastic bricks are transformed into something spectacular. Something essential. Something … outstretched hand. "You have to follow the instructions." I jam my clumsy finger into the tiny plastic box, unsuccessful in extracting the offending piece. I sigh, audibly, and mutter …

… in São Paulo when their daughter Maya was small. Bond placed candies or cookies in reusable plastic eggs, then hid them around a local city park. Kids decorated cloth bags, then fanned out … that were impacted by the production of this piece of litter," Davis said. As you pick up a plastic cup, for example, you might pray for the ecosystem from which oil was extracted to make …

… Against a backdrop constructed of plastic bottles and life vests pulled from the Mediterranean Sea where thousands of migrants have …

… God that he's bringing me to people that's helping me win this fight against this gigantic [plastics] plant." Since 2018, Lavigne and her faith-based, grassroots organization Rise St. James … have mobilized their community in southern Louisiana to oppose the construction of multiple plastics manufacturing facilities. The latest fight is against the proposed $9.4 billion, 14-plant Formosa Plastic Group manufacturing complex. St. James Parish is located between New Orleans and Baton …

… For many city kids, flowers have cut stems and vegetables are packed in styrofoam and plastic on shelves in the grocery store. But by making a connection with nature in their own …

… through the receiver. They want him home. Queremos estar juntos en casa . They do not want a plastic mattress for a death bed. They want sheets that smell like the fabulous lavender of too … made bed that is like a template for healing. They gather the soiled linen and trash in a plastic bag, and, doing what they must do, cart these relics away. I have prayed to saints who …

… illuminated the incarnate presence of God in our consumeristic, materialistic, fame-obsessed plastic world. She was a woman with Vatican II spunk, a regular Hildegard of Bingen on the …

… for expert commentary to Deacon Patrick Lappert whom they identify as "a board-certified plastic surgeon." Lappert had this to say about the bill: "It's a legislation about transparency … naked through the hallways. But, hey, who can argue legal principles with a board-certified plastic surgeon? In Alabama, a  bill banning "divisive concepts " is moving quickly through the …

… for renewable energy. It's the inordinate emphasis, this overwhelming tendency to talk about plastic straws and hamburgers (encouraging livestock production) and not traveling and not having …

… bio-enzyme composting, garbage segregation and recycling. We hope to make this place into a plastic- and pollution-free zone. Samanvaya can offer space to individuals or groups seeking some …

… nature and biodiversity loss, and waste and pollution. One of the biggest challenges is plastic pollution. But in what Inger Andersen, the U.N Environment Program executive director, described as "a triumph of planet earth over single-use plastics," representatives of 175 nations at the assembly endorsed an agreement to end plastic pollution and forge a legally binding agreement by 2024. The resolution was among 14 …

… dessert or alcohol on Fridays. It could also be a non-food fast, like fasting from single-use plastic, transportation that uses fossil fuels, or purchasing new items. Is there something …

… A senior U.N. official urged religious groups to help reach a global agreement to curb plastic pollution, amid experts warning that single-use or disposable plastics were choking the planet. Inger Andersen, executive director of the U.N. Environment … have a suggested resolution before the member states, for starting a global agreement to end plastic pollution — to reduce the use of plastic from source to sea. We hope UNEA will be that …

… said. "Violence always destroys nature," he added, and referenced his recent critique that plastic pollution "kills everything." The Creighton students were also struck by a Spanish …

… with creation. Violence, the pope said, "always destroys nature." He likened throwing plastics in the oceans to committing "violence against creation." "Nonviolence is the way that …

… be "simple and intuitive," it said, and work in a variety of sizes when printed on "paper, plastic, fabrics, hangings/posters, decals, stickers, film and large and small gadgets." The …

… adopting renewable energy, employing "green" investment guidelines, reducing use of single-use plastics and fostering ecological spirituality — it also offers a pathway for the ecological …

… Pope Francis on Feb. 6 blasted the throwing of plastic in the sea as "criminal" and pleaded for a renewed commitment to caring for the … who rely on the sea for their work and livelihood." "Take care of the health of the sea: no plastic in the sea!" Francis said at the time . According to the United Nations data , more than 8 million tons of plastic are discarded into the ocean each year, a figure that is expected to triple by 2040. …

… a picture of their latest grocery haul and is immediately scolded for the pre-cut fruit in plastic packaging. An individual recommends backyard composting and is one-upped by a person who … toward right relation with all creation. (And I promise I won't judge you for buying food in plastic packaging.)  Let me know what kinds of stories you would most like to see with an email …

… amounts of trash wash ashore, and how some poor Indigenous communities had built huts out of plastic bottles. "It's just really devastating that we care so little about the dignity of others …