Before it was cool to be green, we at Wild Frontier have been encouraging youth workers to teach, talk, and live a creation care worldview because this is an issue many youth are concerned about and it is a Christian responsibility. Creation Care is more than a trend. This is more than a political issue. It is obedience to one of the first commands God gave Adam. Genesis 1:28 tells us "Be responsible for the fish in the sea and the birds in the air, and for every living thing that moves on the face of the Earth." (The Message) When you study all of the scriptures with this eye, you will see that the Church should have been the leaders in any and all of the environmental movements. We as Christians have a responsibility to fulfill to our Earth. We always have. It's too late to take the lead on this but we certainly can get involved.
Bringing your church and youth ministry near and direct to Creation Care is a youth ministry issue. Our teens are becoming more and more passionate about this. So are the ever‑so‑slow‑adapting adults. Typical of adolescence, teens become passionate about many things that don't transfer into their adult years. However, we have hope that with a proper approach to Creation Care in youth ministry we can address that passion and teach lifelong habits about our responsibility to "every living thing that moves on the face of Earth."
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From a survey of 1,003 adults, 48 percent believe the earth has undergone climate change before and current warming is not primarily caused by human activity. (The Barna Group, September 22, 2008)
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Here's a way to watch a movie and get your exercise and be green. Attendees simply ride to a screening, hook their wheels up to the on-site generators and start pedaling. All of the electricity needed to project the film comes from the kinetic power created by the riders. To ensure that the noise of pedaling doesn’t interfere with movie dialogue, the audio is disseminated through a wireless transmitter and can be played via a mobile phone or FM radio.
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Shut off excess electric stuff. 75% of all the electricity consumed in the home is standby power used to keep electronics running when those TVs, DVRs, computers, monitors and stereos are “off.” The average desktop computer, not including the monitor, consumes from 60 to 250 watts a day. Compared with a machine left on 24/7, a computer that is in use four hours a day and turned off the rest of the time would save you about $70 a year. (U.S. Department of Energy, Time.com, 2007)
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Super Value to Boost Numbers of Zero Waste Stores
“To achieve this recognition, stores must divert at least 90% of all waste from landfills — a feat accomplished in part through increased associate engagement, recycling, composting and the company’s Fresh Rescue food bank donation program, to which SUPERVALU contributed more than 60 million pounds of food last year.”
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Before it was cool to be green, we at Wild Frontier have been encouraging youth workers to at least put a Creation Care stat on their websites or newsletters to help connect faith to this important issue with teens.
Manufacturing cell phones, computers, and other consumer electronics require a lot of energy. In fact, 81% of the life-cycle energy costs associated with a single computer is from its manufacture, only 19% from its operation. In other words, the computer you’re using right now, in all the years you’ll own it, will never consume more energy than was required to create it. The production of a single computer also uses 42,000 gallons of water. Please recycle your used electronics and turn them off when not in use. (www.goingreentoday.com)
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Can One Cleaner Do It All? (Adapted from Consumer Reports)
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Before it was cool to be green, we at Wild Frontier have been encouraging youth workers to at least put a Creation Care stat on their websites or newsletters to help connect faith to this important issue with teens.
If the entire population of the United States washed their clothes exclusively with cold water (instead of hot), we would save $3 billion in energy costs annually and cut national C02 emissions by over a full percent. (www.goinggreentoday.com)
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An improperly tightened gas cap might be low on your list of vehicular priorities, but the 17 percent of autos on the road that have gas caps that are loose, defective, or missing altogether cause 147 million gallons of gas to vaporize into the air every year. Make sure your gas cap is screwed on tight every time you’re done filling ‘er up. (Car Care Council, CAM Business Green Solutions Newsletter, Vol. 1, Issue 14)
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An estimated 15% to 30% of a home’s total heating and cooling energy is lost through poorly sealed duct-work, costing consumers about $5 billion dollars annually. (GoingGreenToday.com, May 2010)
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Asked of kids, ages 8 to 14, 80 percent say they want to get involved in protecting endangered species and help create safe places for them to live.
(ECO Kids study, Mediapost.com, November 18, 2008)
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The Green Bible: This is a Bible for those who love Creation Care. The cover is made of 100% cotton/linen that is produced in factories that purify both their wastewater and their air before recycling or releasing them. The paper used is 10% recycled content which keeps the pages Bible-thin yet strong. The ink is soy-based. And all verses that relate to nature are printed in green ink. (Time, September 29, 2008)
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95 percent of millennials consider themselves to be at least a little environmentally conscious. (AMP Agency’s Green AMPlified Study, Ypulse.com, October 16, 2008)
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From a survey of 1,003 adults, 78 percent of self-identified Christians say they would like to see their fellow Christians take a more active role in caring for God’s creation in a way that is both informed and biblical. Among evangelicals, 90 percent would like Christians to take a more active role. (The Barna Group, September 22, 2008)
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From a survey of 13 to 29 year olds, 69% have a genuine interest in the environment but also admit they are not personally involved in green-related activities. (Advertising Age, April 29, 2009)
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In one hour, 9.3 million plastic beverage bottles will be trashed. Most will not end up in the recycling bin. (CosmoGirl, December/January 2009)
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Insert Here: Asking People How They Would Improve Their Cities
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87% of Millennials (41% strongly) say that their generation will have to clean it up the environment after previous generations have done great harm. –Lifeway Research, 2010
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Fair Trade Products Are Too Pricey
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While Gen Y (ages 18 to 24) have the greatest awareness of environmental issues, 72% also admitted that they wasted water on a regular basis. 56% said they leave the tap water running while brushing their teeth, and 40% allow the shower to run for “a few minutes” before getting in. IBM estimates that leaving water running for two minutes during toothbrushing alone wastes about 12 liters of water, which the company extrapolates to equal over 236 million liters (more than 62 million gallons) wasted per week. (Reuters News, August 28, 2009)
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Starbucks estimates that 58 billion paper coffee cups go unrecycled each year. –Trendcentral, May 26, 2010
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Cafe Gratitude Pays It Forward
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When asked to evaluate responses to global climate change, most kids give their family and school a B-, and their country a C-. (Scholastic Magazine, “2009 Environmental Report Card)
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Students Plan “Get Green” Event
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Statistically the United States recycles just about 28% of its waste today, which is double what it was a decade ago. –www.environment-green.com
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Falling in Love with Our Green God
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The Hershey Company in the U.S. produces about 20,000,000 kisses each day using 133 square miles of aluminum to wrap them in. This material is recyclable but most of it ends up in the trash rather than the recycle bin. –www.environment-green.com
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The amount of sunlight that falls on the Earth’s surface in one minute is sufficient to meet world energy demand for an entire year. –American Solar Energy Society, GoingGreenToday.com, May 3, 2010
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The Joyful Environmentalists: Eugene Peterson and Peter Harris
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If the entire population of the United States washed their clothes exclusively with cold water (instead of hot), we would save $3 billion in energy costs annually and cut national CO2 emissions by over a full percent. (GoingGreenToday.com, May 3, 2010)
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The top four ways kids predict their family will help the environment includes living in an energy-efficient home (36%), owning a hybrid car (27%), always shopping with reusable bags (24%), and growing their own vegetable garden (13%). (Scholastic Magazine, “2009 Environmental Report Card: Kids Hold Hope for Future”)
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Frito-Lay’s factory in Arizona is going green with a new design of reducing electricity and water consumption by 90 percent. The plan is to capture potato peelings to fertilize farmland. High- tech filters will recycle wastewater and use it to power the factory. All of the recycled wastewater sludge will be burned, creating methane gas to power the factory’s boilers. Another idea is to develop 50 acres of solar concentrators to power the factory. (Time, December 3, 2007)
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Electronics are going green too. Green Plug is a low-energy USB charger that enables simultaneous real-time collaboration between the power source and all your electronics at once, meaning you can use it to charge your iPod and cellphone together, conserving energy in the process. (IG’s Trendcentral, January 11, 2008)
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From The Cassandra Report, a high-dollar marketing report for companies who market to tweens, teens, and young adults, 49% of trendsetters and 32% of the mainstream consider themselves very environmentally conscious. (IG’s Trendcentral, June 3, 2008)
iPhone's Darkside Exposed by New Banned Game App
"Phone Story, a new iPhone game app, was launched then quickly banned today by the iTunes App Store. It's an educational game that takes players on a tour of the darkside of iPhone manufacture--mining blood minerals by children, toxic recycling centers in developing nations, suicide-inducing working conditions of Chinese factories, and more."
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Because college students are more likely to wish to be green, University of Virginia (UVA) created four green demo dorm rooms, which were on display during summer orientation sessions.
