All
levels of education embrace creation care as a central theme
impacting all disciplines. Students of all ages are guided in
reconnecting to the natural world. Youth are instructed and counseled
in value, lifestyle, and career choices that demonstrate stewardship
of the earth. Schools practice sustainable building design and
transportation patterns.
Goshen College cuts mowing, adds biodiversity with new
prairie
In October 2009, a team of ecology students, professors and
Physical Plant employees began two tall-grass prairie restorations
at Goshen College. The prairies
will sequester carbon, provide habitat, reduce mowing costs and
educate students about restoration. read
more
Prairies are important parts of other Mennonite campuses as well.
In 2008, Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, VA, created
a prairie on the north side of EMU's hill. Meanwhile, at Bethel
College, Bethel, KS, stewards two prairie preserves, Sand
Prairie Natural History Reservation and Broadie Prairie Preserve.
Dining Halls Combat Waste with Trayless Dining, Composting
Dining halls across the country have figured out that
students waste less food if they carry their food piecemeal rather
than putting it on a tray. Eastern
Mennonite University, Bethel
College and Goshen College all went trayless in the last two years.
In addition, EcoPax,
Goshen College’s environmental group, is implementing a pilot project
to compost waste from the dining hall, beginning in January 2010. read
more
Students at Rockway Mennonite Collegiate Auto Shop Convert
Pick-Up from Gas to Electric
Seniors at Rockway Mennonite Collegiate auto shop, Kitchener,
Ontario, Canada, raised money to convert a 1997 GMC Sonoma S-10
pick-up truck from gas to electric. While students studied pollution,
they created a vehicle that is useful for the average citizen and
much healthier for the environment. The truck uses batteries that
are 98 percent recyclable and, by the end of next semester, will
have no direct emissions. At its completion in the coming months,
the truck will be sold and the proceeds put toward future environmental
projects at the school.
To read more,
click on “Past Issues.” Go into 2009 and click on Volume 13, No.
15. “The Wheels are Turning” can be found in the left hand column.
More
stories about people caring for creation in school
settings.
Mennonite Creation Care Network seeks examples
of schools of all levels, from kindergarten to graduate education,
where environmental stewardship is taught and practiced. Send
stories to lukeag@goshen.edu or jenniferhs@goshen.edu.
Paul Fieguth, an engineering professor
at the University of Waterloo has written a series on Living
within Limits for The
Canadian Mennonite February
2008. This, and more detailed information on life in a finite world
is available on Fieguth's web
page.
Creation care was the theme of the spring
2008 issue of Vision: A Journal for Church and
Theology. Who can we blame for Western society's
exploitive tendencies? How is care of the earth connected to salvation?
Will riding a bicycle bring world peace?
Click here to reach
our web-searchable
Creation Care Resource Library. Search for resources especially
for schools, as well as search under a variety of topics.
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PHONE 260-799-5869
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Luke Gascho provides leadership for MCCN.
Contact
him at 260-799-5869 or by email at lukeag@goshen.edu.
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