May’s Environmental Justice Action
The Best Things in Life are Free!
Gross National Product (GNP) is defined as the estimated total value of all goods and services produced by a country in a given period of time. A comparative measure, Global Ecosystem Services, assigns a monetary value to the free contributions of our natural world—things like air, water, food, fuel, building materials, and processes like photosynthesis and decomposition. In its most recent comprehensive analysis (2011), the annual value of Global Ecosystem Services was estimated to be $125-$145 trillion. For the same year, the World Bank estimated the annual value of global GNP to be $56.9 trillion.
The Presbyterian Women’s Bible study of Climate Justice concludes this month with the big topic of “Sustaining Creation’s Health for All.” Our congregation-wide action for May starts with just a five-minute investment of time. Make a list of some of the ecosystem services that matter to your life. Post it where you will see it often—your refrigerator door, bathroom mirror, dashboard. Then whenever you look at it remember how rich you are and let that prompt a response of gratitude for God’s gift of creation.
A Quick and Easy Way to Speak Up!
As Congress moves further into the budget reconciliation process, House committees are deciding right now (probably by the end of the month) whether to keep or repeal the important Clean Energy Tax Credits. Clean energy champions from both the Republican and Democratic parties are calling for us to leave a simple message for our congressional offices: ‘Please keep the clean energy tax credits intact.”
Even a small number of calls to an office can have a larger impact than a flood of emails—and we need to leave a big impression.
Please call your members of Congress today!
- Sen. Deb Fischer 402-441-4600
- Sen. Pete Ricketts 402-476-1400
- Rep. Mike Flood 402-438-1598
One of the most important things we can do to care for creation is to speak up. Green@Heart hopes you will seize this opportunity to use your voice!
