Just by eating, drinking and breathing, Americans ingest at least 74,000 micro plastic particles every year. Ingesting micro plastics has been shown to interfere with hormones and reduce fertility in men and women. Styrene, another chemical found in plastic and some food packaging, has also been linked to several health issues, including nervous system problems,…
There are 2 really easy ways to support the United Methodist Church of Osterville 1. AmazonSmile offers all of the same items, prices, and benefits of its sister website, Amazon.com, but with one distinct difference. When users shop on AmazonSmile, the AmazonSmile Foundation contributes 0.5 percent of eligible purchases to the charity of your choice. Especially…
Many people are trying to live a more sustainable lifestyle. This can be defined by how fast we consume resources and generate waste compared to how fast the planet can recover from our habits. We can be more intentional where we spend our money. Websites like Good on You, Done Good and Project Just tell you where a company stands on…
Humans have produced more than 8 billion tons of plastic, mostly since the 1950s. Less than 10 percent of it has been recycled. Over time, much of it has broken down into tiny particles that make their way into lakes, rivers and oceans, eventually contaminating our fish and water. And much of our food comes…
Do you really need that bottled water? Bottled water companies are sucking local community aquifers dry. In addition to reduced water supply, this extraction causes salt water intrusion, less pressure and flow for local residents and concern for communities struggling with significant drought issues. Concerned citizens and action groups in Florida, California, and Michigan are…
Jonah, a story we think about is association with fishing, mainly because he was swallowed by a large fish. Many people think that Jonah was swallowed by a whale, but in all the translations I looked it, the wording is always Big Fish. Sorry for going off topic so back to the story. But what…
NEED A RIDE TO THIS EVENT? Carpooling will be provided by the UMW to the Faith and Science Forum. Please be at the front of our church at 12:30 PMand we will have two cars driving to beautiful St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church in Chatham. Looking forward to having our church well represented at this important…
Due to weather, the church office will be closed today, Thursday, October 17, 2019. We will resume regular hours on Monday at 9:00 AM.
The planet’s plastic pollution plague has been in the headlines, competing with climate change impacts for the top issue of the “Anthropocene”. Media coverage has raised the mainstream awareness of marine plastic pollution, and people everywhere are wondering what can be done to reduce the amount of plastic in the ocean. We already use a…
The journal Science published an analysis which shows one third of the birds in the United States have disappeared since 1970. The study based on a survey of more than 500 species, reveals steep losses even among such traditionally abundant birds as robins and sparrows. Kevin Gaston, a conservation biologist at the University of Exeter,…