Plastic Fast 2019

April 3 – Buy Second Hand

[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] They divide my garments among them- Psalm 22:18 Second hand shops and sales A guaranteed way to reduce the fashion industry’s impact is to avoid buying new stuff in the first place. Secondhand stores are the ultimate clothing recyclers – and thrift shop fashion definitely doesn’t have to be unfashionable. Considering that fashion …

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April 2 – Shop less, Mend more

[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] “No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch will pull away from the garment, making the tear worse. Matthew 9 : 16 Every day, most of us dress ourselves in items churned out by what is arguably the world’s second-most polluting industry. Reportedly topped only by oil, …

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April 1 – Natural Fibre Apparel

[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] “I have led you forty years in the wilderness; your clothes have not worn out on you, and your sandal has not worn out on your foot.” Deuteronomy 29:5 More than ever, our clothes are made of plastic. Just washing them can pollute the oceans. How much plastic is your washing machine sending …

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March 30 – Catering without bottled water

“We have to pay for our drinking water: Lamentations 5:4 Cater without plastic Our churches should be models of sustainability. When we have a function let us model ways of being environmentally conscious so that people can copy those ideas for events in their own families. No bottled water Look at other ways of serving …

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March 25 – Natural Cloths for Cleaning

What should we use for cleaning our homes? Microfiber clothsThese are very popular now and are made of microfiber fabric made from polyester and nylon. Microfibers are thinner than human hair. They are split in such a way that they create space within each fiber, this makes them very absorbent. However, they are not biodegradable, …

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