Dianne Des Rosiers

Think Cosmic, Act Local.

I am mindful of 2 quotes.

"When a butterfly flaps its wings in Mexico, does it cause a hurricane in Texas?". In a radically interconnected universe, the power of subtle influence, the smallest difference, can lead to enormous change....to exponential change beyond anything we can imagine." (p 262 Bruce Sanguin, Darwin, Divinity & the Dance of the Cosmos)

..."By living within the world as if it were the body of God" (p113 Sallie McFague, A New Climate for Theology)

I have completed the Greenhouse Gas Calculator and am ready to share my results!	Yes
Your Name	Dianne Des Rosiers
Congregation	Christ Church Cathedral, Vancouver
Number of individuals living in your household	1
Do you own or rent your living space?	Rent
My current yearly emissions are:	2.8
I have committed to reducing my yearly emissions by this amount (in tonnes):	2.66

Take measures to reduce my water consumption (especially hot water consumption).

Replace light-bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs; turn off lights when I am not in a room.

Choose Energy Star appliances and electronics equipment when replacing old ones.

Reduce, reuse, recycle (in that order) when it comes to home waste.

Avoid pesticide and herbicide use.

Buy-locally grown produce.

Grow some of my own food.

Some fave "butterfly wing influences". "Buycotting" fairly traded shade coffee; cafe estima @ Starbucks, ethical beans at the HUB or cafe justicia at the Rhizome cafe; patio gardening trying to grow lettuce & carrots as well as flowers; impatience, narcissius, hyacinths, crocusses, miniature iris, sweet peas & a weeping willow. I am eating at home more & am trying to brown bag more. I purchase organic fruit & veggies, etc online (locally grown as much as possible)from Green Earth Organics or spud.ca I am reading Tree, a book written by Suzuki & illustrated by Robert Bateman I won at an Elder's Forum. Some challenges. I experimented with apartment worm composting for 18 months. The inconvenience of disposing the accumulated compost is a challenge. Also the building manager has anxieties compost attracts "varmits" I tried composting inside...but the fruit flies, etc discouraged me. I think I am just about ready "to liberate" my little red wrigglers into the wide outdoors on an exploratory hike into a more accepting environment.