recycling

Flourish explains how to get rid of you household hazardous waste–all that stuff you’re pretty sure you shouldn’t just pour down the drain.

Grace McWilliams rounded up her three friends, set out in their truck, and started picking up their towns waste. It caught on and had a huge impact.

By Andy Patton [Ed. note: This article is part of our weekly series of church activities, called Cultivating Community, published on Thursdays.] 2010 has come and (almost) gone so we here at Flourish are taking a retrospective look back into the archives. We’ve dug up 6 practical ways for churches to start bringing creation care out [...]

Psst. Here’s a secret: Recycling paper is worthless if we don’t use recycled paper.

Recycling is a measure of good stewardship, a good witness, and a wise use of resources. So why don’t more churches do it? Learn how your church can start.

You get a new one every two years, but what good is an old cell phone in the junk yard? Here’s how your church can turn old electronics into new hope.

Don’t throw it out! Collect old books with a church-sponsored book donation day and save them from the landfill and put them into the hands of people who need them most.

How your church can turn its giant asphalt parking lot into a tool to care for creation.

You and your children will learn the basic principles of composting, build a compost container, and maintain the compost pile for a home-grown supply of free, organic compost to enrich your garden soil.

Is Recycling Enough?

December 8, 2009

Recycling does a little. Reusing does a lot. Jonathan Merritt explains the benefits of Freecycling.