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Each week, we bring you interesting stories from around the web. Here’s what caught our eye this week!
ENVIRONMENT
School kids convince Crayola to start recycling their pens
Like all schoolchildren, students at Sun Valley Elementary School, in San Rafael, California, just love to draw with colored markers, but hate the waste it produces. Each day, as their young imaginations would materialize on paper, it left behind a hefty pile of empty pens that they couldn’t stomach throwing away. So they strived to color the world a little greener, and we’re all better off because of it…Read Full Article
From Treehugger
CHURCH
Superman: Flying to a church near you
As the new Superman movie takes flight this weekend, filmmakers are hoping the Man of Steel lands not only in theaters, but also in pulpits. Warner Bros. Studios is aggressively marketing “Man of Steel” to Christian pastors, inviting them to early screenings, creating Father’s Day discussion guides and producing special film trailers that focus on the faith-friendly angles of the movie…Read Full Article
From CNN: Belief Blog
EUROPE
1 in 4 rush hour vehicles in London is a bicycle
Talk about biking in London, and you’ll often hear the glum mantra that London isn’t Amsterdam — it’ll never be a biking mecca. But, heck, London’s actually doing pretty well…Read Full Article
From Grist
MEDITATION
A meditation on remembrance
The black and white photograph is of a young man, not yet 30 years old. He is standing near the tower of a 14th century castle in the southern Polish town of Będzin, wearing a long-sleeved white shirt and tie but no jacket. He holds a hat in his hand as he looks into the camera…Read Full Article
From The Washington Post: On Faith
SPIRITUALITY
Comfort clothes
Every fall and many winter days I go outside in my Western Stockman Outback Duster for another adventure in the wild city of Manhattan. I got the coat 20 years ago during a visit to Australia, having admired the style in movies about stockmen…Read Full Article
WEATHER
Did climate change cause the Alberta flooding?
People dead. Billions of dollars in damage. The catastrophic Alberta flood will take months to recover from. Yet even as people are still suffering, the Minister of Immigration, Jason Kenney, who actually represents Calgary South, is denying that climate change could have anything to do with it…Read Full Article
From Treehugger
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