Creation Care Invites You to Our Souper Bowl on February 11! ~ Everyone is invited to share in a plant based meal of soup, bread and salad. Afterwards, join your F(f)friends in a fun afternoon of bowling before the big game.
Having more plant-based meals are a great way to love God’s creation, not only our world, but our physical well-being by receiving proteins, vitamins, minerals and healthy fiber through our food.
According to a previous UN report on the effects of climate change," global meat consumption must fall to curb global warming, reduce growing strains on land and water and improve food security, health and biodiversity … Plant-based foods and sustainable animal-sourced food could free up several million square kilometers of land by 2050 and cut 0.7-8.0 gigatons a year of carbon dioxide equivalent, the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said.” World Economic Forum website.
More veggies and beans and less meat is healthier for you and healthier for the planet.
Do you have a great plant-based meal you’d like to share? Send them to either Rebecca at office@indyfriends.org or mary.blackburn4@gmail.com and we’ll post one new recipe each week. If you send them, we will share!
A couple of quick statehouse updates:
Please call your legislators about the following bills:
· HB 1193 Community Solar - This bill would like to make community solar an option for solar developers to offer Hoosiers who rent or can’t afford to install solar panels through a community solar option. Please ask that the bill get a hearing.
· HB 1382 Retirement of electric generating units - This bill would slow down the closing of coal-fired power plants which are huge contributors to air and ground water pollution and a warming planet.
· HB 1383 Wetlands - Clarifies some wetlands definitions and there is concern that isolated, undeveloped wetland areas could be unprotected by this bill. Some of our isolated wetlands are important refuges for migrating birds, amphibians and other wildlife, as well as serving as naturally occurring flood mitigation areas.