The Climate Reality Project airs over the internet live on September 14-15! Tune in from wherever you are and learn how climate change is impacting the planet. From Mexico City to Alaska, Jakarta to London, Tonga to Cape Verde, people will share their real story of what it’s like to live with climate change. We’ll hear the impact of extreme weather events, pollution, and rising ocean waters as it is effecting everyday people and communities.

Plastic is one of humanity’s truly amazing inventions. It can be molded, cast, extruded and shaped into films and fiber. I think the most amazing shape it takes is as a vessel for carrying liquids and other items. Bags, bottles, and boxes made of plastic have proved to be one of the most effective forms of packaging man has created. The bummer is once plastic objects have fulfilled their purpose and been ejected from our lives they turn into trash with a decomposition timetable that takes way too long.

Have you heard about the Ecological Footprint? It’s a measuring tool that has been developed to estimate the area of land and ocean required to support our consumption of food, goods, services, housing, and energy and assimilate our waste. It’s currently projected that humanity is overshooting the Earth’s capacity by 50%. In other words, to sustain present levels of consumption, we would need: 1.50 earths.

Oh my goodness – way to go Beth Terry!

The average American generates about 100 pounds of plastic waste a year. So did Beth Terry, until she read an article about plastic pollution in the oceans and saw a photograph of a dead albatross chick carcass filled with plastic products. Making the connection that her actions were harming a creature she never knew existed, she resolved to live a plastic free life.

Scanning through my morning news sources the other day I came across a couple new ideas for living more green – an eco-hotel and baby-clothing-rental service.

Try out one “seven-day” practice each month. The Eco-Spirituality PRACTICE Group provides an opportunity to stay current with eco-news and check in with others who are endeavoring to live more lightly and lovingly on the Earth. Begins July 2011.