This week is all about WATER, in reference to Millennium Development Goal 7 Ensure Environmental Sustainability. During the Mercy Meets U.N. conference, a very dynamic speaker, Sr. Dierdre Mullen of Mercy Global Concern (the Sisters of Mercy's representatives at the United Nations) encouraged us to look at HOW we consume water. Is it from a plastic bottle that we paid for and may or may not recycle? Is it tap water from a refrigerated recycled plastic, reusable cantene? Surprisingly, the answer to this question deals less with the plastic aspect and more with how we are allowing water to become a commodity. Doing so limits the free access to water that all humans should share as a universal right.
Therefore, our goal is to try to break the habit of purchasing bottled water.
If you would like to find out more about Water and the World, check out last month's issue of GOOD magazine at http://www.good.is/departments/the-water-issue. If you would like track the composition of plastic in your water bottles or find out more about where those wasted water bottles end up, check out this reputable site:
http://waste-reduction.suite101.com/article.cfm/bottled_water_and_the_environment.
And if you find yourself in need of a cheap cantene with a green conscience, here is at least one place to purchase from:http://www.thegreenlogo.com/component/page,shop.browse/category_id,96/option,com_virtuemart/Itemid,6/vmcchk,1/
Thirsty yet?
09.28.09- Week 3
This week's activity was the first installment of lessons for knitting caps for babies. As a way of aiding Millennium Development Goal 4: Reducing Child Mortality, which is a focus on child health. Students have been assembling in small groups and setting personal goals of "knitting" 5- 10 baby caps from donated yarn. The baby caps will be collected and sent to local hospitals, such as Abington Memorial Hospital, as well as to Mercy Neighborhood Ministries. Not only will these caps keep newborns warm, but studies show having handmade items are developmentally beneficial to children.
Looms are available through me or through visitation house, but can be purchased at local craft stores. If you are interested in forming a group at visitation, message me, as I will be assembling this project a little differently in upcoming weeks. . .
Also, if you would like to learn how knit on a circular loom, here is a YouTube video to follow:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTOFqzjp5-w&feature=related
Just remember to knit a baby cap, cast off about 20 rows on the small blue circular looms. Any finished baby caps may be dropped off at visitation house.
Looms are available through me or through visitation house, but can be purchased at local craft stores. If you are interested in forming a group at visitation, message me, as I will be assembling this project a little differently in upcoming weeks. . .
Also, if you would like to learn how knit on a circular loom, here is a YouTube video to follow:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTOFqzjp5-w&feature=related
Just remember to knit a baby cap, cast off about 20 rows on the small blue circular looms. Any finished baby caps may be dropped off at visitation house.
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