Catholic Stewards salute Chinese Youth who are on the move for a more sustainable and accountable lifestyle and for humane treatment of animals. May God speed!

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China Youth Climate Action Network (CYCAN) 

We are the first Chinese non-profit organization for youth action in the field of climate change. Our organization was jointly established by seven outstanding youth organizations in August 2007, combining their respective resources and strengths.

• Our mission is to coordinate and provide services for organizations interested in promoting youth participation in civil society. Building on our domestic and international contacts we want to build a sustainable low carbon future. We want to inspire and guide young people to grasp the opportunities in China and tackle the challenges of climate change and the transition to a sustainable energy future. We support Chinese youth to become a new driving force to achieve global sustainable development.

• Our focus: 1. We carry out extensive publicity work to raise public awareness on climate change and transition to sustainable energy through joint action and cooperation of Chinese and international youth groups; 2. We support and promote public participation and government action to respond to global climate change and energy issues; 3. We support the engagement of China's youth with the international community. More than 300 colleges and universities have participated in activities organized or sponsored by CYCAN. More than one million students or people were directly involved and indirectly influenced by our actions. CYCAN action has given strong encouragement to young people to better understand climate change and actively participate in addressing it. CYCAN provides a platform for aspiring young people for personal development and to explore new opportunities.

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Climate change through the eyes of   

Chinese youth 

One of the significant results of Reform and Opening is that today Chinese, including youth are increasingly experiencing the urban and suburban experience of living in a market-based society, often using energy at equal or greater levels than in cities in more developed countries. Furthermore, Chinese youth are increasingly asked to make sense of climate change while facing social and economic issues problems found in the United States or Western Europe as responsibility has been placed on the individual to take care of housing, education, employment and other services as China has shifted from socialism to a market-based economy. Chinese youth have demonstrated that while larger structural processes like Reform and Opening are going on, they see responsibility for success and failure as resting on themselves. Looking at how Chinese youth define modern life for themselves, there might be lessons for those in North America and Europe who similarly face the daunting and complex problem of climate change amid the challenges of daily life.

It's in the Soil...Or Is It? 

~by Susi Pittman

Growing up in the South, my mother's family always had vegetable gardens out the back door. My fondest memories surround my Aunt Adlene and her dinner table filled with the most delicious vegetables I had ever eaten! Was the secret REALLY in the soil?

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Get in the Boat! 

~by Father Ron Camarda

It is time to GET IN THE BOAT!! In the scriptures from this past Sunday's Mass, Jesus invites his disciples to come away to a deserted place for a while. What did Jesus show the disciples through this journey?

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Be Not Afraid! 

~by Sister Marie Rene, S.S.J.

The violence of the last week and natural disasters has many concerned and worried about what is happening in America. Sister Rene has a reminder from the Old Testament for us.

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Mary has always been a career driven woman. However, God has recently changed her plans. This change has caused a dramatic shift in the way Mary now sees future. What's up with the "best job in the world!"

Topsy-Turvy 

~by Louis Templeman

An errant childhood act follows Louis through life and serves as a reminder to him. What am I placing into my Heavenly account?

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She was deeply spiritual and was chosen by Our Lord to be a sign to the world of His miraculous love and sustaining power. Steward Joe takes us on a special 2-part journey into the mystical beauty of Saint Therese Neumann. This month, her visions and sufferings; in July, her

Cats and dogs and sheep, Oh My!! There is plenty of good reading available this summer and Michele has a JULY SAMPLER

of great "reads" that you are sure to find engaging and memorable. So, check out her reviews and enjoy your "reading" summer!

HERO Donkey Saves Stable Mates from Colorado Wildfires

When the flames from the latest Colorado wildfire burned into the town of Paradise Park on Saturday afternoon, the residents were told to immediately evacuate. This included Mike and Sharon Guli who run an equine boarding facility.

Before leaving, the couple put a 5-year-old donkey named Ellie, four draft horses and another donkey into an open pasture.

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Bill McKibben on Global Warming

We can now admit it: global climate change is one big hoax. But let's give credit to the special effects experts who have given us wildfires, downpour, and record heat this past month writes Bill McKibben.

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NEW AFFILIATE SHOPPING for YOU!  

We continue to build a small but, well focused group of vendors, offering products in line with stewardship of the earth and its creatures. By visiting these product sites from our page, you are helping to support our mission.

is a small batch coffee roaster operated by the Carmelite Monks of Wyoming through an online gourmet coffee bean store. Many consider their website the ultimate source for gourmet coffee where it is easy to buy coffee online. The monks carefully craft each freshly roasted coffee to perfection for dark roast coffees, espresso, ground coffees, whole bean coffees, single origin coffees, fair trade coffees, flavored coffees and especially the monks' special gourmet coffee blends. Try our special auto delivered coffee subscriptions also for the best coffee online.

CLICK HERE TO VISIT MOUNTAIN ROSE HERBS

MOUNTAIN ROSE HERBS has always taken a formidable and uncompromising stand when it comes to the protection and sustainability of our natural world and the delicate systems which balance all life as we know it. This complex and venerable planet produces all of the products we share with you, and it is simply a matter of appreciation and respect that must be given. Not only do we lead the industry in environmental stewardship, we also adhere to strict principles and protocols that ensure fair treatment and compensation for the people involved with the production of our products; both domestically and overseas.

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A Division of Engineering Services & Products Company, FarmTek was founded in 1979 with the purpose of bringing the highest quality products at the most competitive prices with exceptional customer service directly to the agricultural, horticultural, building and retail trade communities.

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Danny O'Driscoll-Wildlife Artist

www.dannyodriscoll.com  

Hello, my name is Danny O'Driscoll and I would like to personally welcome you to my web site. I grew up in Charleston, SC and began my art career as an illustrator with Riverbanks Zoo in Columbia, SC. So I have now been a professionally working artist for about 38 years. My work has appeared in publications such as Artist Magazine, Airbrush Magazine, and the best selling book Wildlife Painting: Step by Step by Patrick Seslar.

I also annually participate in major wildlife art shows such as the Southeastern Wildlife Expo in Charleston, South Carolina, Plantation Wildlife Festival in Georgia, Southern Wildlife Festival in Alabama, as well as many regional outdoor arts and crafts festivals. As a child growing up in Charleston, SC, I was fortunate to spend a lot of time outdoors. This is reflected in my art then and now.

It is my desire to glorify Jesus Christ, the creator, through my art and through my business.

The International Finance Corporation World Bank Group CLIMATE BUSINESS states: Business as usual is not an option for a sustainable future. Now is the time to change the way we use and allocate resources: this will require a combined effort, involving large-scale government and private sector actions together to address the inevitable, unprecedented demand for resources.

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Climate Nexus  

WE ARE A PASSIONATE GROUP OF STRATEGIC THINKERS, INNOVATIVE COMMUNICATORS, AND CREATIVE MINDS CHANGING THE CLIMATE AND ENERGY CONVERSATION IN THE U.S.

With backgrounds spanning the fields of environmental science, traditional and digital media, public affairs, corporate sustainability, consulting, environmental policy, and documentary filmmaking, we bring a diverse set of skills to the greater science, technology, public health and environmental communities. And that's a good thing, because  

we're here to help.

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What YOU can do to conserve and restore the Earth, from the

Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha  

Conservation Center  

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The Environmental Defense Fund  

Since 1967, we've found innovative ways to solve big environmental problems.

Environmental Defense Fund's mission is to preserve the natural systems on which all life depends.

Guided by science and economics, we find practical and lasting solutions to the most serious environmental problems.

What distinguishes Environmental Defense Fund is the combination of what we protect and how we protect it.

CLICK HERE to become an advocate!

Jaime Lynn Butler is an 11-year old Navajo Artist from Northern Arizona. Follow her story as she tells about the ways climate change is affecting her and her family, and her fight to be heard. Watch this video and share Jaime's story, help us spread the word!

In a world where we have become decreasingly connected from nature, we're now suddenly having to re-establish that connection. Listen to your garden, watch it closely; it will tell you what you need to do.

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The tomatoes are coming in by the bushel-barrel loads, delicious and ready to eat. Perhaps you have too many tomatoes and can't either use or give away what you have at the moment. Why not make your own

PIZZA SAUCE?

Take this easy recipe and can your own pizza sauce and save it to give away to friends and family when the weather turns cool for one of those comfort food nights.

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Solar System Climate is Changing

It isn't just the Earth heating up...it appears our Solar System in general is seeing a warming trend. If there is evidence to support that climate change is occurring to planets that surround us, are we then being deceived into an agenda to makes us believe that we are the problem? Is this just another money making venture for the power elite to impose a new tax on us all? Is the climate change data we are being force fed by governments just a hoax to serve an agenda?

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 Polar Bear S.O.S.!