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Partnering for the Planet: Resisting Environmental Injustice, with James Amadon and Ben Lowe | Ep. 145 – Earthkeepers: A Circlewood Podcast on Creation Care and Spirituality

In this episode, Forrest Inslee engages with Ben Lowe (A Rocha USA) and James Amadon (Circlewood) to discuss current environmental challenges and the role of faith communities in addressing these issues. They explore the importance of partnerships, the need for theological reflection and repentance, and the significance of community action in resisting destructive trends. The conversation emphasizes the necessity of love and relationality in ecological advocacy, as well as personal growth in ecological thinking.A Rocha USA Rocha InternationalTake AwaysThe external circumstances regarding climate change are dire, but organizational work is thriving.Partnerships between organizations can enhance resilience and impact.The church has a critical role in environmental advocacy, but has often been absent.Political polarization affects the church's engagement with environmental issues.Repentance is essential for the church to align with God's call to care for creation.Resistance to harmful practices must be rooted in love and community.Local actions can have a significant impact on environmental health.Personal connection to nature fosters resilience and hope.Theological reflection is necessary for effective environmental action.Communal resistance strengthens community bonds and fosters collective action.Keywordsenvironment, climate change, church, ecological justice, partnership, community, resilience, repentance, love, action, A Rocha USA, Circlewood, environmental justiceFind us on our website: Earthkeepers Support the Earthkeepers podcast Check out the Ecological Disciple

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*Plastic, paper, glass, and cardboard at a Recology facility in San Francisco. Photo by Robert Galbraith / Reuters*.

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As the trash piles up, American cities are scrambling to figure out what to do with everything they had previously sent to China. But few businesses want it domestically, for one very big reason: Despite all those advertising campaigns, Americans are terrible at recycling.

If we can somehow figure out how to better sort recycling, some U.S. markets for plastics and paper may emerge. But selling it domestically will still be harder than it would be in a place such as China, where a booming manufacturing sector has constant demand for materials. The viability of recycling varies tremendously by locale; San Francisco can recycle its glass back into bottles in six weeks, according to Recology, while many other cities are finding that glass is so heavy and breaks so easily that it is nearly impossible to truck it to a place that will recycle it. Akron, Ohio, is just one of many cities that have ended glass recycling since the China policy changes.

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We’re in the middle of a recycling crisis. China, the biggest global buyer of recycled paper and plastic is no longer accepting shipments from other countries. So now, we need to ship recycled paper and plastic to factories and mills in more distant locations such as Southeast Asia. And, longer transports create higher costs, that ultimately effects everyone. As large a problem as this is, solutions can come from you, me, and businesses like Recology, the local recycling collection and resource recovery company. Recology is investing millions of dollars in both proven and new technologies while developing new markets to accept recycled materials to keep them from going to landfill, We have no choice. We all have to join in and help preserve our natural resources that provides clean air and water.