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The Rewilded Heart: Kathleen Audet Interviews Forrest Inslee | Ep. 150 – Earthkeepers: A Circlewood Podcast on Creation Care and Spirituality

Send us a voice noteIn this special 150th Earthkeepers episode, Kathleen Audet of the Styled Clean podcast and Forrest Inslee discuss the ways in which faith and ecological are intertwined. Niki Hardy of the Wildly Known Life podcast helps frame this conversation, in which Kathleen and Forrest consider such topics as sensing God in nature, deepening relationships to the ecologies of our places, and even shifting our paradigms to see the connections between creation care and missions work. Resources & Links: · Christine Sine’s Walking in Wonder substack· A Rocha US, Churches of Restoration· Norman Wirzba books, including Agrarian Spirituality · Seminary of the Wild· Niki Hardy’s Wildly Known Life podcast· Kathleen Audet’s Styled Clean podcastKeywords:creation care, spirituality, ecology, earthworms, community, environmental stewardship, faith-based environmentalism, sustainable living, nature listening, climate change, fast fashion, missions, community development Main Topics: The spiritual dimension of caring for creation and its roots in faith traditionsThe story of Rachel’s worm rescue as a metaphor for spiritual transformation and environmental consciousnessHow listening to creation and understanding local stories foster environmental awarenessPractical ways to begin living more earth-honoring lives, including outdoor practices and community involvementThe relationship between decolonization, indigenous knowledge, and ecological restorationChallenges and community strategies for overcoming resistance to sustainabilityThe importance of a worldview rooted in creation-centered spirituality and simple daily acts Find 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.