by Dorothy Greco | Apr 24, 2020 | Articles, Earth Care/Stewardship, Perennial Gen
I wish I had a photo of myself on the first Earth Day fifty years ago. I was nine, had long brown pigtails, and probably wore a homemade, tie-dyed shirt. I tried to motivate my classmates to join me in a celebratory clean-up but instead walked alone along the river...
by Dorothy Greco | May 31, 2017 | Blog, Earth Care/Stewardship, Spirituality
Sometimes it’s the little things that break you. On my way home from doing errands today, I turned off the state highway and nearly crushed a tiny duckling that was erratically waddling across the road. Being me, I could not drive by. Initially, I thought I could...
by Dorothy Greco | Jan 9, 2016 | Articles, Earth Care/Stewardship, Health & Wellness, Relevant Magazine
This article is from Relevant Magazine’s Weekly Advice Column, Nove. 11, 2015 I’ve been reading a lot lately about eating ethically, and I’ve been trying to be more conscious about it, but sometimes it just feels like a losing battle. I feel like I...
by Dorothy Greco | May 9, 2014 | Blog, Book review, Earth Care/Stewardship, Friday Soul Food
It has always puzzled me why so few Christians are on the vanguard of stewardship and environmental issues. If indeed God created this beautiful earth and then gave us the responsibility of caring for it, shouldn’t we prioritize this alongside of worshiping only one...
by Dorothy Greco | Apr 25, 2014 | Blog, Earth Care/Stewardship, Friday Soul Food
As I plop the forty-pound bag of organic fertilizer into the back of our ancient mini-van, I ask myself, “Why, exactly, am I spending twice as much for this as I would for the synthetic version?” The forsythia will bloom this week and means it’s time to feed the...
by Dorothy Greco | Apr 23, 2014 | Blog, Earth Care/Stewardship
As reported in the most recent issue of National Geographic, a team of scientists asked the question, “How can the world double the availability of food while simultaneously cutting the environmental harm caused by agriculture?” This team proposed five steps....
