Food is essential for life. But how, when, and where we get food can be eye-opening. In this episode, we talk about community gardens (especially those contributing to food pantries), spiritual ties to land and gardens, nutrients in soil, food, and our bodies, composting, and food waste. Small gardens and farms are a great way to build community – from the “ground” up.
Do you have a small farm, or a community or food pantry garden? A food story to tell? Send us your ideas, photos or video: ecovideo@archatl.com or tag us in your social media post @Archatl
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Volunteer: https://www.gwinnettcounty.com/departments/communityservices/volunteergwinnett
Connect with the church: https://archatl.com/ (search “garden”)
Produced in educational collaboration with Georgia Gwinnett College, and sponsored by the Archdiocese of Atlanta.
Special thanks to:
Brandon Seay, Program Supervisor, Live Healthy Gwinnett
The gardeners at Rhodes Jordan Community Garden
The students and faculty of Georgia Gwinnett College
The youth of Larenceville First United Methoidist Church
Fr. Sunny Punnakuziyil, M.S.F.S
Leo Payne and Amy Krysiek, St. Vincent de Paul Society, Lilburn chapter
Production Manager: Mary Ziegler-Martin - MzM Creative Services
Videography: Ivan Zapata, Dante Bailey, John Nelson, Tom Mills, Trevor Mills, Mary Ziegler-Martin
Editors: Tom Mills, Ivan Zapata Writers: Mary Ziegler-Martin, Tom Mills
Music: “Made for Magic” - Jordan Childs (Premium Beats)
More information:
• Laudato Si Action Plan: https://archatl.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/laudato-si-action-plan-final-enlinks.pdf
• https://svdpgeorgia.org (St. Vincent de Paul Society)
• https://www.acfb.org (Atlanta Community Food Bank)
• https://www.feedingamerica.org
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Plastics are everywhere in our modern world, and this has created a complex intersection for our human existence. Plastic, in its many formulations, is chemical. It will have an impact on our lives, as well as biological processes and the environment. Plastics recycling is part of the solution, but more significantly, for our health and that of the planet, we need to reduce the amount of plastic produced—on course to double in the next decade.
Have you found practical ways to eliminate plastic in your life? Are you helping others do it? Let us know via email at: ecovideo@archatl.com or tag us in your social media post @Archatl Justice and Peace Ministries—Archdiocese of Atlantahttps://archatl.com/ministries-services/justice-and-peace-ministries/
Hear the Cry of the Earth: A Vodcast for the Planet, itsPeople, and their Health
“People, Planet, and Health” is an ongoing vodcast series exploring big issues in our environment and the people wholive here: how they overlap, how they’re connected, and what’s being done about it. Each episode investigates how caring, change-making individuals are taking small steps in faith-based centers and community programs to see, lead, and act sustainably in their faith journey toward the stewardship and health of all land and all people based on the late Pope Francis’ Laudato Si’ encyclical.
For more information: https://archatl.com/ministries-services/justice-and-peace-ministries
PLEASE SUBMIT ideas or stories on caring for creationand mitigating climate change for future episodes: ecovideo@archatl.com
Produced in educational collaboration with Georgia GwinnettCollege, and sponsored by the Archdiocese of Atlanta
Videography: Ivan Zapata, Dante Bailey,John Nelson, Tom Mills, Mary Ziegler-Martin.
Vodcast Edit: Ivan Zapata,
Shorts Edit: Tom Mills
Writers: Mary Ziegler-Martin, Tom Mills
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