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Consumption and Lifestyle. Margot Hodson. John Ray Initiative Sage. State of the World 2004. www.worldwatch.org. The Impact of the Consumer Society. Environmental damage Exploitation: Two-Third’s World Damage to ourselves. The Cycle of Renewal.
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Consumption and Lifestyle Margot Hodson John Ray Initiative Sage
State of the World 2004 www.worldwatch.org
The Impact of the Consumer Society • Environmental damage • Exploitation: Two-Third’s World • Damage to ourselves
The Cycle of Renewal • So God blessed the seventh day and hallowed it, because on it God rested from all the work that he had done in creation. Genesis 2:3
Sabbath Lifestyle Principles • Rest • Life as a cycle of work and renewal • Community centred
Sabbath for Rest • Work-and-spend • Downsizing • Give rest to others + wise consumption + creation care
LOAF • Locally Grown • Organic • Animal friendly • Fairly traded
Sabbath - Life in a Cycle of Renewal • Disposable society • Ecological cycles • Cradle to cradle
Sabbath and Community • Giving time to family and friends • Shared meals and homes • Local
Community MissionA Rocha, Southall • Value to whole community • Country park • Education • Arts programme • Scientific work
Community Living:Sage • Practical conservation • Lifestyle discussions • Church presentations • Walks and holidays • Encouragement and support • Prayer and outreach
Trust • Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these. Matthew 6:28-29
Repentance • “Any change deep enough to protect life on the planet will have to be a repentance. It will have to be that concrete. No ‘deepening’ consciousness, no change in ‘perspective,’ no keeping back with the Joneses will do. We have to turn around in the places where we stand.” Lionel Basney
Towards Glory • I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. Romans 8:18