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Eco-Stewardship Practical & Restorative Action You have heard it said... Reduce, Reuse, Recycle However, more reflection on reducing consumption is needed. Towards Zero Waste An Eco-Stewardship Framework 1 Recycle Return (Rot) 2 3

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Eco-Stewardship

Practical & Restorative Action

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You have heard it said...

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

However, more reflection on reducing consumption is needed.

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Towards Zero Waste

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An Eco-Stewardship Framework

1 Recycle 3 Self-Reliance 5 Refuse / Reduce 2

Return (Rot)

Repair / Reuse

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Refuse / Reduce

Asks: Do I need this? Promotes: discernment regarding needs versus wants

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Refuse

Addresses: Excessive Materialism or ”Affluenza” Challenges: impulse buying, self-gratification and social conventions

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Repair

Asks: If it’s broken, can it be fixed? Promotes: renewal of pragmatic

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Repair

Addresses: Obsolescence culture (outdated, lost value) Challenges: Engineered

bsolescence and high-tech

machining

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Reuse

Asks: How can I repurpose this? How can it be made new/transformed? Promotes: New purposes for what most consider waste (upcycling); retrofit buildings into resilient systems (e.g. passive solar homes)

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Reuse

Addresses: Throw-away culture Challenges: Sanitation and long-term care

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Return

Asks: How will this close the loop and return to the earth? Promotes: Compostable organic materials; design with natural cycles

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Return

Addresses: Plastics and other non-organic pollution Challenges: Durability and artificial processing

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Self-Reliance

Asks: Can I make it or find it local? Promotes: subsistence practices

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Self-Reliance

Addresses: dependency on non-local providers Challenges: economies of skill and time

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Summary

1 Recycle 3 Self-Reliance 5 Refuse / Reduce 2

Return (Rot)

Repair / Reuse

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Let Go Take On Hope For

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Some Suggested Resources

Graaf, John De, et al. Affluenza: How Overconsumption Is Killing Us--and How to Fight Back. Third Edition, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2014. Johnson, Bea. Zero Waste Home: The Ultimate Guide to Simplifying Your Life by Reducing Your

Waste. Scribner, 2013.

Samson, Will. Enough: Contentment in an Age of Excess. David C Cook Publishing, 2009. Heishman, Katie. “Dust to Dust: A Zero Waste Lenten Journey.” Brethren Life & Thought, Vol. 62 Number 2 (Fall/Winter 2017-2018)