Affordable and Clean Energy - 23 December 2019 – Monday

12/23/19 • 7 min

Here we are at the Adam of the Eve before Christmas, This is the sixteenth of 17 weekday episodes this Advent season that will link bible passages for the day with a Sustainable Development Goals that 193 countries adopted to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all as part of a new sustainable development agenda to be achieved by 2030.
Today's quotation is from Malachi 3:24

"And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers: lest I come, and strike the earth with anathema."

Malachi predicts a great and terrible day of Yahweh, but beforehand there will be a final warning to set things right before it is too late!

Dr. Martin Luther King said: "The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice,"

Injustice has within it the seeds of its own destruction.

We need to work toward justice now so that the painful and destructive fall that comes after a society becomes totally depraved need not occur.

An example would be Hitler. He did not come to power in 1933 promising to murder 6 million Jews and WWII but did begin suppressing minorities and opponents while gaining more and more power. The German people did not resist these small injustices so the Nazi agenda advanced. Let not make that mistake and together stand against injustice, no matter how small.

So too it is with sustainable development, we are all called to work toward justice.

Today we are talking about SDG #7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Ensure universal access to affordable, reliable and modern energy services.
Increase substantially the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix.
Double the global rate of improvement in energy efficiency.
Enhance international cooperation to facilitate access to clean energy research and

technology, including renewable energy, energy efficiency and advanced and cleaner

fossil‐fuel technology, and promote investment in energy infrastructure and clean energy technology.
Closing Blessing

May you see injustice and know what you must do to correct it. May you work toward building a better world for all of God's children.

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"And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers: lest I come, and strike the earth with anathema."

Malachi predicts a great and terrible day of Yahweh, but beforehand there will be a final warning to set things right before it is too late!

Dr. Martin Luther King said: "The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice,"

Injustice has within it the seeds of its own destruction.

We need to work toward justice now so that the painful and destructive fall that comes after a society becomes totally depraved need not occur.

So too it is with sustainable development, we are all called to work toward justice.

Today we are talking about SDG #7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Ensure universal access to affordable, reliable and modern energy services.
Increase substantially the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix.
Double the global rate of improvement in energy efficiency.
Enhance international cooperation to facilitate access to clean energy research and

technology, including renewable energy, energy efficiency and advanced and cleaner

fossil‐fuel technology, and promote investment in energy infrastructure and clean energy technology.
Closing Blessing

May you see injustice and know what you must do to correct it. May you work toward building a better world for all of God's children.

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The Deadly Sins of Sustainability - 22 December 2019 – Sunday

This is the beginning of the Fourth week of Advent, The idea behind this Podcast is that by linking Spiritually to Sustainability, I can provide inspiration for both prayer and reflection as we work together toward a more sustainable world. A world that I believe god wants us to create.

Today's quotations are from Matthew 1:21

"And she shall bring forth a son: and thou shalt call his name JESUS. For he shall save his people from their sins."

Nelson Mandela said: “If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his own language, that goes to his heart.”

From <https://sustainablebrands.com/read/marketing-and-comms/how-to-avoid-the-7-deadly-sins-of-sustainability-communication>

1. Lacking emotion – missing the emotional connection with the audience

2. Too emotional – filling consumers with a sense of fear or failure

3. Too technical, or wonky – using language that is incomprehensible

4. Jargon-y – lazy thinking and lazy copywriting; jargons need translating into everyday terms 5. Ambiguous – either from a lack of clarity of ideas, or from ideas that are just too big for people to understand, let alone knowing how to act

6. Being just like everybody else – digging into brand insights is the only real way to find a story that is different from competitors

7. Disconnected – does the brand have a consistent story across everything and are employees bought into it?

From <https://sustainablebrands.com/read/marketing-and-comms/how-to-avoid-the-7-deadly-sins-of-sustainability-communication>

Sins of Greenwashing

Greenwashing is the act of misleading consumers regarding the environmental practices of a company or the environmental benefits of a product or service. There are more green products than ever before, and our Sins of Greenwashing tips can help you sort out the truly green products from the not-so-green ones.

From <https://www.ul.com/insights/sins-greenwashing>

Today, the Sins of Greenwashing remain a popular learning tool to help consumers evaluate sustainability claims. Contact us for permission to highlight the Sins of Greenwashing in publications and media.

Sin of the hidden trade-off

A claim suggesting that a product is green based on a narrow set of attributes without attention to other important environmental issues. Paper, for example, is not necessarily environmentally preferable because it comes from a sustainably harvested forest. Other important environmental issues in the paper-making process, such as greenhouse gas emissions or chlorine use in bleaching, may be equally important.

Sin #1: Sin of the Hidden Trade Off

This sin is committed by suggesting a product is ‘green’ based on one or two attributes while ignoring other important environmental issues.

Paper, for example, is not necessarily environmentally-preferable just because it comes from a sustainably-harvested forest. Other important environmental issues in the paper-making process, including energy, greenhouse gas emissions, and water and air pollution, may be equally or more significant.

From <https://wow-webmagazine.com/the-seven-sin

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Good Health and Well-being - 24 December 2019 – Tuesday

It is now Christmas Eve, Congratulations, we will have made it through Advent tomorrow! This is the last of 17 weekday episodes this Advent season where we linked bible passages for the day with a Sustainable Development Goals that 193 countries adopted to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all as part of a new sustainable development agenda to be achieved by 2030.

Today's quotation is from Psalms 89:2

"The mercies of the Lord I will sing forever. I will shew forth thy truth with my mouth to generation and generation."

Psalm 89:2 New International Version (NIV)

2 I will declare that your love stands firm forever,

that you have established your faithfulness in heaven itself.

From <https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+89%3A2&version=NIV>

We have now reached the majestic Covenant Psalm, which, according to the Jewish arrangement closes the third book of the Psalms. It is the utterance of a believer, in presence of great national disaster, pleading with his God, urging the grand argument of covenant engagements, and expecting deliverance and help, because of the faithfulness of Jehovah.

From <https://www.biblestudytools.com/commentaries/treasury-of-david/psalms-89-1.html>

With my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations. The utterances of the present will instruct future generations.

From <https://www.biblestudytools.com/commentaries/treasury-of-david/psalms-89-1.html>

The health and wellness of the entire person was central to the message and ministry of Jesus. It continued through the Early Church and is still central today. This message remains unchanged. God loves us and cares about our spirit, soul and body. He desires that we love others as we love ourselves. This includes caring for ourselves and our bodies – the temple of the Holy Spirit.

Today we are talking about SDG #3 Good Health and Well Being, Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

From those opposed to this goal, they assume the following Translation: Mass vaccination, Codex Alimentarius

The Codex Alimentarius has been the subject of various conspiracy theories. These accuse it of being an agenda for population control, an anti-supplement Big Brother initiative, of actually implementing eugenics, or a process for World Government establishment.[7]

From <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Alimentarius>

The Codex Alimentarius covers all foods, whether processed, semi-processed or raw. In addition to standards for specific foods, the Codex Alimentarius contains general standards covering matters such as food labeling, food hygiene, food additives and pesticide residues, and procedures for assessing the safety of foods derived from modern biotechnology. It also contains guidelines for the management of official i.e. governmental

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