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Comment by Jeremy on July 1, 2008 at 10:46pm

Here's a related organization: Earth Ministry http://www.earthministry.org/

Comment by Dick Nagtegaal on June 12, 2008 at 6:40pm

At first glance they may look pretty in your own backyard, but invasive plants can pose a serious environmental threat. Once used widely in gardening, landscaping and erosion control, non native plants like the five pictured here can be found in yards, along roadsides and in business lots across the country. Free from natural restraints, these alien invaders establish themselves in new areas and eventually supplant native species.

It doesn't mention anything about this in Genesis but I'm sure it is just another reflection of poor creation stewardship....

Did you know that you likely have some invasive plants right in your backyard !!

http://www.nature.org/initiatives/invasivespecies/features/

Here is a list of invasive plants/weeds in North America:

http://invasivespecies.nbii.gov/speciesinfo/399_list.html

Here is a list of invasive fish, etc.:

http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/science/environmental-environnement/invasive_e.htm

Comment by Cindy Verbeek on May 8, 2008 at 2:46pm

That's great news Stephan. Thanks for letting us know!

Comment by Stephan Lutz on May 6, 2008 at 8:59am

Good news for Kenya. I just heard on the news last night that there will be a ban on most plastic bags in this country starting June 1 this year. Whether this will be strictly enforced is another issue, but plastic bags are literally choking the environment and you find them everywhere (on trees, in homesteads outside, in rivers, clogging drainage system, etc.). This is at least a start for now. There is however an increasing movement by concerned shoppers to use locally available sisal bags when shopping groceries and reuse those instead of plastic bags. Some supermarkets don't use plastic bags at all anymore.....