Canoeing for Lent and Climate
22 Feb
‘Tis the season for doing without in the Christian church, and for one environmentalist, this means forgoing his car for a canoe. Ben Clowney, along with his colleagues at the UK Christian development agency Tearfund, has undertaken a “carbon fast” for Lent, and from February 8 – 14 he sought to cut his carbon emissions by 95%.
While some folks are cutting back on using the dryer or turning down plastic bags at the grocery store, Clowney lived in a tent outside his office and went canoeing to get to the shops. Read more HERE or watch a video of him on his MySpace page HERE, where he attempts to charge his cell phone by hand.
Too bad Lent comes before some waterways have thawed, but only a few more weeks (with fingers crossed) and we can all think of taking a river route to the store.
