{"id":3811,"date":"2011-11-16T00:00:14","date_gmt":"2011-11-16T00:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.brethren.org\/news\/?p=3811"},"modified":"2018-11-03T20:54:57","modified_gmt":"2018-11-03T20:54:57","slug":"ccs-2012-on-carbon-footprint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2011\/ccs-2012-on-carbon-footprint\/","title":{"rendered":"CCS 2012 Asks \u2018What Is Your Carbon Footprint?\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Church of the Brethren\u2019s Christian Citizenship Seminar (CCS) in 2012 will consider carbon footprints and large-scale responses to elevated levels of carbon in the atmosphere, such as carbon labeling. The event for high school youth and adult advisors takes place April 14-19 in New York City and Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>Participants will focus on how individuals and the country might respond to the high level of carbon in today\u2019s atmosphere. Rather than debate global warming, participants will explore questions like &#8220;How much carbon do everyday tasks, such as driving to school or eating a banana, put into the atmosphere?&#8221; &#8220;What is our country\u2019s carbon footprint?&#8221; &#8220;How does that footprint compare to other developed countries?&#8221; &#8220;Are there actions we can encourage our government to implement?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As always, after a number of educational sessions, CCS participants will visit their legislators to discuss what they have learned and what changes they would like to see in government policy as a result.<\/p>\n<p>Online registration opens at <a href=\"..\/..\/..\/preview!www.brethren.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.brethren.org<\/a> on Dec. 1. Registration is limited to the first 100 participants. Churches sending over four youth are required to send at least one adult advisor to insure an adequate number of adults. Cost is $375, which includes lodging for five nights, dinner on the opening evening of the seminar, and transportation from New York to Washington. Each participant should bring additional money for meals, sightseeing, personal expenses, and a few subway or taxi fares.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur task is nothing less than to join God in preserving, renewing, and fulfilling the creation. It is to relate to nature in ways that sustain life on the planet, provide for the essential material and physical needs of all humankind, and increase justice and wellbeing for all life in a peaceful world\u201d (from the \u201cCreation: Called to Care\u201d statement approved by the Church of the Brethren Annual Conference in 1991).<\/p>\n<p>Visit <a href=\"..\/..\/..\/preview!www.brethren.org\/ccs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.brethren.org\/ccs<\/a> for more information, to download a flyer, or to register.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212; Carol Fike and Becky Ullom of the Youth and Young Adult Ministry Office provided this report.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Church of the Brethren\u2019s Christian Citizenship Seminar (CCS) in 2012 will consider carbon footprints and large-scale responses to elevated levels of carbon in the atmosphere, such as carbon labeling. 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