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| Welcome! You have found the site of the CreationKeepers team (Christ Church's Eco Church Committee), which shares ideas and experiences about how we can all lighten our environmental footprint. We do this because we see our planet and its resources at a breaking point and believe in the power of personal examples. Most weeks, we will reflect on some aspect of living, working, shopping, consuming, reading, learning, etc. These are all local experiences and can easily be adopted by others in our community. Our authors (Rosie and Monika) look forward to any comments or ideas that you may also have and want to share. Send us your ideas at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. |
Blog #81: A Poem about Speed |
| August 4, 2022 Monika Weber-Fahr |
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Limiting my speed/
Nine hours on the motorway/
Gas use down so much!
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Speedlimits on roads and motorways have come under discussion again this summer: Rising energy prices and concerns about gas and oil availability in the months to come are the context, but the real beneficiary of course would be the environment - our air and soil - as well as road safety. The most stringent - but also controversial - proposal is to limit speeds on motorways to 100km/h, on country roads to 80 km/h and in cities down to 30 km/h. Last week, when traveling by car some 700+kilometers coming from Germany, I decided to take my speed up to no more than 110 km/h instead of my usual 130-140 km/h. The result was - despite our already very fuel efficient car - stunning. Details will follow in a ‘proper’ blog in September. Stay tuned.
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| During the summer months - instead of putting together our regular blog - we invite our readers to contribute a Haiku, reflecting on creation or on efforts in creation-keeping. Haikus are a short form of poetry, originally from Japan. Traditionally, they consist of three phrases - the first one with five syllabi, the second one with seven syllabi, and the third with five syllabi again. One Haiku is enough - but you can also combine it with a picture, a short story, or another haiku. Feeling inspired? Please send your haiku to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. |
Blog #80: A Poem about Summer's Heat |
| July 28, 2022 Diana Dopheide |
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Oh: Summer has come/
The grass is burnt, dry and brown/
The birds are thirsty.
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Wind: You are too dry/
Please send us a cool, damp blow/
Creatures hide in shade.
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Relief: It will rain/
We will drink and draw long breaths/
Calm has come again.
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Foto: The European Heatwave of July 2022. Source: Space.com with credit for the picture going to Copernicus. https://www.space.com/europe-record-breaking-heatwave-from-satellites
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| During the summer months - instead of putting together our regular blog - we invite our readers to contribute a Haiku, reflecting on creation or on efforts in creation-keeping. Haikus are a short form of poetry, originally from Japan. Traditionalloy, they consist of three phrases - the first one with five syllabi, the second one with seven syllabi, and the third with five syllabi again. One Haiku is enough - but you can also combine it with a picture, a short story, or another haiku. Feeling inspired? Please send your haiku to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. |
Blog #79: Poem of a Golden Moon |
| July 21st, 2022 Rosalind Shakespear |
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Stealing huge and gold/
Supermoon magnificence/ Beauty unsurpassed. *
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| July’s full moon - beautifully visible last week - was a Supermoon, orbiting closer to Earth than any other full Moon this year which made it the brightest supermoon of 2022. Incidentally, the UN has declared July 20th to be International Moon Day to observe the anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission which landed Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the Moon |
| During the summer months - instead of putting together our regular blog - we invite our readers to contribute a Haiku reflecting on creation or efforts in creation-keeping. Haikus are a short form of poetry, originally from Japan. Traditionally, they consist of three phrases - the first one with five syllabi, the second one with seven syllabi, and the third with five syllabi again. One haiku is enough, but you can also combine it with a picture, a story, or another haiku. Feeling inspired? Please send your haiku to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. |
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Blog #78: A Poem of Space and Respect |
| July 14th, 2022 Philip Reading |
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Foxes, magpies, cats/
wood pigeons invade my space/ Do I respect theirs? * |
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| During the summer months - instead of putting together our regular blog - we invite our readers to contribute a Haiku reflecting on creation or efforts in creation-keeping. Haikus are a short form of poetry, originally from Japan. Traditionally, they consist of three phrases - the first one with five syllabi, the second one with seven syllabi, and the third with five syllabi again. One haiku is enough, but you can also combine it with a picture, a story, or another haiku. Feeling inspired? Please send your haiku to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |