In my last column I wrote about plans for programs in accordance with this year’s theme, “Sustainable Living.” I indicated that I planned to take a “three pronged approach to advance sustainable living: raising consciousness, challenging the status quo, and promoting remediating actions.” Here’s an update on some of those plans:

Of late I have been making efforts to raise my consciousness by looking for articles related to sustainable living in newspapers and magazines, listening attentively to NPR radio broadcasts, and reviewing some of the multitude of web sites that address the topic.

After a wonderful summer of weekly Sunday morning meetings we’re at the beginning of our “regular season.” This year’s theme, “Sustainable Living” will, I hope, spur our creative juices and lead us to imaginative responses to the challenges of living lighter on the planet and encourage the spread of behaviors that protect and conserve resources. Given the size and scope of the environmental problems we face it is clear that there is much to do and it is important that we each find avenues for participation.

I hope you all have had a nice summer with plentiful recreation and leisure. While having fewer actual vacation days on my calendar this summer I did manage to have high quality restorative time and am coming to the close of the summer fully recharged and champing at the bit in anticipation of the activities of coming months.