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How many Episcopalians...
How many Episcopalians does it take to change a light bulb? [grin]
Sixty of 95 congregations have exchanged their incandescent light bulbs for compact fluorescents (CFLs) so far this summer in the Diocese of Ohio’s “How Many Light Bulbs Does it Take to Change an Episcopalian?” campaign to reduce its carbon footprint.
“That’s 5,431 bulbs,” reports intern Andy Barnett.
So extrapolating from the average number of bulbs per congregation, and dividing the number of Episcopalians (active baptized members) in Ohio by the total number of bulbs, that's...
29,400 members ÷ 8600 bulbs = 3 members per bulb
3: One to call the electrician, one to mix the drinks, and one to talk about how much better the old one was. (from BeliefNet)
Dibs on shaking martinis!
Haiti is starving (updated)
Update: if you read only one thing about Haiti, read this: Haiti, Reaping the Whirlwind
For the past several months, my lovely partner and I have been planning a trip to Haiti. Our parish has a partnership with a parish there, and we're part of the group that works on the partnership. We're meant to leave on Saturday, but as you might have (but probably haven't) heard in the news last week, people are in the streets protesting and, in some instances, rioting.
Funny thing, what happens when people are starving. Eighty percent—four-fifths—of the people in Haiti live on less than US$2 per day, and many of those are in so-called abject poverty, living on less than US$1 per day. The cost of food in developing countries worldwide has as much as doubled in the past year, and in Haiti, many people are literally subsisting on cookies made of dirt.
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