Stewards Of Creation

Fairfax County will host an e-cycling and document shredding event during the weekend of May 19 and 20. Recycling is free in Fairfax County, so there’s no cost to participate at the following events:

• Saturday, May 19 – Secure Document Shredding Event: This event will be held from 8 a.m. to Noon at the Mason District Governmental Center (6507 Columbia Pike, Annandale). Residents may shred up to 5 boxes of personal documents per household at no charge. Please remove all paper from binders and remove binder clips, plastic page covers and binding. Information stored on film or computer disks will not be accepted – paper documents only. All documents will be securely shredded on-site by a private contractor and the shredded material will be taken to a local recycling facility for processing.
• Sunday, May 20 – Electric Sunday will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the I-66 Transfer Station (4618 West Ox Road, Fairfax). Residents may recycle old televisions, computers and peripheral electronics – including speakers, printers, scanners, etc. – along with their unbroken fluorescent tubes and light bulbs.

All recycling events are for residents only. Electronics and documents from businesses will not be accepted. Complete details for these events and other recycling opportunities planned for 2012 can be found on the Fairfax County Solid Waste Management Program’s web site at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/recycling, or by calling the Recycling InfoLine at 703-324-5052, TTY 711.

Oakbrook’s Stewards of Creation hosted a presentation by Patrick Angel, Ph.D., science and core team member of the Appalachian Regional Reforestation Initiative (ARRI). He talks about the impact of mountain top removal and how ARRI is working to reclaim coal mined lands.

Dr. Angel is a forester and soil scientist from Kentucky who works for the Dept. of the Interior, Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation. His roots stem from Appalachia, he has reached across all sides of the coal mining issue, and knows the science of how to grow trees in these depleted soils.

Each Spring ARRI offers numerous opportunities for tree planting in Appalachia. Oakbrook Stewards of Creation has had the privilege of working under ARRI to plant thousands of trees in West Virginia, Kentucky and Pennsylvania.

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Oakbrook Stewards of Creation now has a Facebook page. Be sure to go and check it out: http://www.facebook.com/OakbrookStewardsofCreation

11 volunteers will be heading out this weekend, April 20-21, to plant trees at the Flight 93 Memorial site in Stoystown, PA.

We’re currently in the planning stages of our 2nd tree planting venture for 2012. You can keep up to date with the status of the event by visiting the Events page.

Welcome to our new Stewards Of Creation web site. Our hope is to provide a place that we can more easily share information among ourselves and others interested in our mission.

As we become more aware and observant of our stewardly duties on this earth, we learn new ways that we can make small differences in our lives. Differences that, while small to us, can make a big difference in other parts of the world. One of those small things that we can do is to use shade-grown coffee.

The following video illustrates some of the issues surrounding this most popular of drinks.