2019/08/15
Changing the world without leaving home
Globalisation means that we are connected with the rest of the world. Sending money overseas can certainly help poor people. Changing our habits at home if often overlooked but can have a potentially greater impact on the poor, and on us. This series of articles that I wrote for GMP explores this idea.
Helping can be tricky
Mostly helping can be tricky in terms of attitudes. Read this series of articles that I wrote for GMP to check that you are on the road to helping rather than hurting.
2019/07/20
Chicken Shed
Dear Mr Morrison,
I spent this Saturday afternoon protesting. I should have been repairing my chicken shed. But I have to get out on a Saturday afternoon to protest just to restrain my own government. They are torturing and killing people who are seeking asylum.
Mr Morrison, go to Nauru, spend a few nights there, pray with people there. Act in love.
If you do that I am pretty sure I won't need to protest any more, and I can get back to the chicken shed.
Yours Sincerely
Colin Scott
2019/01/26
Australians' Day
There are three waves of Australians. The first Australians were here from the beginning, as far as anyone can tell. They lived with the land, understanding custodianship like no one before or since. They preserved the richness of the land and thrived amongst its harshness. And they survived the coming of the second Australians. But they still long thrive again.
The second Australians arrived much later, initially with some good intentions toward those who were already here, but the desire to conquer and control soon took over and there was robbery, as Sir Henry said. Even when they decided not to be English, at the beginning of last century, they left the first Australians out.
The second Australians made a policy to try to keep any third Australians out. Bit by bit the White Australia Policy became more multicoloured. The third wave contributed all over the place - business, politics .. But the still long to be recognised fully.
It's not a great history. There is a lot to do to make things right. But the only way to move forward is a Australians. We must stop thinking of when we arrived as our key identity and the other guys as the problem. One nation means all of us together giving each other the respect that we want for ourselves. Make that shift and it will he easy to find a date for Australians' Day.
2018/09/03
Recycling Guide for Western Sydney
It's God's good Earth so care for it by recycling!
Enjoy!
1. Plastic bags
Plastic bags should not be placed in the yellow recycling bin. Soft plastics and plastic bags can be recycled through soft plastic drop off bins at supermarkets.
Woolworths
Coles
Plastic bags should not be placed in the yellow recycling bin. Soft plastics and plastic bags can be recycled through soft plastic drop off bins at supermarkets.
Woolworths
Coles
2. Ripped or torn clothing
These cannot be recycled but can be re-used. Old t-shirts, torn towels and linens make good cleaning and dusting rags - no need to buy cleaning cloths. After use put these in your red lidded bin.
These cannot be recycled but can be re-used. Old t-shirts, torn towels and linens make good cleaning and dusting rags - no need to buy cleaning cloths. After use put these in your red lidded bin.
3. Electronic waste
mobiles,TVs, video and DVD players, stereos and speakers, printers, fax machines, electronic games and toys, game consoles, digital and video cameras, desktop and laptop computers, computer monitors, keyboards, computer mouse, hard drives, motherboards, network, video and sound cards, cables, microwaves, vacuum cleaners, hairdryers, alarm clocks, toasters and kettles, irons, drills and other power tools
PCRC
SUEZ Seven Hills
mobiles,TVs, video and DVD players, stereos and speakers, printers, fax machines, electronic games and toys, game consoles, digital and video cameras, desktop and laptop computers, computer monitors, keyboards, computer mouse, hard drives, motherboards, network, video and sound cards, cables, microwaves, vacuum cleaners, hairdryers, alarm clocks, toasters and kettles, irons, drills and other power tools
PCRC
SUEZ Seven Hills
4. Aluminum foil
It goes in your recycling bin. Small pieces get lost in the recycling process so save foil and roll into a golf ball size to recycle. Foil with grease can be recycled, just make sure you give it a quick wipe.
It goes in your recycling bin. Small pieces get lost in the recycling process so save foil and roll into a golf ball size to recycle. Foil with grease can be recycled, just make sure you give it a quick wipe.
5. Nappies
These are not recyclable and should go in the red lidded bin. Maybe think about how to change to a more sustainable alternative. Read the Choice disposable and cloth nappy buying guide
These are not recyclable and should go in the red lidded bin. Maybe think about how to change to a more sustainable alternative. Read the Choice disposable and cloth nappy buying guide
6. Household batteries
ALDI, Battery World, PCRC
ALDI, Battery World, PCRC
7. car batteries
PCRC
PCRC
8. paint
PCRC
PCRC
9. polystyrene
PCRC
HCRC
PCRC
HCRC
10. smoke detectors
PCRC
PCRC
11. light globes
Incandescent globes and halogen can go in the red lidded garbage bin.
Compact fluorescents globes contain toxic mercury and need to go to a recycling centre ie
• compact fluorescent lamps
• fluorescent u-tubes
• linear fluorescent lamps
• mercury vapour lamps
• metal halide lamps
• sodium vapour lamps
• uv Lamps
• led tubes.
PCRC
Household Chemical Cleanout
Ikea Marsden Park
Incandescent globes and halogen can go in the red lidded garbage bin.
Compact fluorescents globes contain toxic mercury and need to go to a recycling centre ie
• compact fluorescent lamps
• fluorescent u-tubes
• linear fluorescent lamps
• mercury vapour lamps
• metal halide lamps
• sodium vapour lamps
• uv Lamps
• led tubes.
PCRC
Household Chemical Cleanout
Ikea Marsden Park
12. gas bottles and fire extinguishers
PCRC
PCRC
13. motor and other oils
PCRC
PCRC
14. polystyrene
PCRC
PCRC
15. Clothes
Racer Allround Recycling
Racer Allround Recycling
16. Shoes
Racer Allround Recycling
Racer Allround Recycling
17. Handbags
Racer Allround Recycling
Racer Allround Recycling
18. Soft Toys
Racer Allround Recycling
Racer Allround Recycling
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Penrith Community Recycling Centre
(PCRC)
Gate 3, 96 Dunheved Circuit, St Marys
02 4732 7777
Monday to Friday - 8.30 am to 2.00 pm
Saturday - 8 am to 12 noon
Sunday - closed.
(PCRC)
Gate 3, 96 Dunheved Circuit, St Marys
02 4732 7777
Monday to Friday - 8.30 am to 2.00 pm
Saturday - 8 am to 12 noon
Sunday - closed.
SUEZ Seven Hills M-F 7-4 S-S 9-4 free for Blacktown Council Residents
Ikea 9am-3:30pm – 1 Hollinsworth road, Marsden Park
Racer Allround Recycling
Facebook
9607 9999
Drop off bins
WENTWORTHVILLE – Station street, the Kingsway, Commuter carpark
TOONGABBIE – Wentworth avenue
ST MARYS - Corner of Forrester road and Glossop street, mosque carpark, inside gate, Enter at Glossop street.
9607 9999
Drop off bins
WENTWORTHVILLE – Station street, the Kingsway, Commuter carpark
TOONGABBIE – Wentworth avenue
ST MARYS - Corner of Forrester road and Glossop street, mosque carpark, inside gate, Enter at Glossop street.
2018/05/01
I would like a car with cruise control
I would.
All of my friends have one ... Well, I haven't actually done a survey to say that for sure, but it is a pretty fair expectation for anyone with a solid job. No sense of privilege.
My devotion mentioned Matthew 7:7 "Ask and it will be given you." Initially I thought, "I don't need anything, I'm so over things. They don't have any power over me."
Then I thought about the cruise control. I would like one.
Then I thought about the people I visit around the world. One of them has a bike, with one good pedal.
It became a rights issue. What right do I have to use all those resources to get a car with a cruise control - a luxury none of my friends, no one in my culture, would deny me.
Of course the car I have or don't have won't much help my friend with a dud pedal - not unless I make the connection. Less stuff for me and more for him and his community, that would be good for both of us.
It's wallowing in first world guilt of course, but a bit of guilt might just be a path to a new, fairer and healthier world for all of us.
All of my friends have one ... Well, I haven't actually done a survey to say that for sure, but it is a pretty fair expectation for anyone with a solid job. No sense of privilege.
My devotion mentioned Matthew 7:7 "Ask and it will be given you." Initially I thought, "I don't need anything, I'm so over things. They don't have any power over me."
Then I thought about the cruise control. I would like one.
Then I thought about the people I visit around the world. One of them has a bike, with one good pedal.
It became a rights issue. What right do I have to use all those resources to get a car with a cruise control - a luxury none of my friends, no one in my culture, would deny me.
Of course the car I have or don't have won't much help my friend with a dud pedal - not unless I make the connection. Less stuff for me and more for him and his community, that would be good for both of us.
It's wallowing in first world guilt of course, but a bit of guilt might just be a path to a new, fairer and healthier world for all of us.
2018/04/25
Big World Small World
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/apr/23/population-how-many-people-can-the-earth-sustain-lucy-lamble?CMP=share_btn_link
This article looks at the dilemma of the world's rapidly growing population. It touches on two possible futures, albeit indirectly, one where we use technology to reduce population growth, and another thwhere we embrace a big world where the growing population produces a bouyant economy for all.
My first reaction was that we need to shift our spending from keeping old white people alive to keeping young black people alive. Let's put out effort in where it is most needed. Let's give every one an equal chance at lifel. You can see what a huge change in our global mindset that this would need, and you can imagine the philosophic discussions it would generate.
The deeper question it later provoked was this: If God has a future for our world, what dues it look like? Is it one where the system God had set up checks itself by reducing the population as we approach the capacity of the earth. In this scenario we aid God by contraception and population control in general. Ethical dilemmas like who do we could in population control quickly emerge.
The second option is much more bold. It says the population of the earth is essentially limitless. It says, as we learn to live with each other we will find ways to use the world's resources more economically, drawing from them a lifestyle for all which we can't currently imagine. Reduced consumption, more efficient production and better sharing would be it's hallmark. In this scenario how we live together rather than population control is in focus.
There is of course the possibility that there is a third scenario that I haven't thought of. The point is really that if God expects us to work for charge in this world, as God does, there must be a sustainable end point toward we were are working, this side of heaven. Then there is another discussion about where the boundary between here and heaven is.
This article looks at the dilemma of the world's rapidly growing population. It touches on two possible futures, albeit indirectly, one where we use technology to reduce population growth, and another thwhere we embrace a big world where the growing population produces a bouyant economy for all.
My first reaction was that we need to shift our spending from keeping old white people alive to keeping young black people alive. Let's put out effort in where it is most needed. Let's give every one an equal chance at lifel. You can see what a huge change in our global mindset that this would need, and you can imagine the philosophic discussions it would generate.
The deeper question it later provoked was this: If God has a future for our world, what dues it look like? Is it one where the system God had set up checks itself by reducing the population as we approach the capacity of the earth. In this scenario we aid God by contraception and population control in general. Ethical dilemmas like who do we could in population control quickly emerge.
The second option is much more bold. It says the population of the earth is essentially limitless. It says, as we learn to live with each other we will find ways to use the world's resources more economically, drawing from them a lifestyle for all which we can't currently imagine. Reduced consumption, more efficient production and better sharing would be it's hallmark. In this scenario how we live together rather than population control is in focus.
There is of course the possibility that there is a third scenario that I haven't thought of. The point is really that if God expects us to work for charge in this world, as God does, there must be a sustainable end point toward we were are working, this side of heaven. Then there is another discussion about where the boundary between here and heaven is.
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