Perhaps its the Copenhagen climate conference, but this Advent, the theme definitely seems to be consumerism versus community.
And there seem to be so many people with helpful advice on how to go about living more responsibly, reconnecting with people around you, fighting off the crushing "requirement" at Christmas to buy far more than we ever need.
So many in fact, it can dazzle you into complete in action. I mean, lets face it, Christmas is busy enough.
So perhaps we should all pick a few things each, and not worry so much about the rest. In the Turnbull house, we have bought our Christmas meat (and will get our veg) from a local farm shop, as suggested by the Living Lightly web site, have asked a few people (not everyone, I have to say) to buy us Present Aid presents and some people are getting cakes instead of cards this year.
And what about Fusion3:16? Well, we are having a variety of events such as: Viaticus, the Junction, raising money for a cow, the Christmas wrap event, the Christmas meet up and the Christmas party and midnight mass to help us all remember that Christmas really is about Jesus, about God's love for us, and being part of a community.
What ever we do, with which ever organisations ideas or help, however big or small, it certainly seems to be time to stop talking and take action.
And if you are interested in the whole climate change/change of lifestyle thing, here are some more people (other than the links above) talking about it: Breathe, Superbadger, the Prince of Wales, nigels ecostore.
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