{"id":305,"date":"2017-07-12T08:41:07","date_gmt":"2017-07-12T08:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\/?p=305"},"modified":"2017-07-12T08:41:07","modified_gmt":"2017-07-12T08:41:07","slug":"plastic-free-july-the-pledge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\/index.php\/2017\/07\/12\/plastic-free-july-the-pledge\/","title":{"rendered":"Plastic-Free July &#8211; The Pledge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>CARING FOR OUR COMMON HOME<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><u>Plastic-Free July<\/u><\/em><\/strong><strong><u> &#8211; The Pledge:<\/u><\/strong><strong> <em>\u201cChoose to refuse\u201d (This week: plastic straws?)\u00a0 . <\/em><\/strong>JANE GOODALL\u00a0 (The Chimpaneze lady) on her NZ tour last week said : <em>\u201cThe world is in such an environmental state of chaos \u2026\u00a0 (but) <strong>it is not too late to turn things around,<\/strong> <strong>if, but only if,<\/strong> <strong>we all get into the act and do our bit\u201d<\/strong><\/em>. 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