Over the past few years there have been many places that I have found, places of hope that have been useful in helping myself and others on the path to ecological conversion.
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The Catholic Earthcare programs are particularly excellent.
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Families and individuals program
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In 2021 the Laudato Si Action Platform was launched. The Catholic Earthcare families and individuals program above is aligned to this platform.
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For a more practical and theological program that can be completed at home, you may be interested in my Living Laudato Si at Home program. Click on this image below to download.
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When the IPCC report was released at the end of 2021, I designed a calendar for 2022 that you can download below to help make change in 2022. My thinking was, that the report says we have 9 years to make all the changes we needed, what if we just took 1 year to make those sacrifices and changes?
There are a lot of books, movies, TV shows etc. that I have read in the past few years that have helped me.
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Books:
Drawdown by Project Drawdown– Book and website that names the top 80 solutions to sequestering carbon dioxide back into the earth. https://www.drawdown.org/
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The Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-Wells – book that is incredibly scary about what our Earth will be like if we don't make changes now
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On Eating Meat by Matthew Evans– a book about meat ethics
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Blow out by Rachel Maddow– a book about the corruption in the fossil fuel industry
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Movies and TV series:
2040 – a movie that explores what the year 2040 might look like if we make the changes now that we can (great for families).
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Plastic Ocean – Netflix series that discusses plastic pollution
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Rotten - Netflix series that discusses food origins and fair trade
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The Inconvenient Truth and the Inconvenient Sequel – Documentary about the climate crisis
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Theology books and articles:
Becker, W. H. (1992). Ecological sin. Theology Today, 49(2), 152.
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Deane-Drummond, C. (2008). Eco-theology. Retrieved from https://ebookcentral.proquest.com
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Johnson E. A. (2018). Creation and the Cross. Maryknoll NY: Orbis Books
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Johnson, E. A. (2014). The Community of Creation. In E. A. Johnson, Ask the Beasts: Darwin and the God of Love, (pp. 260-286). Bloomsbury Publishing Place, London.
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Kureethadam, J. I. (2016). Ecological virtues in Laudato Si. Ethics in Progress, 7(1). Pp. 44-66. Doi:10.14746/eip.2016.1.4
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Pope Francis. (2015). Encyclical Letter Laudato Si of the Holy Father Francis on Care for Our Common Home. Retrieved from http://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20150524_enciclica-laudato-si.html
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Shore-Goss, R. E. (2016). God is green: An eco-spirituality of incarnate compassion. Retrieved from https://ebookcentral.proquest.com
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Kids:
The Bee Movie – talks about how important bees are to our ecosystem.
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Wall-e – a dystopian style movie about what would happen if we continue to pollute our planet.
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Fern Gulley – a movie about deforestation.
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The Lorax – about environment and profit
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Happy Feet – about plastic pollution and humans
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Links to articles written by me:
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Virtues to keep in a changing world: https://www.madonnamagazine.com.au/article/virtues-to-keep-in-a-changing-world
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Camping out: https://www.madonnamagazine.com.au/article/camping-out
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I also write for the Australian Catholics Magazine.
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