Eco-Challenge: Practice gratitude
In this season of Thanksgiving, may we consider ways to give thanks for the creation around us. May we practice gratitude for the abundance given to us in the created world.
Eco-Challenge: Purchase paper products responsibly
Considering your own paper product usage, what might you change right now? Think about which products you could use less of, use a different quality or even do without.
Help us plant trees in Tacna, Peru
The Sisters of St Joseph of Carondelet in collaboration with the Fe y Alegría (Faith and Joy) School in Tacna, Peru have created a tree-planting program in this desert area: Trees for Tacna.
Eco-Challenge: Engage in the Season of Creation
During this Season of Creation, there will be many opportunities to choose outward manifestations of your inner ecological conversion.
Eco-Challenge: Examine your food’s lifecycle
We often think about what food we eat and the effects it might have on the health of our bodies. We also need to be aware the effects our food has on the health of our planet. Our food has a lifecycle: production, sale, consumption and disposal.
Eco-Challenge: Break free from single-use plastics
As a congregation, we join with people around the world to recognize Plastic Free July. How far can you go to reduce your single-use plastic purchases?
Join us in urging the UN to develop a treaty to end plastic pollution
Developing an enforceable global treaty that sets standards can make a huge impact. The United Nations has committed to developing such a treaty by 2024.
Eco-Challenge: Help the planet breathe easier
In June, ask yourself: What can I do to help reduce air pollution? Choose from the activities below or come up with another action.
Making Changes to Care for Creation
On November 11, 2021, our congregation publicly committed to join Pope Francis and the universal Catholic Church on a seven-year journey to ecological conversion through the Laudato Si’ Action Platform. Efforts towards this commitment have been in the works since 1997, and the journey continues.
Eco-Challenge: Make a laundry list of changes
One small area where individuals can make a big impact is in their choices about how they do laundry. Quick, cost-saving changes you can make today include using cold water and line drying.