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Tips For Reducing Your Impact
Stock up!
Buying food, household goods and cleaning items in bulk not only saves money, but also avoids extra packaging material.
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ASSESS
. . . your participation-as individuals and organizations-in contributing to climate change (i.e. consumption and conservation).
Today, we all see that man can destroy the foundations of his existence, his earth, hence, that we can no longer simply do what we like or what seems useful and promising at the time with this earth of ours, with the reality entrusted to us. On the contrary, we must respect the inner laws of creation, of this earth; we must learn these laws and obey these laws if we wish to survive. Consequently, this obedience to the voice of the earth, of being, is more important for our future happiness than the voices of the moment, the desires of the moment.
Pope Benedict XVI, July 24, 2007
How much do we consume? How might our lifestyle choices impact the planet and its people? Useful tools abound to help us discover the answers to these two important questions.
Critically assessing our actions will allow us to make better, healthier, sustainable choices for our neighbor, our planet and for ourselves.
Assessment Ideas For Schools:
1. Conduct an Energy Audit of your school (Churches, Schools and Other Buildings) to discover where energy is being wasted.
2. Discover your carbon footprint to assess how your lifestyle choices contribute to or help reduce carbon emissions. Visit the Regeneration Project and their “Cool Congregations” website.
3. Assess your knowledge. How much do you know about the facts and consequences of climate change? Study and adapt the Catholic Health Association’s effort to raise awareness about global climate change throughout their network, as well as the resources available from CCCC.
- Catholic Health Association
- Catholic Coalition on Climate Change
4. Assess your needs as opposed to your wants. Understand the difference between long-term sustainable lifestyles versus instant gratification. Consider what Pope Benedict said about the voices of the future versus the voices of the moment. How will your wants affect poor people’s needs and the earth both today and tomorrow?
