Our Earth is a gift. Let's honor and celebrate it during Laudato Si' Week—May 22-29, 2022. This year marks the seventh anniversary of Pope Francis’ landmark encyclical calling on the global community to collaboratively address the climate crisis and create a sustainable future for all.
Mark this week by demonstrating your care for creation. How about starting with these “Simple Habits to Help the Earth,” easy activities to jump-start your thoughts, attitudes and actions for the good of our planet. You might discover a new way of seeing, a new way of living—every day! And the best thing, you can join others who are doing the same. Come alongside the Sisters of the Holy Cross on this journey, and find helpful resources, prayers and reflection pieces to help guide the way.
Simple Habits to Help the Earth
Here are seven easy ways to implement the Laudato Si′ Action Platform’s goals in your life.
- Take a nature walk. Spend time outdoors reflecting on where you see God in creation to energize your eco-spirituality.
- Pray for people who are oppressed. Individuals who live in poverty and conflict bear the greatest burden from environmental degradation. Discern how else you might respond to the cry of the poor.
- Track your waste. To respond to the cry of the Earth, pay attention to how much you contribute to landfills and consider how you can reduce waste.
- Eat and shop local. To practice ecological economics, try to bring awareness to where your food and other purchases come from each week.
- Avoid single-use items. Adopting a sustainable lifestyle starts with small habits like switching to cloth napkins and reusable water bottles and avoiding plastic bags.
- Keep learning. Dig into an environmental organization’s website, catch a video or a podcast to expand your ecological education.
- Talk the talk. Share your personal commitments on environmental issues with others to help activate community resilience and empowerment.
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