Youth at Catholic Earthcare

Check out the awesome work of Vienna, our Year 8 Youth@Earthcare leader!

Plug: our international session is on next week! Find all the details and register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/session-8-international-youth-conversation-tickets-116382602497

Country announcement: Russia will be joining us at the International Youth Conversation next week (part of the Catholic Earthcare Convocation!).

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/session-8-international-youth-conversation-tickets-116382602497

Artwork by Vienna, Year 8 and part of the Earthcare Team.

Country announcement: Malta will be joining us at the International Youth Conversation next week (part of the Catholic Earthcare Convocation!).

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/session-8-international-youth-conversation-tickets-116382602497

Artwork by Vienna, Year 8 and part of the Earthcare Team.

Country announcement for our International Youth Session: Uganda! Part of the Youth at Catholic Earthcare Convocation.

Graphic design by Vienna.

Register for our Convocation Session here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/session-8-international-youth-conversation-tickets-116382602497

Country announcement: New Zealand will be joining us at the International Youth Conversation next week (part of the Catholic Earthcare Convocation!).

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/session-8-international-youth-conversation-tickets-116382602497

Artwork by Vienna, Year 8 and part of the Earthcare Team.

Our next International Youth Session (as part of the Youth at Catholic Earthcare Convocation) is next week! We'll be sharing the countries - and our audience challenge - in the lead up to the event!

Find all the deets and register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/session-8-international-youth-conversation-tickets-116382602497

Session 8. International youth conversation Convocation Session 8. International youth session.

In Western Sydney and identify as a Pacific Islander? This leadership program delivered by Edmund Rice Centre, courtesy of Pacific Calling Partnership - check it out below.

Current APCLP Info Sheet.pdf

Throwback to our conversation with Tonga and Samoa last Friday, planning our Laudato Si' Week session. Join us tomorrow (and 80 other registered participants!) for our international youth conversation on climate, the environment, sustainability and of course - Laudati Si' 🌎💚

Link to register for our 4pm EST event here: https://caritas.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYtceiqrTMtEtZK5qzPvRnHHXse7KuX4CfU/success?user_id=UgbIHVIwQkOD2idZl2o_dA&timezone_id=Australia%2FSydney&fbclid=IwAR2Xg4lapHWoRQvv0C_hMr3s64TiE8o6FB3_7ohcgCvM-XOi2B3WgUgIYDI

Caritas Samoa
Caritas TONGA
Caritas Australia
Pacific Calling Partnership
Pacific Climate Watch
350.org Australia

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Amazing announcement from the Vatican! With 1.2 billion Catholics globally, "we hope to arrive at a 'critical mass' needed for radical societal transformation invoked by Pope Francis in Laudato Si'," the dicastery document states.

https://www.ncronline.org/news/earthbeat/vatican-office-invites-church-journey-total-sustainability-next-decade

Vatican office invites church on journey to 'total sustainability' in next decade The Vatican's peace and justice office is inviting Catholic communities across the world to join a grassroots movement to gradually work toward "total sustainability" in the coming decade, a path that...

Our official run-sheet for TOMORROW! Link below to register! Join our international youth conversation at 4pm Australian EST to hear our friends in Tonga, Samoa, Malta and New Zealand share the challenges and response to climate change, sustainability and the environment. In celebration of Laudato Si' Week.

Caritas
Caritas Australia
Caritas Samoa
Caritas TONGA
Caritas Malta
Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand
Laudato Si' Generation
Catholic Office for Youth and Young Adults
ACBC Office for Youth
ACBC Office for Social Justice

Check out this sneak peek for Wednesday! Bishop Vincent Long from Diocese of Parramatta has provided us with a beautiful welcome and keynote address for the international youth webinar. Thank you Bishop! 🌏

Message for the Fifth Anniversary of Laudato Si My dear friends, Five years ago, Pope Francis issued Laudato Si. That encyclical, on the environment, called for an ‘ecological conversion’, meaning a deep c...

LAUDATO SI' WEEK IS HERE! We're hosting our international youth conversation this Wednesday (link below!). We'll also be sharing inspiring stories of young people around Australia taking positive action to care for our common home 🌎

STARTING 4PM AEST! School strike for climate goes online feat. our very own Leila! Check out the roster and join in the livestream using the link below (we'll be there!).



https://www.schoolstrike4climate.com/

YOUth LEADing the world is an amazing international youth program of young leaders enacting change. We'd highly recommend tuning into this global event!

Thank you to our amazing online community!

Thrilled to announce this special Laudato Si' Week line-up! Join Diocese of Parramatta, St. Joseph's Parish North Sydney, Campion Centre of Ignatian Spirituality, Catholic Earthcare and resources from the Australian Jesuits to celebrate this awesome week (May 16-24, 2020).

We'll keep sharing resources, inspiration and some swell resources in the lead-up to Laudato Si' Week.

Laudato Si' Generation

A way forward in the post-COVID-19 world? Join us on May 21st at 11am EST, during Laudato Si Week, as we reflect on what a greener future may hold 💚🌎

There have been some positives to come out of lockdown. Welfare rates have been raised in some countries, others have given out universal basic income. People are growing food and baking sourdough, and we're all wondering why attending meetings in person seemed preferable to chatting online in our pyjamas. Celebrities are clammering for attention as we ignore them in favour of our new heroes: health workers, cleaners, delivery drivers and teachers.

As lockdown is relaxed in many countries, there's talk of going back to normal. But what was really normal about the old way? Do we want to sit in rush hour traffic on our daily commute again? Do we need the skies to be crowded with aircraft? Does industry have to ramp up to the unsustainable levels it was operating at? Does GDP have to stay as the one and only measure of success?

I'm keen for a world of less stuff and more quiet, of less work travel and more quality time with family. Covid has showed us what's really of value in our lives, and we don't have to give that up. Let's move toward a new normal, one that's better for the earth as well as for us.

Excited to announce we're hosting two international webinar sessions to celebrate Laudato Si' Week! Join young community and sustainability leaders from New Zealand, Tonga, Malta and Earthcare Australia for a communal discussion of the challenges we each face in living an integral ecology in our own countries. Then, we'll host an all-ages reflective prayer session featuring a special youth panel, to explore a post-COVID-19 world.

Wednesday May 20th 4pm EST, and Thursday 21 May 11am EST via Zoom. Pre-registrations essential, find the links below!

Zoom registration for Wednesday: https://caritas.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYtceiqrTMtEtZK5qzPvRnHHXse7KuX4CfU

Zoom registration for Thursday: https://caritas.zoom.us/j/99963154625?pwd=OEN4bG5zT0dzV0Q3cGdzVXJhTkFXUT09

Not able to make it? We'll be recording these sessions and sharing them via YouTube.

Pacific Calling Partnership
Edmund Rice Education Australia
Catholic Mission
Caritas Malta
Caritas TONGA
Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand
Caritas Australia

We're gearing up to prepare for Laudato Si' Week in conversation with Tonga, New Zealand and Malta! Stay tuned for an amazing announcement at 4pm today!

Caritas Australia
Pacific Calling Partnership
Edmund Rice Education Australia
Caritas TONGA
Caritas Malta
Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand
Catholic Mission

Zoom meetings for podcast prep, summit planning and future brainstorming. Watch this space!

Today is Earth Day! We'll be sharing resources throughout the day, but first up: Clare and Kayleigh from the NSW Team talk Earth Day, climate change, remaining hopeful and the power of a good mentor. Check it out below!

https://catholicearthcare.org.au/earthcare-podcasts/

Catholic Earthcare Australia
Uniting Earth
Australian Religious Response to Climate Change (ARRCC)
Caritas Australia
School Strike 4 Climate
Sustainable Schools NSW
Take Me Outside NSW
ACBC Office for Social Justice

Check out the timely reminder of the power of young people and youth, as we gear up to celebrate Earth Day tomorrow 👊🌳🌱

Greta wasn't the first to demand climate action. Meet more young activists. In what they see as a battle for their future, youths are taking action and demanding their elders do more to protect the planet.

Our friends at Human Nature Projects are building a global program to help improve eco-literacy globally, and they need YOUR help to understand the baseline. Did we mention the movement is led by a 17-year old student from north Sydney? Young people doing incredible things.

Check it out below!

ECO-IQ Survey — Human Nature Projects “An understanding of the natural world and what's in it is a source of not only a great curiosity but great fulfilment.”

Workday Thursday as we continue our self-isolation inspiration. Sustainable Schools NSW has collated teacher guides, student activities and well being support to help guide you (sustainably!) through school at home. Check them out below:

https://www.sustainableschoolsnsw.org.au/teach/climate-change?fbclid=IwAR2eYzrUeLORAYV5U96LTsNYyDAuL7geqyeJyA8qYSlFoSngomL_V4c6vmA

Climate change | Sustainable Schools NSW Climate change can be a challenging concept to teach. These resources will help students understand how they can investigate energy use and develop actions to be energy efficient. This can help them to contribute to reducing potential climate change. Here you’ll find: Teaching resources including:...

Next up? Get outside! Join the BIGGEST BioBlitz in Australian history (all whilst practising social distancing)! The Australian Citizen Science Association are hosting the 5th annual City Nature Challenge! We'll be there from 24-27 April, live-posting on Facebook and Instagram, heading into our backyards and balconies in the name of science! Join a world-wide community of backyard naturalists from all ages in recording our urban ecology. All the details below.

https://citynaturechallengeaustralia.wordpress.com/2020/04/08/city-nature-challenge-2020-media-release/?fbclid=IwAR0gC_OBWr_WGMtX_-TUzQq_PX9OjGCqG2aQKxZLABDQz_Eaq1FUYWGbNcI

City Nature Challenge 2020 Media Release CITIZEN AND COMMUNITY SCIENTISTS ACROSS THE GLOBE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CITY NATURE CHALLENGE, APRIL 24-27, 2020 Fifth annual challenge offers an opportunity for people to connect with nature and p…

Over the next few weeks, we'll be sharing resources, reflections, inspiration and guidance to help students and educators get through home isolation. First up? The Australian Reptile Park has released educational videos on our native flora and fauna. Check them out below (and how cuuute are baby Tassie devils?!). Thanks for sharing Australian Geographic!

The Australian Reptile Park have released a series of educational videos about Australia's most iconic animals, and they're sure to entertain your kids. 🐨🎥

There's everything you need to know about frogs, koalas, Tasmania devils, wombats and more! 🐸

🎞️ Start watching now: https://bit.ly/2V6nkjq

We find ourselves in surreal circumstances this year, and hold the world - human, environmental - in our thoughts. Humanity, and indeed all life is so incredibly precious as the current circumstances remind us. We wish you a safe and joyous Easter Sunday as we celebrate His resurrection. 💚

Faith, community, online, as the virus forces us to shift how we interact, and care for one another 💚🌱

Together, we can still celebrate Easter Sunday. We've collated online times, and how to join in celebration for each Archdiocese in Australia below. Please share widely, so we may still join together in this time of celebration.

Do you have a live-stream to add or update? Please send us a message via the page, and we'll update the post. 💚

Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne
Archdiocese of Brisbane
Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney
Catholic Archdiocese of Adelaide
Catholic Archdiocese of Perth
Archdiocese of Hobart

We're joining thousands of others online and taking the Earth Day challenge! With Earth Day going online for April 22, we're connecting with a global community in the lead-up to the event. Bonus points for sustainable self-isolation!

First up? Plastic audit! There is always room for improvement...

Earth Day Network Catholic Earthcare Australia Caritas Australia

Find out more and join the initiative here! https://www.earthday.org/earth-day-challenge/?fbclid=IwAR0xeDyrcmoL8sWVJb94MI4m5FMv2f9IeYwRPjmckGrOg5GhYdh79e8R5K8

The face, the drive and the energy behind the Youth@Catholic Earthcare Australia NSW team. Our first team workshop on Wednesday; stay tuned for Summit 2020, speaking engaements and more! In high school or university? Keen to join us? DM us via the page

Positive volunteering vibes from some awesome young peeps.

"Never see a need without doing something about it." Mary McKillop.

https://www.abc.net.au/life/how-to-volunteer-after-natural-disasters-no-matter-how-old/11886310

If you're young and nervous about the environment, volunteering can help - ABC Life From SES to fire service units to wildlife regeneration — explore all the ways (and from what age) you can get hands on with helping during and after natural disasters around Australia.

Life hack #3: reuse is better than single use, even if it is made of bamboo.

"... avoiding the use of plastic... reflect a generous and worthy creativity which brings out the best in human beings. Reusing something instead of immediately discarding it, when done for the right reasons, can be an act of love which expresses our own dignity." LS:211.

Original article from here: https://tinyurl.com/sylbzt2

Next life hack for 2020? Divest.

"There are too many special interests, and economic interests easily end up trumping the common good and manipulating information so that their own plans will not be affected.." LS:54

Our series is based on this excellent article from The Guardian here: https://tinyurl.com/vanqmeg

Knew it!

Activism and volunteering help build character and confidence in teens, says youth group - Positive News The Duke of Edinburgh Award organisers have identified activities to help young people build character – and call for better support for teachers to provide soft skills education