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Parish Waste Reduction Program strategic plans at Our Lady of Perpetual Help (OLPH), Grove City, OH
This PDF copy of a powerpoint presentation contains the plans generated by the Creation Care Council of OLPH to launch a waste reduction program that has since become quite successful. Various levels of detail are contained in the slides, within a congregational creation care team meeting format; the planning process and details here can be helpful to similar efforts in other places. Note that the grant that this presentation mentions hoping to apply for was successfully gained (for $2000) to provide signage and other infrastructure to greatly empower this project. -
Creation Care Bookshelf book list
This file displays the Green Bookshelf book list of the creation care library at Our Lady of Perpetual Help parish in Grove City, OH. Each book in the collection is available in two copies - one copy that stays in the library, and a second copy that can be checked out and taken home (on an honor system) by members of the congregation. -
Religious Affiliation and Environmental Challenges in the 21st Century
"As the impacts of climatic change increase, the share of the world population with a religious affiliation is expected to rise (from 84% in 2010 to 87% by 2050). Religion is important for climate change relevant behaviours, including fertility choices or whether one sees climatic change as due to human action or related to forces beyond human control. We conduct exploratory and descriptive statistical analyses to better understand the associations among religion, on the one hand, and economic development, greenhouse gas emissions, exposure to environmental stressors, and attitudes, beliefs and environmental performance, on the other. We show that countries with lower shares that are religious tend to have more emissions, to be better prepared for environmental challenges and have low or negative population growth. Countries with a greater proportion of religiously affiliated tend to have higher population growth, face more environmental risks and to be less prepared for those risks. Identifying groups that disproportionally cause or are exposed to environmental risks represents an issue of environmental justice. Understanding the religious composition of the world along with environmental changes can further help identify which environmental policies that could be more effective." -
IPBES Global Assessment Report Summary on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services for Policymakers
This report represents a critical assessment, the first in almost 15 years (since the release of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment in 2005) and the first-ever carried out by an
intergovernmental body, of the status and trends of the natural world, the social implications of these trends, their direct and indirect causes, and, importantly, the actions
that can still be taken to ensure a better future for all. These complex links have been assessed using a simple, yet very inclusive framework that should resonate with a wide range of
stakeholders, since it recognizes diverse world views, values, and knowledge systems. -
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Indigenous environmental justice and sustainability
Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
Volume 43, April 2020, Pages 35-40 -
Faith for Earth: A Call for Action
This book was first published at the beginning of the twenty-first century. A joint project of the United Nations Environment Programme and the Interfaith Partnership for the Environment, it was titled Earth and Faith: A Book of Reflection for Action. The partners printed tens of thousands of copies and gave them to schools, congregations, and communities throughout the
world. The book described the growing threats to our planet’s life support systems, the reverence all faiths share for life on Earth, and the responsibility that people have to future generations.