The GreenSpot School designation indicates that a school has taken initiatives to educate their students and staff about sustainability, water issues, conserving energy, reducing waste, and green transportation. St. Mary School Catholic school has become the first in Columbus to earn this designation. They have implemented a recycling program, local garden, and composting, which qualified them to become a GreenSpot School. They have created a short video of students discussing their engagement and staff discussing the impact of becoming a GreenSpot School.
Reverend Thomas Breidenthal, Bishop of The Diocese of Southern Ohio gave an Earth Day message from a butterfly garden by St. Johns Town street in Columbus. He reminds the audience of the privilege and responsibility that comes with caring for the earth, noting also that Earth Day is the only secular holiday that is observed around the world.
Just Transition: Shrinking our Carbon Footprint While Leaving No One Behind is a webinar offered by the Catholic Climate Covenant. It focuses on how the poor feels the greatest impacts and consequences of climate change, how to address the challenge of switching from a fossil-fuels based economy to a clean energy economy, and what Catholic social teachings have to say about a transition to a clean energy economy.
Salt + Light Media produced a free television series called Creation. It contains personal stories, clerical teachings, and Biblical truths. Its goal is to help answer the fundamental question, why do Catholics need to care about the environment?
Pope Francis attended World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro in 2013. While there, he addressed the issues that the people there face in preserving the rainforest and the need to act as stewards of the environment. He spoke to the youth and encouraged them to become active in preserving the environment and carrying out holy missions.