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University of Dayton sustainability expertise contributes to Vatican Laudato Si Action Platform to track progress on environment goals
The University of Dayton provided sustainability expertise to the Vatican in the development of the Laudato Si Action Platform to help track goals from Pope Francis 2015 encyclical on the environment.
The online platform s soft launch is May 25, with a full launch in early October.
Matthew Worsham, UD energy efficiency and renewable energy manager, and Marianist Sister Leanne Jablonski who also serves as Hanley Sustainability Institute scholar for faith and the environment, were part of the universities working group for the Vatican s Dicastery Team for Promoting Integral Human Development Laudato Si Action Platform. Rebecca Potter, director of UD s sustainability program and Hanley Sustainability Institute director of curriculum, was part of a dicastery universities team focused on ecol
Children plant trees on the feast of St. Francis in October 2019 in Indianapolis. Laudato Si Week 2021 is May 16-25. (CNS/Courtesy of Indianapolis Archdiocese s Creation Care Commission)
The Vatican s celebratory year for Pope Francis encyclical on ecology is coming to a close, but organizers hope its end will mark the beginning of a major movement within the global Catholic Church to turn its message about preserving creation into actions to create a more sustainable world for all.
In May 2020, the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development declared a Special Laudato Si Anniversary Year to mark the fifth anniversary of Francis 2015 encyclical
After Brazil, the South American country that lost the greatest area of primary forest over the past twenty years is Bolivia. The past few years, the land-locked nation has experienced vast forest fires that have affected millions of hectares.
In response to this trend, in 2017 a group of citizens led by Gina Méndez, established an NGO called the El Llamado del Bosque and launched a campaign on behalf of Bolivia’s forests, wildlife, and forest-dependent communities
Méndez, who previously served as major of Bolivia’s largest city, a member of the national congress, and the country’s Minister of Justice and Human Rights, says she was moved to start the movement by the “heartbreaking” loss of forests.