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Understanding our Position Statement on Environmental Sustainability

Understanding our Position Statement on Environmental Sustainability. Our Position Statement is derived from four key themes:. Catholic Social Teaching. Eco-Literacy. Stewardship. Connected Partnerships. Overall Context. Catholic Social Teaching.

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Understanding our Position Statement on Environmental Sustainability

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  1. Understanding our Position Statement on Environmental Sustainability

  2. Our Position Statement is derived from four key themes: Catholic Social Teaching Eco-Literacy Stewardship Connected Partnerships

  3. Overall Context Catholic Social Teaching

  4. As Christians we are called to care for creation, for present and future generations… This belief statements is based on the writings of three key people… Overall Context Catholic Social Teaching …as we move towards living our ecological vocation.

  5. Pope John Paul II Pope Benedict XVI The Bruntland Commissions Definition of Sustainability (1987) Four Key Themes: Catholic Social Teaching

  6. Within this belief statement are three elements which call for action

  7. Element One Eco-Literacy

  8. Eco-Literacy Understanding our Impact on the Environment

  9. Eco-Literacy Understanding our Impact on the Environment St Benedict’s Mango Hill

  10. Eco-Literacy Understanding our Impact on the Environment

  11. Eco-Literacy Understanding our Impact on the Environment

  12. To achieve Eco-literacy….

  13. Through personal conversion and Catholic Social Teaching: We Teach by Encouraging and supporting Eco-Literacy within learning and teaching programs and professional learning

  14. Element Two Stewardship

  15. Stewardship Connecting Everyone within an Organizational Plan

  16. Ecological Sustainability Inquiries Written By: Sarah O’Brien St Vincent’s Primary School Inquiry: How can we reduce the amount of plastic brought in lunch boxes to school?

  17. Stewardship Data gathering and action planning

  18. Stewardship Connecting Everyone within an Organizational Plan

  19. Brisbane Catholic Education Formal connections to ecological sustainability Guidelines for the Religious Life of the School Social Action and Justice Stewardship / Economic Justice/ Global Solidarity/ Peace / Preferential Option for the Poor Strategic Renewal Framework Equity and Stewardship

  20. To achieve Stewardship….

  21. We Challenge by Embedding and aligning the principles of sustainability and environmental stewardship within renewal processes

  22. Element Three Community Partnerships

  23. Catholic Earthcare Parishes QESSI HUBS Green and Healthy Schools program City Smart, Climate Smart, Water wise…Solar Schools Program, Join–Up Your Thinking across the community

  24. To achieve Community Partnerships ….

  25. We Transform by Promoting personal and communal ecological conversion and establishing community partnerships

  26. Our Position Statement on Environmental Sustainability

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