2019: confronting climate change
Climate change is the most pressing issue of our time. We only have 11 more years to implement sweeping changes before we hit a 2 degree Celsius increase that will be catastrophic to our world and human family. To not act will be the greatest sin of omission and the most forward lack of neighborly love.
“The entire material universe speaks of God’s love, his boundless affection for us. Soil, water, mountains – everything is, as it were, a caress of God.”
- Pope Francis in Laudato Si
Although there are actions we can take as individuals to mitigate effects, the reality is that a broad reform of systems and enforceable policies are needed to ensure the drastic cultural and societal shift needed actually takes place. What we do need to confront personally is our resiliency to austerity.
There are many different ideas and approaches to this as expressed by different people – but the time to act is now.
- Call your Congressional representatives and senators to support a Green New Deal
- Participate in organizations working to take action on climate change such as the Catholic Climate Covenant
- Consume more sustainably (more to follow in #5)
- Tell your friends and family to do the same