ALL ACTIONS

This page lists all the actions spread across our site. You can use this list to help your parish plan what activities they will take up on their Journey. You can see these actions in the context of how they fit into parish life in our Parish Guide to Laudato Si’. Explore here

To help you choose actions that suit your parish’s needs, you can filter the results by areas of parish life, The Vatican’s Laudato Si’ Goals, The livesimply Award categories, or even mix and match!

Host a repair café for the wider community

Build and Support the circular economy.

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Investigate your community’s ethical consumption

Use the Parish Ethical Consumption Toolkit resource to review all aspects of parish consumption, including energy, communications, cleaning etc.

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Become a Fairtrade community

Commit to using Fair Trade and ethical products for all church activities. Communicate this with the parish, highlighting why it’s important (through posters/noticeboard etc.),

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GIVE SOMEONE A LIFT

Help cut down traffic and air pollution by sharing your car with other parishioners, especially if they rely on a lift to get there!

PLANT SWAP

A parish plant swap or sale is a great way to encourage people to grow their own food at home.

It enables members of the community to make the best use of their skills and space to grow their favorites and share with others. Knowing that Mrs Goggins has succeeded in creating hardy tomatoes, while you have got the beans off to a roaring start means you can both look forward to a varied harvest! A plant sale can also be a great way of raising funds for other projects.

VERTICAL GARDEN

“We don’t have any land in our parish” is a common problem. However, if we apply some imagination…

…we might notice that many parishes do have space, it just goes up rather than along. If you have a sunny wall, there are all sorts of edibles that can be grown up a wall; from irrigated vertical gardens, to training grape vines, tomatoes , fruit trees or climbing vegetables up the walls – the possibilities are endless! Even hanging baskets can grow salads or edible flowers.

VEGETABLE GARDEN

Could you turn a piece of parish grounds into an allotment?

This is a great way for the parish to get their hands dirty and marvel at the wonders of giant vegetables growing from tiny seeds. Even if you do not have much room, a couple of meters of raised bed can produce quite a bit of food.

ORCHARD

Apples, plums, cherries, pears, or even the elusive quince can all be grown in your parish.

The beautiful blossoms are great for pollinators and the fruits can be enjoyed by the whole parish.

NEWSLETTER

The Parish newsletter is a great way of informing people of current events, drawing attention to urgent appeals and communicating…

…what actions are going on in your parish and locally. Reading the newsletter as we wait for mass to start can put us in the right frame of mind if the content is reflective or thought provoking. How is my salvation tied with that of the world and my neighbours? Make sure you include any web links so people can follow up in their own time. Make sure the key events are read out from the pulpit.

GREENING URBAN AREAS

Work with your local community to bring the beauty of nature into your urban spaces.

CREATE A COMMUNITY QUIET GARDEN

Could your Parish grounds provide a quiet space to the local community?

Could your Parish grounds provide a quiet space to the local community, or a dedicated area for prayer and reflection? ‘Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest’ (St Mark’s Gospel 6.31). If Jesus regularly and consistently needed such space to just ‘be’, then so do we.

ALL ACTIONS

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Host a repair café for the wider community

Investigate your community’s ethical consumption

Become a Fairtrade community

GIVE SOMEONE A LIFT

PLANT SWAP

VERTICAL GARDEN

VEGETABLE GARDEN

ORCHARD

NEWSLETTER

GREENING URBAN AREAS

CREATE A COMMUNITY QUIET GARDEN

Could you help support The Journey to 2030?

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