Building a Caring Community

Poster activity pack

This poster activity pack is specifically designed to be a starting point for a school, parish or community in addressing our ecological and social crises and exploring integral ecology using the Laudato Si’ goals.

Including concern for nature, justice for the poor, commitment to society, and interior peace, in an integrated community response.

This resource pack helps in the following areas...

Settings

Suitable for a range of community settings including parishes, schools, religious communities and families.

Integrated action

Helps communities integrate environmental, social and spiritual mission. Centred on love of God.

GOALs

Engages communities in the Church’s Laudato Si’ goals allowing an exploration of integral ecology.

SYNOD

Integrates ecological and social action into our communities synodality.

PROJECTS

Can be used to infuse care for creation into any project or program, fitting into the ‘see’ of a see-judge-act-framework.

RECOGNITION OF EXISTING EFFORTS

Identifies what is already being done well. Calls for celebration.

PRIORITISES AREAS FOR ACTION

Identifies what needs to be done better. Helps identify a direction for action.

AWARDS

Developed to be fully compatible with and encourage the use of existing awards and programs.

COMMUNITY CAPACITY

Builds community and helps form teams.

ASSESSMENTS

Can be used as an ecological and social audit or assessment.

SETTING

Suitable for a range of community settings including parishes, schools, religious communities and families.

Integrated action

Helps communities integrate environmental, social and spiritual mission. Centred on love of God.

GOALs

Engages communities in the Church’s Laudato Si’ goals allowing an exploration of integral ecology.

SYNOD

Integrates ecological and social action into our communities synodality,

PROJECTS

Can be used to infuse care for creation into any project or program, fitting into the ‘see’ of a see-judge-act-framework.

RECOGNITION OF EXISTING EFFORTS

Identifies what is already being done well. Calls for celebration

PRIORITISES AREAS FOR ACTION

Identifies what needs to be done better. Helps identify a direction for action.

AWARDS

Developed to be fully compatible with and encourage the use of existing awards and programs.

COMMUNITY CAPACITY

Builds community and helps form teams.

ASSESMENTS

Can be used as an ecological and social audit or assessment.

Buy printed pack

Beautifully printed packs ready to help your community get started.

Buy Digital download

Print at home digital version.

Licensing

Are you interested in re-producing these posters in another country or language?
Please get in touch via the contact page with “licensing” in the subject.

How to use the posters

 Read a sample from the facilitators handbook on how to use the posters to get your community started on their integral ecology journey, or use them to rejuvenate projects, integrating concern for nature, justice for the poor, commitment to society, and interior peace, into existing projects.
These posters are designed as a tool to use integral ecology as a focus for any group listening or survey. You can use them however you like. We have made some suggestions in the facilitators handbook.

Keep Record and Register your community

We have created a  spreadsheet and word document in the same format as the posters to help your community to keep track of their Journey.

We also invite you to submit your community’s responses to the poster activity. Why? Because it allows us to find great projects to encourage others, it allows us to see where there are trends in problems that we face (and try to find solutions to those problems together), and to help build support networks. It helps us have an idea of where we are on our communal journey to 2030.

What's in the pack?

A2 Poster

Large poster for display and wider community engagement. It can equally be used to engage people who are unable to attend a meeting, draw attention to the mission, and display your parishes findings with pride or a steely determination to do better.

A3 Poster and activity cards

A smaller focus poster and cards for a group activity. This is the same as the A2 poster in a format suitable for group discussions.

Facilitator handbook

A4 12 page facilitators guide includes:.

  • Guide to using the posters
  • Group discussion guide
    Simple explanations of key concepts: Integral Ecology & Ecological Conversion
  • Reflections and guidance on the Laudato Si’ Goals.
  • A selection of Prayers