Jessica Nitschke Almost 1.4 billion of the world’s people of the world live on less than US$ 1.25 on day. In Latin America and the
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Jesuit Social Services-Australia: 35 years and beyond
Julie Edwards 2012 marks the 35th year of Jesuit Social Services offering practical assistance to people in need. Since then, we have been standing up
South Asian ECOJESUIT MEET 2012: A Report
Rappai Poothokaren, SJ In the ‘90s, ecology, environment, global warming were words hardly known, little heard, and scarcely present in the Jesuit consciousness, or for
Ecological focus in the Archdiocese of Jakarta, Indonesia
Greg Soetomo, SJ It was during SAGKI (Sidang Agung Gereja Katolik Indonesia or Grand Assembly of the Catholic Church of Indonesia) 2005 that environmental awareness
Storm water strategies for improved land management and green roofs at Saint Joseph’s University, USA
A technical workshop on land management to address built environments and developed and natural lands, especially focusing on storm water strategies, was held 6 March
Lenten Carbon Fast: Acting here and now
Izai Amorim Our environmental problems keep growing because not enough people get involved in trying to solve them. Getting involved means adopting new lifestyles that
Sustainability officer course for green campus management in Asia Pacific
As a response to the GC35 Jesuit mission on ecology, Jesuit schools and institutes in Asia Pacific are developing a Sustainability Officer (SO) Course for
The Storybook Effect at Jesuit Service Cambodia
The Storybook Effect is part of the education program at the Jesuit Service Cambodia, producing storybooks for children which are then distributed to mobile libraries
UNESCO initiatives in global networking of schools and MLE for sustainable development
Mariel de Jesus In 1953, UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization) launched the Associated Schools Project Network (ASPnet) as a global network of
Growing a green campus
Iris Legal Growing a green campus is a new frontier for many Jesuit education institutions. From Healing A Broken World (HBW), the recommendations initially focus