THE SEASON OF CREATION 2019

SUGGESTED PRACTICAL ACTIONS FOR PARISHIONERS DURING THE SEASON OF CREATION, 2019

• Spend some time outside each day.
• Start to grow some of your own food; support local producers.
• Compost your garden and food waste.
• Avoid or reduce the use of chemicals in your home and garden.
• Use (vinegar, baking soda) and buy eco- friendly cleaners (www.ecoverdirect.com)
• Plant pollinator friendly plants in your window box or/ and garden at home or/ and
• in your parish grounds. www.biodiversityireland.ie Shop wisely-Buy Fairtrade and buy locally made products when possible. Avoid waste. Avoid, reduce, reuse, recycle, recover, treat, dispose
• Learn how to read your energy bills and make your home more energy efficient. Explore the use of renewable energy in your home, business and school, parish buildings (www.seai.ie).
• Participate in the Think Before You Flush campaign (www.thinkbeforeyouflush.org) Display the Dirty Dozen posters in toilets.
• Consider installing water butts in your gardens.
• Pray in and with nature – Encourage Laudato Si’ themed gardens in your parish
• Volunteer your time in some creative project. Join an existing group.
• Offer a welcome to newcomers where you live.
• Explore Trōcaire’s 100 ways for Parishes to implement Laudato Si’
• (https://www.trocaire.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/parishes/100-ways-to-implement-laudato-si.pdf)
• Become an Eco – Congregation. www.ecocongregationireland.com
• Take the Laudato Si’ Pledge (www.CatholicClimateMovement.global/petition )

PLASTIC

• Refuse single use plastics such as cling film, straws, plastic cutlery. 

• Switch to a reusable water bottle /travel cup. 

• Use cloth bags for shopping and Bring/Use your own containers when possible. 

• Check for and then avoid microbeads in products. 

• Refuse packaging – Avoid – Reduce – Re-use – Recycle – Upcycle
• Check the new recycling list www.recyclinglistireland.ie  

• Organise a recycling workshop in your parish/community www.voiceireland.org 

• Show a film or documentary on the topic in your parish/community 

• Participate in a beach, stream, river, park, street, area, road cleanup.