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👏 The 5th Laudato Si Reflection Day hosted on May 17 by the European Laudato Si' Alliance (ELSiA) was a great success! We heard inspiring stories of ecological conversion, like the one of Ciaran Foulds, who moved from Brussels to a permaculture farm, in an effort to align his values with his lifestyle. Like Elizabeth Sawin, who has been living in an ecovillage in the state of Vermont for 20 years. Like Sara Ferigo, who travelled to Peru to see for herself what impact her European lifestyle was having elsewhere.

🌍 These personal accounts were linked with more structural, systemic reflections about the way our society works, the challenges we face and with initiatives that are striving to make a difference. From food production systems to consumption habits, from the role of trade unions to the role of religions. From small actions to systemic, so-called “multi-solving” approaches.

💡 Some of the key, most inspiring messages we’d like to share: 
⚈ The ecological transition will not happen unless justice is a part of it.
⚈ We need to solve current existential problems with a different consciousness than the one which created them.
⚈ Being climate activists is about asking ourselves questions, being aware that every action has an impact.
⚈ We can have a significant positive impact by changing our diets and reducing the amount of food we waste (GHG emissions from food waste are higher than the aviation sector emissions! ✈️)
⚈ The best we can do is to start where we are and keep going consistently - that is the path to scale. We live in uncertain times, but can ground ourselves in our ethics, values, ways of being and acting.
⚈ The ecological transition requires less consumption, because “greed can outstrip technology”, as Mark Charlesworth put it.

Most JESC team members gladly joined the gathering: Adriana OpromollaEnikő FehérekováFilipe MartinsLuciano LariveraPeter Rožič, SJ and Victoria Reynal.

#ecologicaltransition #laudatosi #ecologicalconversion #sustainability #simplicity #consumption #foodwaste #climateaction #eugreendeal

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