June Meeting

For our Frist Meeting in June 2021

At our breakout group meeting we agreed to the following:

That we would begin our next meeting with a reflection from Laudato Si. (Did we agree who might do this.... any takers....?
That there would be some input on COP26 next November I agreed to offer some input on the (BOT).
That we would send to Dorothy in advance of our next meeting some idea of what we are engaged in at home that takes into account the message of Priority Area 2 and that Dorothy would collate this into a short PowerPoint presentation.
Given that we ddn't have much time to think when we met last we should perhaps encourage all to think on what else we might include or change ..... we can think again on the focus if there are more thoughts that came to mind after our breakout group meeting.
AOB...... if you let me know in advance I will create an Agenda to allow for our meeting to run to a time.

How we are working at home with Care of Our environment.

Focus Gp 2 and Care of the Earth.pptx

And in Ireland

13. Ireland and England Care of the Earth.pptx

And in South India

The South India Province Community is engaged in “ To honor and advance the rights of the Earth with the following activities.

1. Develop a programme of study and refection: The sisters in the province prepared a reflection based on Laudatosi, every week the communities reflected and some commitments were made. Many of these commitments were put in practice. An E-book was created and circulated within and outside the province.

2. Trees are being planted in many places.

3. One community in the Province the Land which is lying unused will be developed as Embodiment of Laudato Si for the province.

4. Solar energy is used in 90% of our communities.

5. Kitchen waste is used to prepare Bio-gas which is used for cooking.

6. Waste management system is followed.

7. Plastic free campus is ensured in all our school compounds.

8. Teachers and children are given awareness on caring our mother earth.

9. Friends of Nano attended a training on organic gardening and members cultivated organic vegetables in their homes.

10. The practice of 5 R's : Reduce, Reuse, Renew, Refuse and Recycle will be encouraged and followed.

11. We Net –work with the groups that are already working towards conservation of forest.

12. Organic farming is encouraged. Our waste lands are used to cultivate vegetables, fruit trees etc.

13. We minimise the use of earth resources – Water and Electricity, and by giving awareness to those around us.

14. Honey Bee keeping is done in two communities.

15. Special assemblies will be conducted in schools on UN Days like water day, Earth day, Environment day giving awareness to the students and staff.

16. We have decided to purchase a "Paper Recycle machine” to reuse the waste papers generated in schools and in the note book making Centre.

17. Compost pit is prepared in some communities. So they get good manure for the land to avoid chemicals.