2022 Webinars and Videos

Week 1 Discussion Questions: 

1. What identities do you hold? (www.native-land.ca) What lenses do you come from today?

2. Where does climate change intersect with your daily life? What are you looking forward to for #NoPlasticsForLent?

3. How do I (we) live here in this world, knowing that we have not lived in right relationship with Creation?

4. Recognizing the hurt we have caused to Creation, how do we repent of our neglect in this relationship and move forward with actionable individual spiritual practice?

Week 2 Discussion Questions:

1. Which voices in your community are speaking but not being heard?

2. Who do you know in your community who also cares about environmental justice that you can talk to?

3. What brings you joy, and how can you relate that to your justice work?

Week 3 Discussion Questions:

1. What steps can developed countries (high-emission countries) take to help climate refugees?

2. What can we (and state and local governments) do to ensure that those who are displaced by climate change find safe and welcoming homes elsewhere?

3. How do you honor your “sacred rage” and show up in service?

4. Do you know of any organizations in your community working to help Climate-related migrants? How can you get involved?
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Week 4 Discussion Questions:

1. What are strategies that you use to advocate in stressful or difficult situations? Why do these strategies work for you?

2. What values shape your justice work, and where do you think these values came from? Consider what you were taught growing up, events in your life, influence from others, etc.

3. In a world that seems like the future is hopeless, where is one place you find hope?

Week 5 Discussion Questions:

1. The people in Shishmaref feel the effects of climate change that are putting their livelihood and land in jeopardy. Does this surprise you? Are there ways that climate change is directly impacting your life? Do you foresee it doing so more in the future?

2. Hearing a fuller picture of the life of people in Shishmaref helps push back against the danger of a single story that tokenize people for a cause. Do you recognize this happening in other justice issues?

3. Spring and the season of resurrection is here - brining death to some things and life to others. Where have you seen this theme of resurrection in your life and in the world?

4. In what ways do you want to continue the spiritual practices you have adopted during this #NoPlasticsForLent season?