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HELP US RAISE AWARENESS WITHIN OUR SAINT LUKE COMMUNITY!

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Care for Creation Ministry has been offering monthly programs to educate us on issues related to Climate Change brought forward in Pope Francis’ encyclical, Laudato Si’. We feel certain that there are Saint Luke parishioners who are well qualified not only to join us in considering these issues, but to teach us about them.   We believe that there are related topics you may care about, know about, and be willing to help educate us about. Here are seventeen we think warrant an evening or afternoon presentation and discussion. Please volunteer if you can help us plan for a presentation on any of these, and please suggest additional Climate Change topics of interest that you would like to help plan or present. Contact us at Care4Creation@SaintLukeMcLean.org. Thank you for helping all of us learn and talk about Climate Change.

Topics Worth Exploring as We Care for Creation
  1. The role of plastic pollution in the climate, biodiversity, and poverty crisis, and ways to reverse it
  2. The changing global and US outlook for fresh water supplies
  3. The current and potential expectations and impacts of sea level rise locally, in the US and globally 
  4. The benefits, methods and mechanics of composting food and organic wastes
  5. How the Pope’s Seven-Year Laudato Si’ Action Plan is intended to work (and our role in it)
  6. The climate and environmental justice impacts of burning or preserving the Amazon rainforest
  7. The promise and problems of carbon-free nuclear power
  8. The outlook for electric vehicles (and their owners)
  9. Meat – How do we weigh nutrition, climate, and land-use impacts?
  10. The climate challenges and continuing need for natural gas use
  11. Promising new clean-energy technologies and why it’s hard to deploy them
  12. The perplexing economics of addressing climate change
  13. How our electric grid is changing and still needs to
  14. Climate change exacerbates global and local economic and societal inequities: how can we respond? 
  15. Addressing the hardest-to-decarbonize sectors: air travel, heavy industry, cement, ocean shipping, truck transport and agriculture
  16. Local government responses to climate change 
  17. Practical steps toward a zero waste lifestyle and a circular economy


Monthly Meetings

​The Care for Creation Ministry at Saint Luke meets on a monthly basis. All parishioners are welcome to join. Please contact us at Care4Creation@saintlukemclean.org with any questions.

JOIN US ON THURSDAY, APRIL 7 AT 7:00PM

Presentation/Conversation

Thursday, April 7, 7:00 pm in Flaherty Hall

SHOULD YOU GET AN ELECTRIC CAR? 

COME HEAR THE PROS AND CONS!
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Electric vehicles (EVs) have become more mainstream in recent years and with more options EVs are quickly becoming practical alternatives to traditional gas-powered cars for a broader range of drivers. Please join us for information on and a discussion of EV’s and if you already own an EV, please come and share your story!

Past Events


Are you ready for Gardening Season?

Join us on Sunday, February 27, 2022 at 4 p.m. in Flaherty Hall

The Care for Creation Committee is pleased to announce a presentation by Master Gardner, Kim Young on Sunday, February 27 at 4:00 p.m. in Flaherty Hall! The session will include tips for successful gardening in Northern Virginia. Bring your questions and get ready for the planting season!

A Presentation on Pollinators

The Care for Creation Committee is pleased to announce a presentation by Lawrence Jones on Pollinators on Thursday, February 3, 2022 at 7:30 p.m. Please contact John Jimison (johnjimison@gmail.com) for an invitation.
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A Solar Evening

The Care for Creation Committee presents an information session on Solar Energy on Thursday, January 6, 2022 at 7:30 P.M. via Zoom. Please contact John Jimison (johnjimison@gmail.com) for an invitation.
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Opportunity to View Creighton University Conference Series (A Previously Recorded Online Conference Series on Laudato Si')

A Conference Series on our Common Home
(A Previously Recorded Online Laudato Si' Conference from July 13-15, 2021)

Sponsored by Creighton University and Catholic Climate Covenant

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View at www.creighton.edu/catholicclimate/
Click Here to View the Recorded Conference

Opportunity to Compost Your Food Scraps
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If you want to compost but cannot do it at home, a new County composting program may allow you to compost at a local farmers market.

The County's composting pilot program expanded to make the service available at three county-operated farmers' markets and one non-profit market thanks to a partnership between the Department of Public Works and Environmental Services and the Park Authority.


Click here to learn more about the Composting Option

Laudato Si' Week
Laudato Si’ Week 2021, held May 16-25, was a crowning event of the Special Laudato Si’ Anniversary Year, and a celebration of the great progress the whole Church has made on its journey to ecological conversion.

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