Videos

Week 1: Maro Maua, Kenya

1. In the video, Maro discusses the ways that drought and deforestation has affected climate change in Kenya. Where do you see the effects of climate change in your community, or other places in the world?

2. Maro also talks about the importance and involvement of young people in local communities, who are implementing creation care practices. What is the role of local communities in the fight for climate justice; how have you seen that in action already?

3. What is the role of churches, faith-based organizations, or individual spiritual practice as we take action for climate justice? 

Week 2: Harper Bolz-Weber, Jerusalem West Bank

1. What spiritual practices for creation care have you committed to during Lent this year? 

2. Harper mentions how the Israeli occupation of Palestine and the apartheid wall that runs through the country negatively affect the environment. What political steps should be taken for climate justice regarding human interaction with the environment? 

3. Reusing water is a great way to practice environmental sustainability. What water-saving practices can you make a habit of, starting today? 

Week 3: Raj Kiran, India

1. How familiar are you with the Conference of Parties (COP), the United Nation’s conference on climate change? What questions do you have about the conference, and what would you like to learn about the policies surrounding climate change? 

2. The concept of “Loss and Damage” has been discussed at recent COP events, referring to the loss and damage to communities as a result of climate change. What important steps should be taken by governments and leaders to mitigate this loss and damage? What about in local communities? 

3. The Paris Agreement is an international treaty on climate change, adopted in 2015 at COP21. Part of the agreement is a commitment to limit global warming to 1.5°C, in order to decrease risk of climate change-related disasters and damage. What steps can you take to advocate for 1.5°C, to advocate for environmental justice? 

Week 4: Erick Kapira and Carina Henry Malcellianusy, Tanzania

1. Part of Erick’s climate justice work in Tanzania involves using the radio. What tools can you use to raise awareness and educate your own community? 

2. With the beach clean-up activity that Carina describes in the video, she mentions sending the report to the Tanzanian government to gather their plans for participation in environmental conservation. What are ways that you can connect with the local and state governments in your area to lobby for climate action, and hold them accountable for these plans? 

3. The youth and young adults specifically were involved in these climate projects in Tanzania – how do you see this drive for environmental justice in your own life as a young person, or the youth and young adults around you? 

Week 5: Gabrielle Thum, Brazil

1. Gabrielle mentions how the Pandemic has affected waste and climate change. What have you noticed about the Pandemic’s effects on climate change? 

2. Luke 10:25-37 is just one example of how we are called to care for creation. Where in scripture, readings, or other texts do you see our responsibility to the Earth? 

3. Gabrielle talks about how trash that we throw away every day might seem like it disappears from our eyes, but it is just displaced to somewhere else. Where else do you see the effects of climate change “disappearing” or “hiding” behind privilege?  

4. What will you take with you from this season of No Plastics for Lent, and how will you experience new life in creation justice through the resurrection?