March 22–April 22, 2015

From World Water Day to Earth Day, we will embark on a spiritual journey for climate justice.

Commit2Respond has been growing and we’ve been sharing our ideas for how this coalition of people of faith and conscience can best take action to Shift to a low carbon future, Advance human rights, and Grow the movement. Now it’s time for us to make commitments together and stretch ourselves to take action in new ways that will make a real impact.

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Climate Justice Month Timeline

March 22:            World Water Day: Climate Justice Sunday

Week 1:               Reveling in connection with the natural world and its gifts

Week 2:               Reckoning with the impacts and injustices of climate change, exploring where our energy comes from

Week 3:               Reconnecting with hope through relationship, exploring who is impacted by our energy sources

Week 4:               Committing to long-term actions to shift energy, advance human rights, and grow the climate justice movement

April 22:               Earth Day: committing to a future of clean, renewable energy

New: Worship resources now available!

 

What Will We Do?

During Climate Justice Month you will be invited to learn, reflect, and discern what long-term actions you, your family, and/or your congregation or group can take on that will build resistance to climate change. This website will become a hub for sharing and tracking our commitments. Suggested actions will be provided, or you can create your own. 

Rather than simply taking on small actions for a month, we are setting aside a month to delve into our spiritual grounding for this work, deepen our learning, and intentionally decide how we can commit to transform our lives and our world. 

Committed action that springs from principled and spiritual grounding gets us through setbacks and compels us from a place of possibility and creativity. It is a stance of commitment to justice and integrity of all life over the long haul. This theological or principled grounding calls us to evaluate our work and take next steps with more wisdom and impact.

 

Who Can Participate? (You!)

Congregations and Groups

Can you organize a group within your faith community or local community to make commitments together? Committed groups not only exponentially multiply individual actions, they can also take on more complex and ambitious projects. Working together in groups has other benefits too, like tapping the wisdom of different perspectives.

Congregational teams, including Green Sanctuary teams, environmental justice teams, and social justice teams, are all invited to join Commit2Respond as a group. Whole congregation votes and campaigns can be powerful and are welcome, but they are not essential to advance our collective effort to change the course of climate disruption.

Individuals, Families, and Households

During Climate Justice Month you, your family, and/or your household will be invited to commit to act, and you will inspire others! Your individual actions can positively impact climate disruption and simultaneously grow the movement for climate justice. 

Sign up for daily messages during Climate Justice Month below. You can also follow Commit2Respond on Facebook or Twitter to receive the daily messages that way.

 

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