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Books

In Defense of Food  by Michael Pollan  (also PBS show)

The Overstory by Richard Powers

Ecological Footprints: An Essential Franciscan Guide for Faith and Sustainable Living by Dawn M. Nothwehr OSF

Listening for the Heartbeat of God – A Celtic Spirituality by J. Philip Newell (church library)

Solar Storms by Linda Hogan

Ask the Beasts by Elizabeth Johnson

Black Nature edited by Camille T. Dungy

When the Trees Say Nothing: Writings on Nature by Thomas Merton

Regeneration — follow up to drawdown – Paul Hawkens

The Nature of Nature—Eric Sala

Drawdown—Paul Hawkens

Braiding Sweet Grass – Robin Wall Kimmerer

Sharon Delgado’s — The Cross in the Midst of Creation:  Following Jesus, Engaging the Powers, Transforming the World
Harriet A. Washington –“A Terrible Thing to Waste: Environmental Racism and Its Assault on the American Mind”

Movies

The Pope, the Environmental Crisis, and Frontline Leaders | The Letter: Laudato Si Film – YouTube  THE LETTER

Dear Parents, do You Love Your Kids (2023) – YouTube  – 5 minutes

(715) Laudato Si’ animation | CAFOD – YouTube   Introduction video to Laudato Si

My Octopus Teacher

Kiss the Ground: about putting carbon back in the Earth: netflix.com/title/81321999

Our Planet  youtube.com/watch?v=GfO-3Oir-qM

Remothering the Land: (10 Min) https://www.patagonia.com/regenerative-organic/

Just Faith option justfaith.org/sacred-land-food-and-farming/

“The Tree of Life” 2011 Brad Pitt; Sean Penn; Jessica Chastain

The True Cost” documentary on the fashion industry

The Story of Plastic youtube.com/watch?v=PCNanJNJ8JA

“Our Planet” (8-episode documentary) ourplanet.com/en/

“The Story of Plastic” (unavailable?)

“Under Contract” Chicken industry in NC youtube.com/watch?v=yS5GJYlHkp4

bullfrogfilms.com  source from Larry P.  Earth Day Festival-in-a-box special if you place an order for multiple titles at once. Three titles: $250 Five titles: $400 Seven titles: $550

Talks

NASA guy – great climate change explanation: youtube.com/watch?v=vc6ewwJvunI

transportation: cnn.com/videos/us/2022/01/25/carbon-footprint-climate-change-orig-me.cnn

nytimes.com/2022/08/09/opinion/lawns-water-environment.html?smid=em-share lawns killing us (5 min)

How to talk to people

ted.com/talks/john_marshall_3_strategies_for_effectively_talking_about_climate_change

Street gardens   ted.com/talks/pam_warhurst_how_we_can_eat_our_landscapes

Greta Thunburg  youtube.com/watch?v=TMrtLsQbaok

Problem with Plastics ted.com/talks/patricia_villarrubia_gomez_the_problem_with_plastics_and_how_they_re_changing_the_environment?mc_cid=e3027d2a12&mc_eid=5327ef67bd

Drawdown presentation https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/play/lB48Bb2g7NjKxMeQC3Bkz7Os-RAOuYYx756Uw4emb6mn9loF2uPnG9C5ELSEjle–wzCbhLTKM0p-xQ3.-zmNWvwhpJsCHwE8?continueMode=true

Colleen on veganism Colleen on impact of Vegan Diet and https://youtu.be/Mkknr6Cbq4s (5 min version)

God’s Creation Needs You  catholicclimatecovenant.org/resources/gods-creation-needs-you-a/

Steve Andrews Homily Nov 19 on Laudato Si and Care for Creation – Global Warming

Articles

A year’s trash in a tiny jar: (berkeleyside.org)

The Way We Eat

Reduce Carbon Footprint https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/12/15/opinion/how-reduce-carbon-footprint-climate-change.html?campaign_id=39&emc=edit_ty_20221216&instance_id=80337&nl=opinion-today&regi_id=66397236&segment_id=120013&te=1&user_id=e1f2622c968e490cc9c569c5d3f7c694

Climate Indifference https://reflections.yale.edu/article/faith-not-fear-varieties-christian-practice/climate-crisis-indifference-not-our-watch

Food’s Big Water Footprint https://www.watercalculator.org/footprint/foods-big-water-footprint/