Environment

With your volunteer community (and your placement site, if appropriate), use the Easter season to appreciate the world around you and to consider ways to participate in the stewardship of our planet. Here are some suggestions:

• Devote some time each week- half an hour, an hour, a weekend morning- to exploring the natural environment around you. If you live in an urban area, explore parks and urban gardens.
• Consider taking up a project to beautify the space in your neighborhood. Look into joining trash pick-up efforts or planting a garden.
• In your community, inventory your trash. What can you do to reduce what goes into the garbage? Consider making the switch to cloth napkins and towels instead of paper products, buying food items in bulk and storing in reusable containers, and challenging yourself to recycle more than you throw away (check with your local municipality or recycling authority for approved items).
• What other suggestions can you come up with that are unique to your location and situation?
• See www.usccb.org/sdwp/ejp for resources and statements on care of creation.