Creation Care Team
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Mission
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Anchored in the Laudato Si' encyclical, our mission is "to inspire and mobilize the Catholic community to care for our common home and achieve climate and ecological justice."
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Join Us and Learn More
By rethinking how we live and realizing the impact of our daily actions, we will be better able to care for Creation; the "wonderful gift that God has given us," in the words of Pope Francis. By joining together to live justly on Earth, our Catholic community can make a difference on the many problems our planet faces.
Would you like to join us?
Register Here
After your registration, you will receive further information as well as an invitation to our monthly meetings and be kept directly informed of all upcoming events. Together, we will educate our parish and our community in order to protect and restore our common home. To learn more, please email Linda.
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Monthly MeetingsVia Zoom: 2nd Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. (subject to change) Join CCT to get the Zoom link.
Next meetings:- August 8
- September 12th
- October 10th
- November 14
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Educate Yourself
Four voices that have gone unheard in global conversations, the poor, the indigenous, the youth and wildlife, have been invited to an unprecedented dialogue with the Pope. This documentary follows their journey to Rome and the extraordinary experiences that took place there, and is packed with powerfully moving personal stories alongside the latest information about the planetary crisis and the toll it’s taking on nature and people. Take time to watch this documentary with your family or friends in the comfort of your home. This is free only until October 4th.
Watch Now
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Free Earth-Friendly Apps
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Ecosia
www.ecosia.org
Ecosia is a search engine that donates 80% of its profits to non- profit organizations that focus on reforestation. It considers itself a social business, is CO2 negative and claims to support full financial transparency and protect privacy of its users. It can be installed on laptops, phones, tablets and other devices that have access to the internet. Instead of advertising dollars going to Google, Yahoo or other, why not direct that money toward planting trees. -
Recycle ATX
www.austintexas.gov/recycling
Everything you need to know about your residential refuse collection in Austin. Need to know what day trash is picked up? Need to know if an item goes into recycle, compost or trash? It's all here.
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Plastic Score
www.plasticscore.co
PlasticScore is a crowdsourced zero waste rating for restaurants. They fund the recovery of plastic waste for every sustainability review, and use the data to help restaurants improve. When downloading the app, be sure to put in the code PRP for the local non-profit, Plastic Reduction Project, who we are working with. PRP will then receive the info. for the Austin area and be able to provide feedback to the local restaurants. Local AUSTIN area restaurant include those in Cedar Park, Round Rock, Leander, etc. -
Too Good to Go: End Food Waste
“Each year, 40% all edible food in the US is thrown away. At Too Good To Go we want to put an end to food waste by creating a world where food produced is food consumed."
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Buy Nothing
www.buynothing.live
"A Gift Economy's real wealth is the people involved and the web of connections that form to support them." Also an app where you can find things locally as well as nationally that people are giving away. -
Freecycle
trashnothing.com/beta/
Do you have something you think no one wants? Take a look on this app and post your item there; you may find someone who sees your trash as treasure. You may even find something for yourself.
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