Care of the Environment
The RC Communities and Climate Change
2022 Goal: Unified Goal on the Climate
- Care of the Environment (COE)
- Documentary
- Key Environmental Issues
- Materials Developed by Co-Counselors
- Resources for Leading
- RC Articles
- RC Community Activities
- T-shirts, Hankies, Pamphlets, and Posters
Sustaining All Life (SAL) displayed this and other posters in our booths at COP27. They are available to download as a fundraiser for SAL.
Draft Policy and Program
- Draft Policy on Care of the Environment
- Draft Program on Climate Change short version PDF
- Thoughts in Support of the Draft Policy on Care of the Environment
Past Goals
- 2017 Goal and Articles on Care of the Environment
- Why Co-Counseling Prioritizes Addressing Climate Change
- Translations of the 2013 and 2017 Goal
Documentary
Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet – Important Netflix documentary (1 hr. 14 min.) This video presents the science behind a handful of tipping points (boundaries humanity can’t cross without triggering irreversible changes). 10-minute trailer
Key Environmental Issues
Biodiversity
Key outcomes agreed at the UN biodiversity conference in Montreal, December 2022, reported in Carbon Brief.
Plastic Pollution
The world's plastic pollution crisis explained. National Geographic, 2019
Check out the Plastic Pollution Coalition.
Deforestation
10 Deforestation Facts You Should Know About from Earth.Org (2022)
Air Pollution
An estimated 4.2 to 7 million people die from air pollution worldwide every year and that nine out of 10 people breathe air that contains high levels of pollutants. World Health Organization
Materials Developed by Co-Counselors
intended for the Public
- How to Build a Culture of Support So Leaders and Movements Can Thrive
- Our Climate Crisis and U.S. Militarism
- Fast Fashion Video learn more at a:dress
- Climate Action Brochure (page 2 pictured below)
Resources for Leading
- Class outlines for teaching on COE
- Experiences teaching about COE in RC classes
- Racism and the Environment (downloadable PowerPoint Presentation)
- Articles on COE and Teaching
- Stories of Hope and Courage
- Our Environment (a digital publication)
RC Articles
- Sustaining All Life pamphlet preface
- Ideas for supporting wide world work on climate by Nancy Faulstich
- Bringing Our Strengths as RCers to the Movement to Stop Climate Change by Diane Shisk
- Racism, Genocide, Colonialism and Care of the Environment by Russ Vernon-Jones
- Climate Moments to use in RC classes
- A Climate Moment in Every RC Class (article) by Russ Vernon-Jones
- Climate Change and RC by Tim Jackins and Diane Shisk
- The Disproportionate Impacts of Climate Change by Diane Shisk
- An Introduction to Climate Change by Diane Shisk
- Draft Policy on Care of the Environment
- Thoughts in Support of the Draft Policy on Care of the Environment
- Toward a New Goal on Care of the Environment by Tim Jackins
- Care of the Environment (summary from Fundamentals Teaching Guide II), by Wytske Visser
- Care of the Environment (article), by Wytske Visser
RC Community Activities
- Area Activities
- Regional Activities
- Activities by ILRPs and within Constituencies
- Organizing Workshops with COE Tips
T-shirts, Hankies, Pamphlets, and Posters
See also Climate Change and Sustaining All Life