Environment

The maritime world

August 5, 2020

In the Pope Video for August, Pope Francis focuses on sailors, fishermen and their families, whose lives are afflicted with many difficulties and challenges.

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Reflecting on integral ecology in Laudato Si’

July 8, 2020

JCFJ's latest Working Notes is dedicated to integral ecology, the complex relationships and systems that bind humankind to all aspects of God's creation

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Creation walk with Brian Grogan SJ

June 30, 2020

The best-selling author has published a new book entitled 'Creation Walk: The Amazing Story of a Small Blue Planet' with Messenger Publications

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Problems with the fast fashion industry

May 25, 2020

LANAH ACTON :: Why the fast fashion industry is a human rights issue as well as an environmental one.

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Elections should address ‘burning issue’ of ecology

January 29, 2020

Gerry O'Hanlon SJ, Jesuit theologian, discusses with Pat Coyle the upcoming general election from a Christian perspective

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Pope’s renewed appeal to save the oceans

September 24, 2019

Pope Francis has collaborated with renowned environmental photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand to issue a further appeal to protect the world's seas and oceans

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Climate Action Plan: Will we adapt to climate chaos?

July 11, 2019

CIARA MURPHY (JCFJ) :: The Government's Climate Action Plan lacks urgency and shows no awareness of the scale of the impending crisis.

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Ireland after the Climate Action Plan: A laggard, a leader, or a middle-manager?

July 11, 2019

KEITH ADAMS (JCFJ) :: Disappointment after realising that the Government's Climate Action Plan promises more than it delivers.

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The spiritual dimension of design

July 10, 2019

Professor Stuart Walker, Chair of Design for Sustainability at Lancaster University, speaks to Pat Coyle about a more explicit consideration of values in the work of designers today

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Legislation not aspiration

June 17, 2019

Dr Ciara Murphy of the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice explains how the just-published Government plan to tackle climate disruption fails us

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