PILGRIM in Dialogue with Sustainability and Spirituality

30 31 PILGRIM Pedagogy: Act & Serve The 8 *Re-s* from PILGRIM Courses of action as a result of realising and accepting the possibilities and the respective circumstances. "... serve the creation ..." Seeing everything we do as a service to creation ... 1 Re-think > seeing the world as a whole • Thinking about where from, where to and why • See everything – plants , animals, people, soil – as non-instrumental • All life as dialogue 2 Re-fuse > refusing the compulsion to consume • I have enough • Resist the temptations of advertising • Weigh up every purchase decision to see whether it is really necessary 3 Re-duce > reducing consumption • Less is more • Buy local and fair • Consume fewer resources 4 Re-use > reusing (and continued use of) everything • Waste is raw material in the wrong place • Put everything to a new use • Shopping with your own reusable bag 5 Re-pair > repairing everyday objects • Restoring old things and putting them to new use • Do not buy new immediately if damaged • Buy repaired goods 6 Re-dress > making up for the damage done • Reforestation and replanting • Creating consumer-free living spaces • Pollutant-free air to breathe 7 Re-form > giving life depth and prosperity • Regaining zest for life, courage and hope • Redesigning life processes • Being instead of having 8 Re-future > winning the future anew • Giving space to marvelling at life • Seeing life and the world as creation • Expanding the earth by heaven SAVE t he e a r t h SERVE the creation * * 1: LS 189 | 2: LS 211 | 3: LS 26 | 4: LS 22 5: LS 181 | 6: LS 14 | 7: LS 181 8: © J. Hisch 2019 | ( LS=Laudato Si’, 2015) 2019 Images © iStock

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