Climate Justice – Chinook

Transforming to a Circular Economy | June Climate Webinar

Posted on May 21, 2021May 21, 2021 by GPNW2020

In this session we start examining the pervasive structural issues that shape our world–in this case the basic economic model. (Note: consumerism will be a separate session). Our current practice is a Create-Use-Discard economy that results in ravaged mountains, toxic tailing ponds, abusive child labour, abandoned oil wells, and mountains of trash. The old model generally considers resources to be endless, waste to be of no consequence, and the implications for Nature to be negligible.

Lugano will share an alternative model: the Circular Economy. From the ground up, once new resources enter this modular system, the model tracks resources and keeps re-using and replacing them as long as possible. In addition, Lugano will briefly share his insights from working on 100,000-person “city within a city,” where flexibility and change can occur more nimbly.

Lugano Kapembwa is co-founder and CEO of Loopcycle, a circular technology platform embedding lasting traceability that redefines how customers manage, recover and resell their used products. Prior to this role, Lugano worked on a $5 billion project, delivering sustainability and resource efficiency programs as Energy and Environment Lead for Canary Wharf Management, the landlord arm of Canary Wharf Group—owners of the 128 acre estate and mini-city district in London, UK. Lugano holds a M.Sc. in Law and Environmental Science and a B.Sc. in Environmental Science.

Come join us in the Climate Webinar on June 13, with Lugano Kapembwa. Invite your friends to join as well. All sessions are free. Participation in previous webinars and conversations is not necessary to join in this opportunity.

What: Climate Webinar – ”Through Crises Toward Transformation:
Systemic Solutions —Transforming to a Circular Economy”

When:
Webinar – Sunday, June 13, 2021, 2:00 pm-3:30 pm PDT (3 pm MT, 4 pm CT, 5 pm ET)

Follow-up Conversations –
Thursday, June 24, 2021, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm PDT (7 pm MT, 8 pm CT, 9 pm ET)
and Sunday, June 27, 2021, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm PDT (3 pm MT, 4 pm CT, 5 pm ET)

Where: Online Ministry

To connect to “Systemic Solutions: Transforming to a Circular Economy,” please register at https://www.cofchristclimatejustice.org.

If you registered for a past webinar or conversation, you do not need to register again. Once registered, you will be sent a Zoom link a few days before each webinar, panel and conversation.

This is an online ministry sponsored by the Greater Pacific Northwest USA Mission Center for Community of Christ. The North American Climate Justice Team are the planners, with members from GPNWMC, Canada East, Canada West, IWMC, SPMC, and SPIMC.

Climate Resources for Online Reunions

Posted on May 21, 2021May 21, 2021 by GPNW2020

Submitted by Susan Oxley, North American Climate Justice Team

The North American Climate Justice Team of Community of Christ has created two engagement sessions for online reunions to offer participants in the Sacredness of Creation and concerns over Climate Change. Each is designed to be a stand-alone hour-long session. Here are summaries of the content, and contact information is provided at the end of each summary.

Spiritual Formation/Worship/Discussion session: “Creation is Sacred”

The North American Climate Justice Team of Community of Christ has created a spiritual formation session utilizing prayer and lectio divina to explore the Sacredness of Creation and God’s call for a prophetic community to emerge to bring peace on and for the earth.

This session is flexible and can be adapted to a variety of purposes. It can be used as an alternative to a prayer and testimony service, or a teen/adult class. If you add some music, it functions as a worship service. It includes a breakout session for sharing. The plan can be implemented easily by a local member of the reunion staff, or you can request the assistance of the North American Climate Justice Team in leading it. It’s designed to last 60-70 minutes. If you are interested in receiving the instructions and outline for this session, please contact: Joan Thompson, joantcanuck@hotmail.com or Rod Downing, rdowning94@shaw.ca.

Class Session on Climate Change

In Community of Christ history, we honor the Zionic ideal of community over isolated individualism. The hour-long reunion class created by the North American Climate Justice Team of the Community of Christ challenges participants to embrace a community-oriented perspective in responding to climate change. The class includes a TED talk that explores how all of us tend to deny and avoid climate issues, and ties denial to the Christian story of the Apostle Peter. The transformation from denial through fear to Christian community and perseverance provides a template for facing the multiple crises threatening our world today.

This class can be used as part of a morning class, an enrichment experience for afternoon chats, an option for evening discussion, or an exploration in a post-reunion setting. The stand-alone class outline and instructions can be implemented by a local member of the reunion staff, or you can request the assistance of the North American Climate Justice Team in leading it. It’s designed for 60 minutes, and includes 1-2 breakout sessions. If you are interested in receiving the instructions and outline for this session, please contact: Dean and Susi Wight, deantw@aol.com and sewwight@aol.com