St Vincent’s Health Australia, Australia’s largest non-government health and aged care provider, is leading the way in taking steps to reduce the carbon imprint of its hospitals and health facilities, the ABC reports.

SVHA, which operates six public hospitals, nine private hospitals and 17 aged care facilities, is overseeing a plan which has been reducing the environmental impact of operations, as well as saving money.

“My country is in peril from rising seas so I am here to appeal for urgent climate action, otherwise we will lose our homes. Kiribati is going under water,” writes Eri Aram for Caritas Australia.

Eri, a 28-year old father of three from Kiribati, was in Australia recently to tell the story of his country. He then attended the UN climate summit in Germany to ensure his people are given a voice in determining future climate policy.

Muslims, Christians, Jews, Buddhists and Hindus have been pounding the nation’s pavements collecting signatures for what may be one of the largest grassroots, multi-electorate climate petitions in our nation’s history, according to a media release by Caritas Australia.

Download the Catholic Season of Creation, a liturgical resource for celebrating creation during the Sundays of September.

The recent edition of 'Writing Rings for righting wrongs' focuses on protecting the earth and offers information and points for reflection and action in the context of energy policy and issues.

The June edition of Watermark looks beyond the apparent global plague of “fake news” that is attempting to undermine traditional information sources.

Australian Provincial Fr Brian McCoy sj has committed the Australian Jesuits to joining with other organisations around the world in responding to the call to divest from fossil fuels. 

"Connecting People to Nature", the theme of World Environment Day 2017, calls us to go outdoors, be #WithNature and heed the call to protect the earth.

The 2017 Asia-Oceania Meeting of Religious (AMOR XVII) in Myanmar early this year have shared a unified response to the challenge of climate change as they call for global ecological conversion.

The Intercommunity Peace and Justice Center (IPJC) explores the framework of integral ecology and offers ideas for putting it in practice.

Looking for Earth Day resources? We've listed some items for use even beyond the April 22nd celebration.

Mercy Global Action offers a 12-week reflective resource highlighting issues surrounding our planet’s seas and oceans in the lead up to the ‘The Ocean Conference’ in June 2017.

Watermark, a publication of the Conference of Leaders of Religious Institutes in NSW or CLRI(NSW) explores the challenges contained in the State of the Environment 2016 report and the work ahead to fulfill the Paris Climate Agreement.

With the federal government conducting a climate policy review later this year, we’re inviting people to gather signatures, on paper, for a giant petition in their own electorate to advocate for climate action and increase engagement on this issue.

Register now for Catholic Earthcare's symposium and retreat for clergy, religious and lay people seeking to integrate Laudato Si’ into their way of being on Earth.

The Global Catholic Climate Movement's global campaign, #Mercy2Earth, encourages Catholics to reflect on Pope Francis’ appeal to show mercy to our common home with key events starting from Lent.

A study led by Cornell University communication researchers found that Pope Francis’ framing of climate change as a moral issue has helped shift views on climate action, especially among the politically conservative.

The November 2016 declaration of the Federation of Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of Oceania appealed for “courageous, far-sighted governance shaped by the principles of the common good and justice for all human persons” in climate action in the Pacific.

Watch these two videos featuring stories on the impact of climate change on Kiribati and other communities.

On his speaking tour in Australia last month, Irish Columban Father Sean McDonagh talks about the gift of Laudato Si' to the Church and how we can make it our own with urgency and climate action, writes Peter Bugden.

The Conference of Leaders of Religious Institutes in NSW or CLRI(NSW) has published its latest issue of Watermark, providing a resource on extreme weather events and its relationship to climate change.

It is the “least” and most vulnerable or marginalized among us that are inequitably affected and irreversibly impacted by climate change, said Archbishop of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in his message to the COP22 gathering in Morocco.

The Institute of Sisters of Mercy of Australia and Papua New Guinea (ISMAPNG) has launched its Sustainability Policy – ‘An Integrated Approach to Sustainable Living’ via a livestream broadcast on Friday, 4 November 2016.

Columban Missionaries and Catholic Earthcare Australia haved called on Australian Church leaders to send a letter to Australian delegates to support the Vatican message to Paris Climate Agreement Signatory Nations leading up to the COP22 meeting.

The Conference of Leaders of Religious Institutes in NSW or CLRI(NSW) published its October 2016 edition of Watermark which looks at issues concerning renewable energy.

Caritas Australia has released a report on the state of the environment in Oceania entitled "Hungry for Justice, Thirsty for Change", documenting the experiences of Pacific Islanders who are struggling with the impacts of climate change.

A visual reflection on Psalm 8 and Pope Francis’ Laudato Si’ by Sister Rita Carroll rscj is available for personal or community prayer, reports the Sacred Heart Circle Newsletter.

The Presentation Society of Australia and Papua New Guinea, and the Missionary Society of St Columban have joined a global pledge to divest from fossil fuel investments, according to the Australian Religious Response to Climate Change (ARRCC).

In his message for the 2016 World Day of Prayer for Care of Creation on September 1, Pope Francis has proposed a new Work of Mercy for Christians to engage in: caring for our common home.

The Conference of Leaders of Religious Institutes in New South Wales or CLRI(NSW) has published an informative resource on the Great Barrier Reef for its July 2016 edition of Watermark.