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Jesuit Education Resources

Raphael, C., & Matsuoka, M. (2024). . University of California Press – Luminos.

A comprehensive introduction to doing community-engaged research for environmental justice in many fields, including law and policy, community economic development, public health, food justice, urban and regional planning, and conservation. Available open access. Archived recordings of a webinar series based on the book are also available.

Chad Raphael. . 

An overview and guide to designing community-engaged, participatory research and arts projects for faculty, students, and community-based partners. Briefly grounds community-engaged approach to research in Jesuit pedagogy.

Pope Francis,

David DeCosse and Brian Green, Ethics and Pope Francis’s Encyclical Letter Laudato Si’: A Teaching Module

Thomas Reese, SJ,

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home Discussion Guide 

Laudate Deum ( / )

A follow-up to Laudato Si’ published in 2023, this apostolic exhortation calls on governments, institutions, and individuals to accelerate their efforts to address the intensifying climate crisis.

Journeying toward Care for Our Common Home ( / full text) 

Document developed by several Vatican Dicasteries marking the five-year anniversary of Laudato Si’ includes more detailed steps toward integral ecology for universities and other institutions, including fossil fuel divestment.

Fratelli Tutti ( / ) 

Papal encyclical letter of 2020 addressing justice and social friendship in relationships, social life, politics, and institutions

Goals and action steps, including for .

A national social and environmental justice network for Jesuit higher education and Catholic social ministry organizations. See their  , an excellent collection of videos, podcasts, readings, and activities focused on different environmental justice issues each day. Includes a , an , the , the (for institutions), and other .

A national organization addressing climate change and climate justice through an array of , including advocacy, community organizing, education, and reducing the climate footprint of Catholic institutions.

Catholic Charities 

Some chapters have EJ programs, such as the , and the organization has several

Raphael, C. & Young, S. (Eds.) (2024). . Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education.

A guide to teaching the major sustainability competencies (such as systems thinking, futures thinking, and normative thinking), including example learning outcomes, links to syllabi and assignments, and relevant scholarship of teaching and learning.

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Reflections on, and visions of, an Ignatian pedagogy of sustainability.

Strengthens research, education, and community engagement to advance environmental and economic justice.

DeCosse, D., & Ladrigan-Whelpley, T. (Eds.). (2016).  (special issue). Explore, 19 (Spring).  

Essays on Laudato Si’ and Silicon Valley, climate science and climate justice, environmental justice, public policy, social action, and a sustainable economy.

An online journal for the exchange of ideas and practices on a broad array of ecological and social issues around the world, especially water and watershed management, mineral development, food security, climate change, disaster risk resilience, renewable and alternative energy, Indigenous Peoples, and cultural integrity, and sustainable development.

Ladrigan-Whelpley, T. (Ed.). (2018). Is there a common good in our common home? (special issue). Explore, 20 (Spring). 

Essays on the common good and the Jesuit university, racial and ethnic justice, economic justice, gender justice, and environmental justice.

Leighter, J., & Smythe, K. . Jesuit Higher Education, 8(1), Article 3.

Develops an Ignatian approach to teaching about sustainability and justice.

Schmidt, E. W. (Ed.). (2016). Laudato Si’: Responsibility, conservation, sustainability (special issue). Conversations in Jesuit Higher Education, 50 (Fall). 

Essays on Laudato Si’ and Jesuit universities.

Center for Sustainability, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. 

Example of the scope of activities Jesuit campuses can undertake to achieve climate neutrality, practice mindful consumption, develop a culture of sustainability and use the campus as a living laboratory in the curriculum and co-curriculum.  See especially the teaching resources for faculty and living lab project database.

Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, Environmental Ethics Resources  

Lesson plans, curriculum guides, and teaching tools for environmental ethics education.

Schuck, M. (Ed.) (2016),  

Loyola University Chicago’s open access e-textbook integrating environmental science, ethics, spirituality, and action on major challenges of biodiversity, natural resources, renewable energy, water, food, and climate change.

Programs, research, and practical resources on teaching social entrepreneurship in a Jesuit university.

Sachs, W. (2017). Third World Quarterly, 38(12), 2573-2587.  

Compares and contrasts the U.N. SDGs and Laudato Si’ as roadmaps to sustainability.

Warner, K. D. (2018). . Educatio Catholica, 4(1), 151-162.  

Explains methods for teaching social entrepreneurship and their relationship to Catholic social teaching.