Global Reality Meal

Objective: To provide insight into hunger through an effective dramatization of the inequality of our world.

Duration: 1-2 hours

Going on a Picnic!

Objective: To learn about the environmental impacts of food consumption patterns.

Duration: 15-20 minutes

Good Samaritan Story

Objective: To learn about the Catholic Social Teaching principle of Solidarity and the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace, through the parable of The Good Samaritan (Luke 10:29-37).

Duration: 30 minutes

Grocery Store Challenge

Objective: To see what options are available to us for local, sustainable or fair-trade foods, why these are important, and what changes we can make to support these options.

Duration: 1-2 hours

Laudato Si’ Jenga

Objective: Understand the key ideas in the encyclical Laudato Si’ and catalyze actions to promote a healthier planet

Duration: 45-60 minutes

Leaving No Carbon Footprints Behind!

Objective: To promote the making and sharing of individual commitments that will reduce negative contributions to climate change.

Duration: 60-90 minutes

Living Simply Art Activity

Objective: To have participants depict the connection between our lifestyles and their environmental impacts.

Duration: 1-2 hours

Orange Trading Game

Objective: To understand some of the pressures facing poor farmers in the South; that many factors are completely out of their hands and that it is still possible to be poor even if you work very hard. To introduce the concept of fair trade.

Duration: 45-60 minutes

Prayer for Planting

Objective: To reflect and pray.

Duration: 5-10 minutes

Reflections on Living Simply

Objective: To reflect on quotes about living simply.

Duration: 10-20 minutes

Simplicity Challenge

Objective: To challenge participants to reduce environmentally-harmful practices.

Duration: Throughout a THINKfast

Solidarity Circle

Objective: To understand the relationship between distributive justice, solidarity, and human dignity.

Duration: 10-20 minutes

Solidarity Snakes and Ladders

Objective: Learn about the mission of Development and Peace — Caritas Canada and how our partners and members respond to the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor.

Duration: 30 minutes and more

Sow Much Love Student Activity Guide

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AB 7-9

ON 1-8 Arts and Health

ON 9-12

Taste Test: Bottled Water

Objective: Demystify the bottled water industry.

Duration: 25-30 minutes

Taste Test: Food

Objective: Demystify the source of food.

Duration: 25-30 minutes

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Global Reality Meal

Going on a Picnic!

Good Samaritan Story

Grocery Store Challenge

Laudato Si’ Jenga

Leaving No Carbon Footprints Behind!

Living Simply Art Activity

Orange Trading Game

Prayer for Planting

Reflections on Living Simply

Simplicity Challenge

Solidarity Circle

Solidarity Snakes and Ladders

Sow Much Love Student Activity Guide

Taste Test: Bottled Water

Taste Test: Food

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