Action 2: Face Your Grief but Hold a Vision for the Future

“We have to feel the full force of this new reality in our bones. There is a power to consciously bearing witness to all that is unfolding without turning away, and counter-intuitively, you may actually feel better about the situation when you deeply accept the reality of it.”

- Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac
Magi statue at Lincoln Center
  1. Appoint a Sustainability Coordinator who is responsible for implementing, sustaining, and evaluating the original Laudato Si’ Action Plan, and for updating the plan as necessary.
  2. Convene an annual Laudato Si’ Sustainability Council to lead action planning and implementation of the University’s sustainability plan and provide interdisciplinary, interdepartmental, and interschool perspectives, and to ensure work progresses appropriately. 
  3. Conduct annual assessments of campus progress toward established goals.