Resource Kit: Eimagining Development: Youth Perspectives For A Better World
Resource Kit: Eimagining Development: Youth Perspectives For A Better World
Resource Kit: Eimagining Development: Youth Perspectives For A Better World
RESOURCE KIT
This Resource Kit is meant to help guide participants and observers throughout the
Reimagining Development series. Participants and observers are highly encouraged to read
and familiarize themselves with the foundational materials that serve as the conceptual
building blocks for discussions, and to further enrich their knowledge through the
supplementary materials.
Foundational materials
1. Public letter of Pope Francis calling for the Economy of Francesco
In May 2019, Pope Francis invited young people around the world to convene in an
event to help “change today’s economy and to give soul to the economy of
tomorrow”. This serves as the basis for the Economy of Francesco process and the
event proper in Assisi, Italy in November 2020.
2. Laudato Si’
The second encyclical of Pope Francis, which focuses on the interconnectedness of
Creation, all forms of life, and how we choose to live. It has been described by many
as a “wake up call” for humanity to the ecological crisis happening around the world.
Indeed, it’s subtitle reads, “On Care for our Common Home”.
3. SDG Booklet
This booklet provides an overview of the United Nations Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs), a set of 17 global goals adopted in 2015 that are meant to guide the
world towards a more sustainable future by 2030.
Supplementary materials
1. IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C
2. Eco-Spirituality: A Foundation for Ecological Justice
3. Towards the Economy of Francesco: A Dialogue with Filipino Youth for a More Just
Economy
Foundational materials
1. Sustainable Development Goals and Laudato Si’: Towards Eco-Solidarity
This handbook prepared by Living Laudato Si’ Philippines highlights the
interconnections of the SDGs and Laudato Si’.
Supplementary materials
1. COVID-19 and Building a New Normal
2. Sustainable Development Goals and Laudato Si': Towards Ecological Solidarity
3. Sustainable Development Report 2020
4. Tribals Seeking Opportunity away from the Land
5. Connecting Voices, Connecting Laudato Si’: Action 2021
This part shall be formed through the recommendations of participants and observers
during and in-between sessions. Online links to suggested readings, videos, graphics,
podcasts, and other materials may be listed here.
Book suggestions
1. Spiritual Ecology: The Cry of the Earth
2. This Changes Everything - Capitalism v/s The Climate - Naomi Klein