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30.11.2021

#PlanetPledge | Joel Thompson

In the fourth video of our #PlanetPledge series we introduce you to Joel Thompson: a Jesuit, he lives in Guyana and has been working with the indigenous peoples of his country for three years. “Indigenous people have taught me that...

26.11.2021

An appeal for the Holy Land: children in Gaza need care

An appeal for peace and a fundraising campaign to provide care for children in the Holy Land have been launched in Florence (Italy), declared ‘Peace Messenger City’ by the UN. The fundraising campaign to provide care for girls and boys...

25.11.2021

Creating a network: Eleonora’s commitment to help end violence against women

25th November is the International Day for the Elimination of violence against women. According to the latest estimates, almost 1 in 3 women aged 15 or over worldwide have experienced physical or sexual violence at least once in their lifetime....

23.11.2021

#PlanetPledge | Lily, the young activist

The star of the third #PlanetPledge video is Lilly Satidtanasarn, a 14-year-old environmental and climate activist from Thailand. Lily became an activist at the age of 8, because from a young age she felt the urgency to stop the damage...

19.11.2021

A business for fraternity: the Nuova Global Foundation

An ambitious but necessary project that, in the business world, helps to convey a message of fraternity. Lawrence Chong and Stanislav Lencz: it is enough to read the two names to realize that we are facing two opposite worlds: two...

16.11.2021

#PlanetPledge | I am Climate Justice

ICJ – I am Climate Justice is a movement composed of volunteers around the world, students, activists, artists and high-profile lawyers, who use the power of the law to pressurize governments to protect future generations from the climate crisis. One...

12.11.2021

Laudato Si’ Action Platform

On Sunday, November 14 the Laudato Si’ Action Platform will be launched. What is it all about? Who can participate? We took the opportunity of the interview with John Mundell to ask him these questions. If you weren’t able to...

11.11.2021

Polarization – Reconciliation – Reconciled diversity

‘Hybrid’ Meeting of the “Friends of Together for Europe” in Rome “At a time of polarization, the Holy Spirit brings about Togetherness”. This was stated by Gerhard Pross (YMCA Esslingen, Germany) the present moderator of ‘Together for Europe’ (TfE). The...

09.11.2021

#PlanetPledge | Caring about the planet through sustainable agriculture

Making farming regenerative and sustainable is a key challenge that many countries around the world face. Getting this right is a powerful way of caring for our planet, to #PlanetPledge. Mateusz Ciasnocha, a farmer from Poland, is helping the COP26...

08.11.2021

Impactful youth: I am!

Between 27 September and 13 November, young people between the ages of 18 and 35 can register to compete for Brazil’s national prize. On the occasion of its 30th anniversary, Economy of Communion (EoC), in collaboration with the Economy of...

05.11.2021

Serbia: building a home to be a home

Although this father could finally afford to buy a house for his family, he did not have the physical ability or financial resources to renovate it himself. The community around him acted. “Many people came to help me, and in...

02.11.2021

Brazil: Swap hunger for a flower

On 8 May 2021 at a traffic light in the city of Porto Alegre (Brazil), Lorenzo, aged 24, and his mother, Themis, saw a poor man with a sign: “I’m hungry, help me”. This is how the project “Troque-a-fome-por-flor” (Swap...

26.10.2021

Cameroon: MABS & Smalls Kitchen – the heart, mind and spirit in the enterprise

By Mabih Nji Mabih Nji is a young Cameroonian entrepreneur from The Economy of Francesco who has chosen the EoC model for her company. Here is her story, told in the first person. Mabs & Smalls kitchen is a mini enterprise...

22.10.2021

From murals to hospitality, the Lecce revolution

“Beauty will save the world.” It seems quite fitting to cite these words of Dostoevsky when describing the rebirth that has taken place in the Stadio (Stadium) neighborhood of southern Italy. You know how they say that appearances also matter?...

19.10.2021

Sistema B, a new business model for the world

Sistema B: a global movement that aims to create an inclusive, equitable and regenerative economic system for all people and the Planet. From October 9 to 12, the second congress on “Co-governance” was held in Brazil, entitled “Co-governance as a...

15.10.2021

The Farm of Francesco, a change that rises from the earth

On World Food Day, which will be celebrated on October 16, we present the story of Virginia Solis, a young Argentinian entrepreneur. She and other friends have recently launched a company that revolutionizes the system of agricultural production and the...

12.10.2021

Bangui, Central Africa: a school that will change the future of its students

On the outskirts of the capital of the Central African Republic there is a school that was founded by members of the Focolare Movement. Today it welcomes more than 500 children, many of whom have missed out on many years...

05.10.2021

“We have to take our prayers and turn them into actions”

We met John Mundell, director of Mundell & Associates, an environmental consulting firm in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. He has devoted his life to the environment and ecological conversion. John Mundell is an Environmental Engineer who lives in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA,...

02.10.2021

Co-governance: We all build the city

A second International Congress on Co-governance will be held on October 9 – 12, titled “Co-governance as a process of building fraternity in politics, starting with the cities”. Co-governing Have you ever thought about governing a city, of being a...

28.09.2021

Good World Citizen, good citizens for the common good

A non-profit organization was born in Florence that wants to bring people, citizens to cooperate to achieve a better world, “one good idea at a time”. We talk about it with the president, Haifa Alsakkaf. I notice that on the...