- Stay awake to God’s call to pray. Make an Advent resolution to pray daily. Explore different types of prayer and find one that fits you and your schedule.
- What are ways we can stay awake to family and friends? * Make an Advent wreath and join with family or friends each day to pray. * Make a gift to express love for a family member or friend. * Consider giving friends or family members an alternative Christmas gift, such as a donation in their name to Catholic Relief Services, who assist the poor and vulnerable overseas, crs.org. * Help prepare your tree and créche at home or the créche at church. * Learn the words to a Christmas carol you don’t know. * Visit an elderly neighbor, grandparents, or someone who is sick.
- Honor December 1, World AIDS Day, by learning more about this global problem. Research the progress on Sustainable Development Goal 3 — good health and well being.
- For information on putting together your own week-long “No Impact Experiment” go to noimpactproject.org.
- Find out what the world would look like if everyone lived like you. Go to the Carbon Footprint Calculator at Nature Conservatory to answer questions about your lifestyle.
- Organize a Green Team to explore how your school can ‘go green.’ Explore the use of solar panels, a green roof, a passive solar greenhouse, or a wind turbine.
- Keep up with energy issues and policy at fresh-energy.org. Fresh Energy’s efforts focus on clean electricity, energy efficiency, transportation policy, global warming solutions and energy justice.