Thank you for joining Earthcare Creation Changemakers!
Catholic Earthcare’s Creation Changemakers campaign supports schools to participate in the Season of Creation each year, in a spirit of faith, love and action.
Bishop Ken Howell with St Ursula's College students. Photo: Ingrid Mctaggart
Download your Guide to create a Garden of Peace
Download Social Media Kit to share your Garden of Peace
Dove Download for messages of peace
About Season of Creation
The Season of Creation is an ecumenical celebration held annually from 1 September to 4 October. During the Season of Creation, we join our sisters and brothers in the ecumenical family in prayer and action for our common home.
Learn more about The Season of Creation: https://seasonofcreation.org/about/
Creation Changemakers is a new Catholic Earthcare campaign designed to support schools to take meaningful, spiritually grounded action for ecological and social justice.
Led by Caritas Australia’s Catholic Earthcare program, and aligned with the Laudato Si’ Action Plan, the campaign offers schools an opportunity to align their values with real-world change — spiritually, environmentally and socially.
Your school has:
Joined a global community, caring for our common home
Deepened your community’s connection between faith and sustainability
Aligned with the Laudato Si’ Action Plan and Catholic Social Teaching
Your mission: Create a Garden of PeaceÂ
The Creation Changemakers campaign launches with simple, impactful actions during the Season of Creation. This year’s global Season of Creation theme is ‘Peace with Creation’, symbolised by the Garden of Peace. As a symbol of peace, we are encouraging all schools to incorporate doves into their garden. We have included a template to help you along..
Every school, no matter its size, location, or starting point, is invited to participate.Â
Students at a primary school in the Sandhurst Diocese planting as part of Season of Creation. Photo; Carolyn Maher
What can your school do?Â
There’s a way for everyone to participate meaningfully in the Creation Changemakers campaign, depending on your school’s resources and settings.Â
If your school has an existing garden:
Enhance your campus garden space by adding elements like paper doves or peace symbols, or alternatively creating a smaller adjacent garden to acknowledge this year’s Season of Creation. Consider placing a plaque, message or sign alongside the garden to commemorate this year’s theme and message. We encourage all to use their creativity during this journey.
If your school is creating a new garden for the first time:
If your campus has an available outdoor space, this is a great opportunity to gather students, staff, and even parents to design and build a new Garden of Peace to begin the school’s journey towards ecological transformation. Consider using plants indigenous to your area. You could add a message or sign to commemorate the theme of peace.
If your school is without available land or outdoor space:
Be creative and design your very own indoor garden with the school community. Use of paper doves, student artworks or indoor plants to decorate any available indoor space to reflect peace and sustainability. Students could learn to make a terrarium for the classroom or to take home. It does not have to be a huge space; even a small classroom corner can make an impact.
Bless the garden with a prayer
You may also choose to bless your school’s existing or new garden with a prayer. Praying with and for creation.
Share Your Earthcare Moments
Throughout the campaign, we encourage schools to share their Garden of Peace creations across social media using the hashtags
#creationchangemakers and #seasonofcreation.
These shareable moments can inspire others and form part of a national celebration of Catholic action for creation.
