Laudato Si’ Action Platform

The Laudato Si’ Action Platform  is an initiative of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development. Its purpose is to engage individuals, communities and institutions in taking practical steps towards sustainability in the spirit of Laudato Si’ .

Pope Francis  launched the Laudato Si’ Action Platform in 2021, a seven year, seven sector, seven goal plan.

The Laudato Si’ Action Platform guides participants through a journey of ecological conversion, to achieve actions guided by the Laudato Si’ Goals. Partipants make a public commitment  to sustainability and are invited to post their plans on the Laudato Si’ Action Platform and to share resources to assist others in their journey to care for our common home.

Plan for Action

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“I would like to invite everyone to tackle this journey together…Only in this way will we be able to create the future we want: a more inclusive, fraternal, peaceful, and sustainable world.”

Pope Francis
All are invited to participate in the LSAP program. Pledge your commitment to develop your Laudato Si’ plan.

The 7 Year Program for the Laudato Si’ Action Platform (LSAP) has a focus on:

  •    7 Laudato Si’ Goals to be implemented across
  •    7 organisations/institutions in various arenas of life​

​Vision for Action
The purpose of the Laudato Si’ Action Platform is: ​
​To make communities around the world totally sustainable in the spirit of the integral ecology of Laudato Si’.

Visit the Laudato Si Action Platform here

The 7 Laudato Si’ Goals  (LSGs)

The Goals are the destination… and transformative practices are the means to get there.
The seven goals are:
  1. response to the cry of the Earth,
  2. response to the cry of the Poor,
  3. ecological economics,
  4. adoption of sustainable lifestyles,
  5. ecological education,
  6. ecological spirituality
  7. community resilience and empowerment

​Laudato Si’ Action Platform Process of Conversion

To facilitate this process of conversion to integral ecology, the process includes three ‘Elements’ or ‘Pillars’:
1.  making a public commitment;
2.  making a transition to integral ecology, and
3.  journeying together
Each of these 3 Elements or Pillars comprises 4 components, as per the table below:


1. PUBLIC COMMITMENT
i)    Commit your community to complete the transition to Integral Ecology within 7 years
ii)   Communicate the commitment to the public
iii)  Be accountable to the public
iv)  Celebrate accomplishments

2. MAKING THE TRANSITION TO INTEGRAL ECOLOGY
i)   Assess your situation in relation to the 7 Laudato Si’ Goals
ii)  Embed the plan for your transition into your community project cycle
iii) Evaluate your yearly journey and track your progress against set targets
iv) Certify your level of accomplishment

3. JOURNEYING TOGETHER
i)   Participate in global campaigns for integral ecology
ii)  Join or form a Constellation for sharing and exchanging experiences
iii) Link up with the Laudato Si’ Action Platform
iv) Invite other communities to join in/form partnerships (also North/South)
This approach gives us the “architecture” for developing guides and toolkits that organisations or communities  may use in order to facilitate their journey of transition to integral ecology.
From the Dicastery for Integral Human Development – Religious Sector Working Group, Adele Howard (member).
May 2021.

The 7 Laudato Si’ Objectives – another description of the 7 Goals

From the Infographic “An Environmentally Sustainable lifestyle”, The Pope Video, September 2021