Reconciliation with Cre-ation

An Experiential Workshop Along the Mekong River

Jesuit Conference of Asia &Pacific

Participants:44 Jesuits and Collaborators

Held July 11-15, 2011Kampong Cham, Cambodia

On the banks of the Mekong River

Experiences of Participants• Gratitude for the gift of cre-

ation, experienced in the Mekong River• Visiting farming and fishing vil-

lages• Sharing reflections• Learning

Experiencing the Mekong River

Experiencing the Mekong River

Visiting farming villages

Visiting farming villages

Visiting fishing villages

Visiting fishing villages

Sharing reflections

Learning •Ecological crisis of the Mekong River•Our Jesuit ecological way of proceeding

Mekong River Crisis• Dams have been built and many more are

planned.• The dams will adversely affect the migra-

tion of fish, inhibiting their feeding and spawning, threatening the economy of fish-ing communities.

• The dams will reduce the beneficial sea-sonal flooding and harm agriculture.

• 60 million people live in the basin of the Mekong River.

Jesuit Ecological Way of Proceeding

• In brief –• Practice what we believe• Teach what we practice• Action for good gover-nance

Workshop Action Planning• Planning ecologically respon-

sible lives and communities• green campus projects for Je-

suit schools• training for Jesuits and col-

laborators

Ecologically responsible lives and communities

Green campuses at Jesuit Schools• Evaluate campus buildings and manage-

ment – energy efficiency, alternate en-ergy, waste management – using a check-list of 38 points developed by Pedro Walpole, S.J.

• Promote this evaluation at the annual meeting of AJCU (Association of Jesuit Col-leges and Universities-Asia Pacific Annual Meeting).

• Promote conferences on ecology.

Training of Jesuits and Collaborators

THANKS• To the workshop planners, organizers, translators, guides, facilitators, recorders, material providers, funders, etc.• And especially to -

Chief organizerFr. Pedro Walpole, S.J. (right)

Venue Provider:V. Rev. Antonio, M.E.P., apostolic prefect of Kampong Cham