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SOCIAL JUSTICE THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK
Sustainable schools and sustainable leadership both begin with a clear moral purpose. This moral purpose aligns to the need to preserve, protect and support the environment,
as a living system, from the damage caused by modern living. Sustainable schools combine deep moral purpose with a central focus on learning. Sustainable schools put
learning first but locate this learning within a sustainable development framework. Preparing young people for a lifetime of sustainable living through their educational
experience will provide them with the tools, examples and opportunities they need to live in a reverential and sustainable way. A school built on the core principles of sustainable development will encourage care: Care for oneself - our health and well-being; Care for each other - across cultures, distances and generations; Care for the environment - near and far. "The life of stewardship is an ongoing process of integration whereby we relate our whole person to the whole action of God...By acknowledging our dependence on God for all life, we are called to regard both material things and human possessions not as private possessions or as the property of limited groups, but as God's"
(P. Dietterich, New Prospectives on Christian Stewardship.}
 
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