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Building sustainable cities, towns and villages 

by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ and Director, CREDI
by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ and Director, CREDI

“Experiencing the need for change is the first step towards mainstreaming sustainability”—Sally Uren, CEO, Forum for the Future (2013).

In the face of disaster, it is heartening to see how our people can come together to help each other. Let’s keep the love flowing.

However, the aftermath of the recent floods must surely involve a review by all citizens of our disaster preparedness, but also our strategies for building sustainable and resilient cities, towns, villages and communities in general. On Wednesday October 31, the World will observe UN World Cities Day.

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Populorum Progressio 50 years on

by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ and Director, CREDI
by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ and Director, CREDI

“Development cannot be limited to mere economic growth. In order to be authentic, it must be complete: integral, that is, it has to promote the good of every person and of all humanity” -– Pope Paul VI, 1967.

March 26 marked the 50th Anniversary of Blessed Pope Paul VI’s encyclical Populorum Progressio (On the Development of Peoples) which was published in 1967, less than two years after the end of the Second Vatican Council.

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