Envisioning a Livable Future is an online, serial conference marking the 10th anniversary of Pope Francis’s encyclical Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home. This groundbreaking document called climate change “one of the principal challenges facing humanity in our day,” proposed an analysis of “the human roots of the ecological crisis,” and advanced a new ecological vision for the challenges ahead.

This conference is organized by John Carroll University, in collaboration with the Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Heritage at Loyola University Chicago. Visit the event page for complete information.

Wednesday, January 29, 2025
The Current State of Climate Change
What’s happening? Are we too late? Can we bend the curve even now? What has changed since 2015? Further, what needs to be done, by when, and how to do it?

Monday, February 17, 2025
The Contribution of Catholic Social Thought
Ten years after the publication of Laudato Si’, what are, or ought to be, the growing edges of Catholic social thought? What does it have to contribute to our understanding of the climate crisis and the development of an ecological conscience?

Tuesday, March 11, 2025
The Political Ecomony of Climate Change
How do we move from what Pope Francis has called an “economy that kills” both people and planet to an economy that is truly sustainable and just? What are the levers of such a system change, and what are the obstacles to it?

Wednesday, April 9, 2025
Environmental Politics
What are practical, effective forms of political action to counter the climate crisis and build both solidarity and momentum? Are all the winds countervailing, or are there promising movements and trends?

This public event is shared by the CSJ Center for Reconciliation and Justice as a resource for the LMU Laudato Si' Action Platform.