Online Course on Integral Ecology (II English Edition)
“From Laudate Si’ to Laudate Deum”
An Initiative of the Pontifical Universities & Atheneums of Rome
The recently concluded Climate Summit in Baku in Azerbaijan (COP29) has painfully demonstrated that we continue to remain largely deaf to the growing “cry of the earth and the cry of the poor” (Laudato Si’, 49). Time is running out. Rebuilding of our common home and our common human and biotic family calls for an alliance of all members of our household, cutting across of all segments of society.
Rebuilding of our common home and our common human and biotic family calls for an alliance of all members of our household, cutting across of all segments of society. It was in the spirit of this prophetic mission that the Pontifical Universities and Atheneums in Rome came together soon after the publication of Laudato Si’ to initiate the Joint Diploma in Integral Ecology and, from 2023, an Certificate Course in Integral Ecology fully online.
The Certificate Course in Integral Ecology is taught by a renowned faculty of academics, leaders and activists from around the world, representing some of the major institutions and groups involved in the area of creation care. The course consists of six modules of 90 minutes each to be held from January 30th to June 26th 2025 (on every third Thursday of the month from 14.00 to 15.30 hrs CEST/GMT+1), and an on-line international conference to mark the tenth anniversary of Laudato Si’ in May.
The Course will be officially inaugurated on 30th January and admissions remain open until 15th March. Participants will be enrolled at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome and will have access to on-line services such as the digital library, course materials, etc. The enrolment fees has been deliberately kept low (€ 30 only) in order to facilitate wide participation, with a view to creating the mass movement of people from below for the care of our common home.
Upon completion of the course, participants will be awarded a certificate upon request, and can also become official Laudato Si’ Animators (thanks to the Laudato Si’ Movement).
- Visit the Course Webpage and read the Course Programme
- For enrolloment, till March 15th: https://immatricolazioni.unigre.it
- Information: jdei.english@unigre.it