Lent is about questioning habits, about mindfulness, about renunciation. This year, the churches are focusing on the topic of nutrition.
The churches in Germany are calling for climate fasting in Lent, which begins on Wednesday (March 2nd). The focus of the campaign this year is on nutrition.
“Climate justice starts at home. To do this, it is important that we eat more consciously and throw away less food,” said Dagmar Pruin, President of Bread for the World.
Pirmin Spiegel, CEO of Misereor, said: “Live and work differently is necessary to curb climate change.” In addition to the two aid organizations that support projects against hunger and poverty worldwide, 17 Protestant regional churches and Catholic dioceses are taking part in the campaign.
A new focus every week
Until Easter Sunday (April 17) each week has a theme. “Waste” is what it says at the start, “shaping change” in the seventh and last week. On the website www.klimafasten.de there is material, tips and event information on how to participate in analogue or digital form. It is the eighth edition of the campaign – “unfortunately this time badly overshadowed by the war,” said a spokeswoman.
According to Hanover’s Bishop Ralf Meister, more and more people are taking part every year. “The Passiontide stands for an individual and collective pausing and raising awareness,” said the theologian. With climate fasting, it is possible to combine this special period before Easter with the fight against climate change, the mega-topic of the present and future.
Susanne Fleischmann, who is responsible for climate protection at the Bremen Evangelical Church, said: “It’s not about doing without, it’s about experiencing for yourself how beneficial and relieving a simple lifestyle can be.”
Source: Stern
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