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Living Lent

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During Lent 2019, The Joint Public Issues Team are hosting Living Lent, an opportunity to respond to the urgent call for climate action by making a significant personal commitment to changing your lifestyle for the climate.

Find out more information, and see new resources, on the Living Lent website.

Living Lent Website

Living Lent Poetry

More Than a Nod and a Wink

Read ‘more than a nod and a wink’

  • How do you feel about the traditions of Lent?
  • Do you think this poem is flippant?
  • Is it really suggesting something world changing?
  • What do you believe is the meaning of the poem’s title?

Before We Got Plastic

Read ‘Before We Got Plastic’

Questions:

  • What has this poem made you feel?
  • How do you take the meaning of the poem’s second line?
  • Why will the toys ‘degrade but never degrade’?
  • Do you feel a call-to action in this poem?
  • What is it?

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