On Tuesday September 24th 2024, Giulia Bordin, Advocacy officer at Pax Christi International, joined the meeting hosting the Third Caravan for Integral Ecology organised in Brussels by COMECE together with the network Iglesias y Minería (which PCI is member of), CIMI, REPAM, CIDSE, Caritas Europa and Manos Unidas.
The Caravan for Integral Ecology highlights the complex relationships between the Global North and South, where tensions arise from dominant economic and environmental systems. Spanning several European countries, the Caravan’s goal is to draw attention to the climate crisis and the neglect of communities in resource-rich areas.
The meeting in Brussels fostered a productive exchange between the caravan members and various civil society organisations, focusing on potential collaboration and advocacy efforts.
Members of the Third Caravan for Integral Ecology are:
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Christian Crevels, Brazil, member of the Indigenous Missionary Council (CIMI);
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Guilherme Cavalli, Iglesias y Minería network in Brazil and Germany;
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Joan Jara Muñoz, director of the School of the Congregation of the Missionary Catechist Sisters of Boroa and teacher at the Catholic University of Temuco in Chile;
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Railson Guajajara, young indigenous leader from Maranhão, Brazil, representing the Caru Indigenous Land;
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Rev. Fr. Enrique Gonzales Carbajal, member of the Order of Ministers of the Sick (Camillian Religious) from Peru;
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Sr. Gladys Montesinos Sollo, Peruvian Carmelite Missionary Sister affiliated with the Human Rights nucleus of the Pan-Amazonian Ecclesiastical Network (REPAM) and the recipient of the 2024 Pax Christi International Peace Award;
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Valentina Vidal from Argentina, who collaborates with the Claretian missionaries on justice, peace, and integrity of creation (JUPIC);
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Vito Yuganson Calderón Villanueva, communication coordinator at Human Rights and the Environment (DHUMA) in Peru and a member of Pax Christi Peru;
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Ytaxaha Braz Pankararu, an activist from Minas Gerais, Brazil, advocating for the defence of water, territories, and traditional communities.
The caravan members, together with the different CSOs representatives joining the meeting, gathered outside at the end of the event to channel through prayer their eco-spirituality.
