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The people of Venezuela need our help

25 June 2026 / Published in Appeals, News

The people of Venezuela need our help

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(Please see reports and updates from CJI Jesuit partners at the bottom of the page.)

The people of Venezuela need us today. 

Our partners are already there. We need to act quickly.  

Canadian Jesuits International (CJI) is accepting donations to support humanitarian relief efforts in northern Venezuela. The region was hit by two deadly earthquakes on June 24, leaving thousands of people in urgent need of assistance and causing widespread destruction. The death toll has been rising as search efforts continue. 

Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS), Fe y Alegria,  and other CJI Jesuit partners in Venezuela are already on the ground: providing emergency support to individuals and families affected by the earthquakes, including temporary shelter, essential relief items, protection services, and psycho-social support. They are also conducting rapid assessments in the affected areas to identify the most urgent needs and ensure assistance continues to reach those most in need. Our partners have worked in Venezuela for many years, building experienced teams and well-established networks of people who are already responding to the emergency. 

JRS reports that countless people are facing uncertainty and loss. Livelihoods have been disrupted, and entire communities are struggling to recover from the shock of the life-changing disaster.  

Your donation will enable our partners to respond quickly to this emergency, provide life-saving assistance, and accompany affected communities as they begin the long process of recovery and rebuilding.

Please see the following updates sent by our Jesuit partners in Venezuela:

Values that guide the unified Jesuit response

Emergency Report: July 19, 2026

Emergency Report: July 15, 2026

 Emergency Report: July 11, 2026 

Emergency Report: July 8, 2026

Emergency Report: June 30, 2026

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Together you help poor and marginalized children to gain access to quality education. You provide accompaniment to refugees and migrants. You help to empower tea garden workers to advocate for their rights. You help good governance and servant leadership to thrive. May your acts of generosity continue. 

Donate now to CJI's 2026 Christmas Appeal: Click link in bio

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The transformative work of our Jesuit partners in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America and the Caribbean, supported by you, our devoted supporters and partners, demonstrates the gifts of love and joy that Christmas brings. Together you help poor and marginalized children to gain access to quality education. You provide accompaniment to refugees and migrants. You help to empower tea garden workers to advocate for their rights. You help good governance and servant leadership to thrive. May your acts of generosity continue. Donate now to CJI's 2026 Christmas Appeal: Click link in bio #Christmas #ChristmasAppeal #Jesuits #Canada
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The Catholic Student Leadership Impact Team (CSLIT). a group of student leaders from Toronto Catholic District School Board secondary schools gathered on October 27 to listen to Brex Arevalo, a Filipino environmental activist and planner, who is touring select cities in Canada as part of CJI’s fall campaign on ecological justice. 

Brex underscored the importance of zero waste solutions as he noted how waste-driven, profit-centred development has been fuelling the ecological crisis. He noted how young people from an urban poor area in Manila have been at the forefront of the fight against an incinerator in their community.
The Catholic Student Leadership Impact Team (CSLIT). a group of student leaders from Toronto Catholic District School Board secondary schools gathered on October 27 to listen to Brex Arevalo, a Filipino environmental activist and planner, who is touring select cities in Canada as part of CJI’s fall campaign on ecological justice. 

Brex underscored the importance of zero waste solutions as he noted how waste-driven, profit-centred development has been fuelling the ecological crisis. He noted how young people from an urban poor area in Manila have been at the forefront of the fight against an incinerator in their community.
The Catholic Student Leadership Impact Team (CSLIT). a group of student leaders from Toronto Catholic District School Board secondary schools gathered on October 27 to listen to Brex Arevalo, a Filipino environmental activist and planner, who is touring select cities in Canada as part of CJI’s fall campaign on ecological justice. 

Brex underscored the importance of zero waste solutions as he noted how waste-driven, profit-centred development has been fuelling the ecological crisis. He noted how young people from an urban poor area in Manila have been at the forefront of the fight against an incinerator in their community.
The Catholic Student Leadership Impact Team (CSLIT). a group of student leaders from Toronto Catholic District School Board secondary schools gathered on October 27 to listen to Brex Arevalo, a Filipino environmental activist and planner, who is touring select cities in Canada as part of CJI’s fall campaign on ecological justice. 

Brex underscored the importance of zero waste solutions as he noted how waste-driven, profit-centred development has been fuelling the ecological crisis. He noted how young people from an urban poor area in Manila have been at the forefront of the fight against an incinerator in their community.
The Catholic Student Leadership Impact Team (CSLIT). a group of student leaders from Toronto Catholic District School Board secondary schools gathered on October 27 to listen to Brex Arevalo, a Filipino environmental activist and planner, who is touring select cities in Canada as part of CJI’s fall campaign on ecological justice. 

Brex underscored the importance of zero waste solutions as he noted how waste-driven, profit-centred development has been fuelling the ecological crisis. He noted how young people from an urban poor area in Manila have been at the forefront of the fight against an incinerator in their community.
The Catholic Student Leadership Impact Team (CSLIT). a group of student leaders from Toronto Catholic District School Board secondary schools gathered on October 27 to listen to Brex Arevalo, a Filipino environmental activist and planner, who is touring select cities in Canada as part of CJI’s fall campaign on ecological justice. 

Brex underscored the importance of zero waste solutions as he noted how waste-driven, profit-centred development has been fuelling the ecological crisis. He noted how young people from an urban poor area in Manila have been at the forefront of the fight against an incinerator in their community.
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The Catholic Student Leadership Impact Team (CSLIT). a group of student leaders from Toronto Catholic District School Board secondary schools gathered on October 27 to listen to Brex Arevalo, a Filipino environmental activist and planner, who is touring select cities in Canada as part of CJI’s fall campaign on ecological justice. Brex underscored the importance of zero waste solutions as he noted how waste-driven, profit-centred development has been fuelling the ecological crisis. He noted how young people from an urban poor area in Manila have been at the forefront of the fight against an incinerator in their community.
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On October 27, CJI held a  Social Justice Day that brought together 45 students from Toronto’s St. Patrick’s Catholic Secondary School, Notre Dame High School, Madonna Catholic Secondary School, and St. Joseph College. 

St. Patrick students opened with a prayer and a Tagalog song, noting the presence of CJI guest speaker Brex Arevalo, a Filipino environmental activist and planner from the Philippines. 

Notre Dame students led an icebreaker connecting young women worldwide who are advocating for ecological justice. Madonna students closed with a beautiful prayer drawing on Laudato is’. 

Brex discussed CJI’s fall campaign on ecological justice, reminding everyone that caring for our common home goes hand in hand with human dignity, social justice, and peace. He also talked about how young people are leading the fight against plans to build an incinerator in Manila.
On October 27, CJI held a  Social Justice Day that brought together 45 students from Toronto’s St. Patrick’s Catholic Secondary School, Notre Dame High School, Madonna Catholic Secondary School, and St. Joseph College. 

St. Patrick students opened with a prayer and a Tagalog song, noting the presence of CJI guest speaker Brex Arevalo, a Filipino environmental activist and planner from the Philippines. 

Notre Dame students led an icebreaker connecting young women worldwide who are advocating for ecological justice. Madonna students closed with a beautiful prayer drawing on Laudato is’. 

Brex discussed CJI’s fall campaign on ecological justice, reminding everyone that caring for our common home goes hand in hand with human dignity, social justice, and peace. He also talked about how young people are leading the fight against plans to build an incinerator in Manila.
On October 27, CJI held a  Social Justice Day that brought together 45 students from Toronto’s St. Patrick’s Catholic Secondary School, Notre Dame High School, Madonna Catholic Secondary School, and St. Joseph College. 

St. Patrick students opened with a prayer and a Tagalog song, noting the presence of CJI guest speaker Brex Arevalo, a Filipino environmental activist and planner from the Philippines. 

Notre Dame students led an icebreaker connecting young women worldwide who are advocating for ecological justice. Madonna students closed with a beautiful prayer drawing on Laudato is’. 

Brex discussed CJI’s fall campaign on ecological justice, reminding everyone that caring for our common home goes hand in hand with human dignity, social justice, and peace. He also talked about how young people are leading the fight against plans to build an incinerator in Manila.
On October 27, CJI held a  Social Justice Day that brought together 45 students from Toronto’s St. Patrick’s Catholic Secondary School, Notre Dame High School, Madonna Catholic Secondary School, and St. Joseph College. 

St. Patrick students opened with a prayer and a Tagalog song, noting the presence of CJI guest speaker Brex Arevalo, a Filipino environmental activist and planner from the Philippines. 

Notre Dame students led an icebreaker connecting young women worldwide who are advocating for ecological justice. Madonna students closed with a beautiful prayer drawing on Laudato is’. 

Brex discussed CJI’s fall campaign on ecological justice, reminding everyone that caring for our common home goes hand in hand with human dignity, social justice, and peace. He also talked about how young people are leading the fight against plans to build an incinerator in Manila.
On October 27, CJI held a  Social Justice Day that brought together 45 students from Toronto’s St. Patrick’s Catholic Secondary School, Notre Dame High School, Madonna Catholic Secondary School, and St. Joseph College. 

St. Patrick students opened with a prayer and a Tagalog song, noting the presence of CJI guest speaker Brex Arevalo, a Filipino environmental activist and planner from the Philippines. 

Notre Dame students led an icebreaker connecting young women worldwide who are advocating for ecological justice. Madonna students closed with a beautiful prayer drawing on Laudato is’. 

Brex discussed CJI’s fall campaign on ecological justice, reminding everyone that caring for our common home goes hand in hand with human dignity, social justice, and peace. He also talked about how young people are leading the fight against plans to build an incinerator in Manila.
On October 27, CJI held a  Social Justice Day that brought together 45 students from Toronto’s St. Patrick’s Catholic Secondary School, Notre Dame High School, Madonna Catholic Secondary School, and St. Joseph College. 

St. Patrick students opened with a prayer and a Tagalog song, noting the presence of CJI guest speaker Brex Arevalo, a Filipino environmental activist and planner from the Philippines. 

Notre Dame students led an icebreaker connecting young women worldwide who are advocating for ecological justice. Madonna students closed with a beautiful prayer drawing on Laudato is’. 

Brex discussed CJI’s fall campaign on ecological justice, reminding everyone that caring for our common home goes hand in hand with human dignity, social justice, and peace. He also talked about how young people are leading the fight against plans to build an incinerator in Manila.
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On October 27, CJI held a Social Justice Day that brought together 45 students from Toronto’s St. Patrick’s Catholic Secondary School, Notre Dame High School, Madonna Catholic Secondary School, and St. Joseph College. St. Patrick students opened with a prayer and a Tagalog song, noting the presence of CJI guest speaker Brex Arevalo, a Filipino environmental activist and planner from the Philippines. Notre Dame students led an icebreaker connecting young women worldwide who are advocating for ecological justice. Madonna students closed with a beautiful prayer drawing on Laudato is’. Brex discussed CJI’s fall campaign on ecological justice, reminding everyone that caring for our common home goes hand in hand with human dignity, social justice, and peace. He also talked about how young people are leading the fight against plans to build an incinerator in Manila.
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Special thanks to the staff at the Ignatius Jesuit Centre @ignatiusguelph in Guelph, Ont. for the warm welcome they gave to Brex Arevalo (left), a Filipino environmental activist and planner, who is on a speaking tour in Canada as part of CJI's fall campaign on ecological justice. The centre promotes ecological stewardship and spiritual reflection through various programs.

As part of his tour, Brex also spoke at St. Jerome's University in Waterloo, Ont..
Learn more about CJI's fall campaign on ecological justice:  Click link in bio. 

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Special thanks to the staff at the Ignatius Jesuit Centre @ignatiusguelph in Guelph, Ont. for the warm welcome they gave to Brex Arevalo (left), a Filipino environmental activist and planner, who is on a speaking tour in Canada as part of CJI's fall campaign on ecological justice. The centre promotes ecological stewardship and spiritual reflection through various programs.

As part of his tour, Brex also spoke at St. Jerome's University in Waterloo, Ont..
Learn more about CJI's fall campaign on ecological justice:  Click link in bio. 

#jesuits #ecology #ignatiuscentre #guelph #waterloo
Special thanks to the staff at the Ignatius Jesuit Centre @ignatiusguelph in Guelph, Ont. for the warm welcome they gave to Brex Arevalo (left), a Filipino environmental activist and planner, who is on a speaking tour in Canada as part of CJI's fall campaign on ecological justice. The centre promotes ecological stewardship and spiritual reflection through various programs.

As part of his tour, Brex also spoke at St. Jerome's University in Waterloo, Ont..
Learn more about CJI's fall campaign on ecological justice:  Click link in bio. 

#jesuits #ecology #ignatiuscentre #guelph #waterloo
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Special thanks to the staff at the Ignatius Jesuit Centre @ignatiusguelph in Guelph, Ont. for the warm welcome they gave to Brex Arevalo (left), a Filipino environmental activist and planner, who is on a speaking tour in Canada as part of CJI's fall campaign on ecological justice. The centre promotes ecological stewardship and spiritual reflection through various programs. As part of his tour, Brex also spoke at St. Jerome's University in Waterloo, Ont.. Learn more about CJI's fall campaign on ecological justice: Click link in bio. #jesuits #ecology #ignatiuscentre #guelph #waterloo
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Look who dropped in yesterday. CJI staff warmly welcomed @irishjesuitsinternational (IJI) Deputy Director Emer Kerrigan, who is in Toronto for a personal visit. 

CJI and IJI are both members of the Xavier Network, which includes 14 Jesuit development organizations. The network provides funding and technical expertise and aims to channel international solidarity into a single, coordinated response.
Look who dropped in yesterday. CJI staff warmly welcomed @irishjesuitsinternational (IJI) Deputy Director Emer Kerrigan, who is in Toronto for a personal visit. 

CJI and IJI are both members of the Xavier Network, which includes 14 Jesuit development organizations. The network provides funding and technical expertise and aims to channel international solidarity into a single, coordinated response.
Look who dropped in yesterday. CJI staff warmly welcomed @irishjesuitsinternational (IJI) Deputy Director Emer Kerrigan, who is in Toronto for a personal visit. 

CJI and IJI are both members of the Xavier Network, which includes 14 Jesuit development organizations. The network provides funding and technical expertise and aims to channel international solidarity into a single, coordinated response.
Look who dropped in yesterday. CJI staff warmly welcomed @irishjesuitsinternational (IJI) Deputy Director Emer Kerrigan, who is in Toronto for a personal visit. 

CJI and IJI are both members of the Xavier Network, which includes 14 Jesuit development organizations. The network provides funding and technical expertise and aims to channel international solidarity into a single, coordinated response.
Look who dropped in yesterday. CJI staff warmly welcomed @irishjesuitsinternational (IJI) Deputy Director Emer Kerrigan, who is in Toronto for a personal visit. 

CJI and IJI are both members of the Xavier Network, which includes 14 Jesuit development organizations. The network provides funding and technical expertise and aims to channel international solidarity into a single, coordinated response.
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Look who dropped in yesterday. CJI staff warmly welcomed @irishjesuitsinternational (IJI) Deputy Director Emer Kerrigan, who is in Toronto for a personal visit. CJI and IJI are both members of the Xavier Network, which includes 14 Jesuit development organizations. The network provides funding and technical expertise and aims to channel international solidarity into a single, coordinated response.
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As waste-driven, profit-centred economic systems fuel the ecological crisis, zero waste solutions are essential, says CJI guest speaker Brex Arevalo, a Filipino environmental researcher and planner, during an event in Toronto last Friday.

Ecological justice means putting marginalized and affected communities at the centre of environmental decisions, said Arevalo  during an event co-organized by CJI and Our Lady of Lourdes Parish. 

Arevalo used the example of Smokey Mountain, a massive dumpsite that operated for 50 years in Manila, to illustrate his point.  He noted how waste workers and urban poor residents had transformed the former mountain of garbage into a thriving community with farms and 400 trees after it was shut down in 1995.  However, it is now under threat from the city government’s plan to build an incinerator. He said that the proposed $US500 million incinerator threatens the homes, livelihoods and hopes of around 23,000 people. 

What is happening in Smokey Mountain is “not a unique situation, “said Arevalo, who is conducting a seven-city tour in Canada as part of CJI’s 2026 fall campaign, Ecological Justice: It’s not complicated. He noted how “Waste-to-Energy incineration” projects are sprouting in poor communities in the Global South, where they are being falsely marketed as a solution to waste and climate change. 

Despite knowing that recycling plastic “is neither technically nor economically viable,” petrochemical and plastics industries have been misleading the public about recycling, said Arevalo, citing that only 9% of plastic waste is recycled. What people also don’t realize is that plastics are “99% fossil-fuel derived,” said Arevalo, 

Read the full article: Click link in bio.

#zerowaste #Jesuits #wastepollution #ecologicaljustice #ecologicalcrisis #environmentalcrisis #socialjustice #climatecrisis #climatechange #climateaction
As waste-driven, profit-centred economic systems fuel the ecological crisis, zero waste solutions are essential, says CJI guest speaker Brex Arevalo, a Filipino environmental researcher and planner, during an event in Toronto last Friday.

Ecological justice means putting marginalized and affected communities at the centre of environmental decisions, said Arevalo  during an event co-organized by CJI and Our Lady of Lourdes Parish. 

Arevalo used the example of Smokey Mountain, a massive dumpsite that operated for 50 years in Manila, to illustrate his point.  He noted how waste workers and urban poor residents had transformed the former mountain of garbage into a thriving community with farms and 400 trees after it was shut down in 1995.  However, it is now under threat from the city government’s plan to build an incinerator. He said that the proposed $US500 million incinerator threatens the homes, livelihoods and hopes of around 23,000 people. 

What is happening in Smokey Mountain is “not a unique situation, “said Arevalo, who is conducting a seven-city tour in Canada as part of CJI’s 2026 fall campaign, Ecological Justice: It’s not complicated. He noted how “Waste-to-Energy incineration” projects are sprouting in poor communities in the Global South, where they are being falsely marketed as a solution to waste and climate change. 

Despite knowing that recycling plastic “is neither technically nor economically viable,” petrochemical and plastics industries have been misleading the public about recycling, said Arevalo, citing that only 9% of plastic waste is recycled. What people also don’t realize is that plastics are “99% fossil-fuel derived,” said Arevalo, 

Read the full article: Click link in bio.

#zerowaste #Jesuits #wastepollution #ecologicaljustice #ecologicalcrisis #environmentalcrisis #socialjustice #climatecrisis #climatechange #climateaction
As waste-driven, profit-centred economic systems fuel the ecological crisis, zero waste solutions are essential, says CJI guest speaker Brex Arevalo, a Filipino environmental researcher and planner, during an event in Toronto last Friday.

Ecological justice means putting marginalized and affected communities at the centre of environmental decisions, said Arevalo  during an event co-organized by CJI and Our Lady of Lourdes Parish. 

Arevalo used the example of Smokey Mountain, a massive dumpsite that operated for 50 years in Manila, to illustrate his point.  He noted how waste workers and urban poor residents had transformed the former mountain of garbage into a thriving community with farms and 400 trees after it was shut down in 1995.  However, it is now under threat from the city government’s plan to build an incinerator. He said that the proposed $US500 million incinerator threatens the homes, livelihoods and hopes of around 23,000 people. 

What is happening in Smokey Mountain is “not a unique situation, “said Arevalo, who is conducting a seven-city tour in Canada as part of CJI’s 2026 fall campaign, Ecological Justice: It’s not complicated. He noted how “Waste-to-Energy incineration” projects are sprouting in poor communities in the Global South, where they are being falsely marketed as a solution to waste and climate change. 

Despite knowing that recycling plastic “is neither technically nor economically viable,” petrochemical and plastics industries have been misleading the public about recycling, said Arevalo, citing that only 9% of plastic waste is recycled. What people also don’t realize is that plastics are “99% fossil-fuel derived,” said Arevalo, 

Read the full article: Click link in bio.

#zerowaste #Jesuits #wastepollution #ecologicaljustice #ecologicalcrisis #environmentalcrisis #socialjustice #climatecrisis #climatechange #climateaction
As waste-driven, profit-centred economic systems fuel the ecological crisis, zero waste solutions are essential, says CJI guest speaker Brex Arevalo, a Filipino environmental researcher and planner, during an event in Toronto last Friday.

Ecological justice means putting marginalized and affected communities at the centre of environmental decisions, said Arevalo  during an event co-organized by CJI and Our Lady of Lourdes Parish. 

Arevalo used the example of Smokey Mountain, a massive dumpsite that operated for 50 years in Manila, to illustrate his point.  He noted how waste workers and urban poor residents had transformed the former mountain of garbage into a thriving community with farms and 400 trees after it was shut down in 1995.  However, it is now under threat from the city government’s plan to build an incinerator. He said that the proposed $US500 million incinerator threatens the homes, livelihoods and hopes of around 23,000 people. 

What is happening in Smokey Mountain is “not a unique situation, “said Arevalo, who is conducting a seven-city tour in Canada as part of CJI’s 2026 fall campaign, Ecological Justice: It’s not complicated. He noted how “Waste-to-Energy incineration” projects are sprouting in poor communities in the Global South, where they are being falsely marketed as a solution to waste and climate change. 

Despite knowing that recycling plastic “is neither technically nor economically viable,” petrochemical and plastics industries have been misleading the public about recycling, said Arevalo, citing that only 9% of plastic waste is recycled. What people also don’t realize is that plastics are “99% fossil-fuel derived,” said Arevalo, 

Read the full article: Click link in bio.

#zerowaste #Jesuits #wastepollution #ecologicaljustice #ecologicalcrisis #environmentalcrisis #socialjustice #climatecrisis #climatechange #climateaction
As waste-driven, profit-centred economic systems fuel the ecological crisis, zero waste solutions are essential, says CJI guest speaker Brex Arevalo, a Filipino environmental researcher and planner, during an event in Toronto last Friday.

Ecological justice means putting marginalized and affected communities at the centre of environmental decisions, said Arevalo  during an event co-organized by CJI and Our Lady of Lourdes Parish. 

Arevalo used the example of Smokey Mountain, a massive dumpsite that operated for 50 years in Manila, to illustrate his point.  He noted how waste workers and urban poor residents had transformed the former mountain of garbage into a thriving community with farms and 400 trees after it was shut down in 1995.  However, it is now under threat from the city government’s plan to build an incinerator. He said that the proposed $US500 million incinerator threatens the homes, livelihoods and hopes of around 23,000 people. 

What is happening in Smokey Mountain is “not a unique situation, “said Arevalo, who is conducting a seven-city tour in Canada as part of CJI’s 2026 fall campaign, Ecological Justice: It’s not complicated. He noted how “Waste-to-Energy incineration” projects are sprouting in poor communities in the Global South, where they are being falsely marketed as a solution to waste and climate change. 

Despite knowing that recycling plastic “is neither technically nor economically viable,” petrochemical and plastics industries have been misleading the public about recycling, said Arevalo, citing that only 9% of plastic waste is recycled. What people also don’t realize is that plastics are “99% fossil-fuel derived,” said Arevalo, 

Read the full article: Click link in bio.

#zerowaste #Jesuits #wastepollution #ecologicaljustice #ecologicalcrisis #environmentalcrisis #socialjustice #climatecrisis #climatechange #climateaction
As waste-driven, profit-centred economic systems fuel the ecological crisis, zero waste solutions are essential, says CJI guest speaker Brex Arevalo, a Filipino environmental researcher and planner, during an event in Toronto last Friday.

Ecological justice means putting marginalized and affected communities at the centre of environmental decisions, said Arevalo  during an event co-organized by CJI and Our Lady of Lourdes Parish. 

Arevalo used the example of Smokey Mountain, a massive dumpsite that operated for 50 years in Manila, to illustrate his point.  He noted how waste workers and urban poor residents had transformed the former mountain of garbage into a thriving community with farms and 400 trees after it was shut down in 1995.  However, it is now under threat from the city government’s plan to build an incinerator. He said that the proposed $US500 million incinerator threatens the homes, livelihoods and hopes of around 23,000 people. 

What is happening in Smokey Mountain is “not a unique situation, “said Arevalo, who is conducting a seven-city tour in Canada as part of CJI’s 2026 fall campaign, Ecological Justice: It’s not complicated. He noted how “Waste-to-Energy incineration” projects are sprouting in poor communities in the Global South, where they are being falsely marketed as a solution to waste and climate change. 

Despite knowing that recycling plastic “is neither technically nor economically viable,” petrochemical and plastics industries have been misleading the public about recycling, said Arevalo, citing that only 9% of plastic waste is recycled. What people also don’t realize is that plastics are “99% fossil-fuel derived,” said Arevalo, 

Read the full article: Click link in bio.

#zerowaste #Jesuits #wastepollution #ecologicaljustice #ecologicalcrisis #environmentalcrisis #socialjustice #climatecrisis #climatechange #climateaction
As waste-driven, profit-centred economic systems fuel the ecological crisis, zero waste solutions are essential, says CJI guest speaker Brex Arevalo, a Filipino environmental researcher and planner, during an event in Toronto last Friday.

Ecological justice means putting marginalized and affected communities at the centre of environmental decisions, said Arevalo  during an event co-organized by CJI and Our Lady of Lourdes Parish. 

Arevalo used the example of Smokey Mountain, a massive dumpsite that operated for 50 years in Manila, to illustrate his point.  He noted how waste workers and urban poor residents had transformed the former mountain of garbage into a thriving community with farms and 400 trees after it was shut down in 1995.  However, it is now under threat from the city government’s plan to build an incinerator. He said that the proposed $US500 million incinerator threatens the homes, livelihoods and hopes of around 23,000 people. 

What is happening in Smokey Mountain is “not a unique situation, “said Arevalo, who is conducting a seven-city tour in Canada as part of CJI’s 2026 fall campaign, Ecological Justice: It’s not complicated. He noted how “Waste-to-Energy incineration” projects are sprouting in poor communities in the Global South, where they are being falsely marketed as a solution to waste and climate change. 

Despite knowing that recycling plastic “is neither technically nor economically viable,” petrochemical and plastics industries have been misleading the public about recycling, said Arevalo, citing that only 9% of plastic waste is recycled. What people also don’t realize is that plastics are “99% fossil-fuel derived,” said Arevalo, 

Read the full article: Click link in bio.

#zerowaste #Jesuits #wastepollution #ecologicaljustice #ecologicalcrisis #environmentalcrisis #socialjustice #climatecrisis #climatechange #climateaction
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As waste-driven, profit-centred economic systems fuel the ecological crisis, zero waste solutions are essential, says CJI guest speaker Brex Arevalo, a Filipino environmental researcher and planner, during an event in Toronto last Friday. Ecological justice means putting marginalized and affected communities at the centre of environmental decisions, said Arevalo during an event co-organized by CJI and Our Lady of Lourdes Parish. Arevalo used the example of Smokey Mountain, a massive dumpsite that operated for 50 years in Manila, to illustrate his point. He noted how waste workers and urban poor residents had transformed the former mountain of garbage into a thriving community with farms and 400 trees after it was shut down in 1995. However, it is now under threat from the city government’s plan to build an incinerator. He said that the proposed $US500 million incinerator threatens the homes, livelihoods and hopes of around 23,000 people. What is happening in Smokey Mountain is “not a unique situation, “said Arevalo, who is conducting a seven-city tour in Canada as part of CJI’s 2026 fall campaign, Ecological Justice: It’s not complicated. He noted how “Waste-to-Energy incineration” projects are sprouting in poor communities in the Global South, where they are being falsely marketed as a solution to waste and climate change. Despite knowing that recycling plastic “is neither technically nor economically viable,” petrochemical and plastics industries have been misleading the public about recycling, said Arevalo, citing that only 9% of plastic waste is recycled. What people also don’t realize is that plastics are “99% fossil-fuel derived,” said Arevalo, Read the full article: Click link in bio. #zerowaste #Jesuits #wastepollution #ecologicaljustice #ecologicalcrisis #environmentalcrisis #socialjustice #climatecrisis #climatechange #climateaction
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Today, CJI guest speaker Brex Arevalo, a Filipino environmental activist from the Philippines, highlighted the important role young people play in the fight for ecological justice with students at Holy Trinity High School and St. Peter’s High School in Ottawa. 
Brex shared the stories of young people Manila who opposed a plan for a waste incinerator in urban poor communities. Brex is speaking at various events in Canada as part of CJI’s 2026 fall campaign, Ecological Justice: It’s not complicated. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4if8T5S
The students engaged in a thoughtful conversation about what they can do now. Questions ranged from careers in the environmental sector and alternatives to plastic, to how young people can participate safely and effectively in protests.
Brex explained that, for communities on the front lines, the issue is clear: reduce waste, reduce consumption, and move toward zero waste. Hazardous burning of waste and plastics is harming people’s health, land, and livelihoods, leaving no time for approaches that do not address the root causes. He also cautioned that incineration, often marketed as “waste-to-energy,” thermal treatment, or waste combustion, is a false solution to managing the waste created by overconsumption.
Thank you to the students and staff for their curiosity, energy, and commitment to caring for our common home.

#Ottawa #Jesuits #ecologicaljustice #climatejustice #wildwildwaste #waste
Today, CJI guest speaker Brex Arevalo, a Filipino environmental activist from the Philippines, highlighted the important role young people play in the fight for ecological justice with students at Holy Trinity High School and St. Peter’s High School in Ottawa. 
Brex shared the stories of young people Manila who opposed a plan for a waste incinerator in urban poor communities. Brex is speaking at various events in Canada as part of CJI’s 2026 fall campaign, Ecological Justice: It’s not complicated. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4if8T5S
The students engaged in a thoughtful conversation about what they can do now. Questions ranged from careers in the environmental sector and alternatives to plastic, to how young people can participate safely and effectively in protests.
Brex explained that, for communities on the front lines, the issue is clear: reduce waste, reduce consumption, and move toward zero waste. Hazardous burning of waste and plastics is harming people’s health, land, and livelihoods, leaving no time for approaches that do not address the root causes. He also cautioned that incineration, often marketed as “waste-to-energy,” thermal treatment, or waste combustion, is a false solution to managing the waste created by overconsumption.
Thank you to the students and staff for their curiosity, energy, and commitment to caring for our common home.

#Ottawa #Jesuits #ecologicaljustice #climatejustice #wildwildwaste #waste
Today, CJI guest speaker Brex Arevalo, a Filipino environmental activist from the Philippines, highlighted the important role young people play in the fight for ecological justice with students at Holy Trinity High School and St. Peter’s High School in Ottawa. 
Brex shared the stories of young people Manila who opposed a plan for a waste incinerator in urban poor communities. Brex is speaking at various events in Canada as part of CJI’s 2026 fall campaign, Ecological Justice: It’s not complicated. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4if8T5S
The students engaged in a thoughtful conversation about what they can do now. Questions ranged from careers in the environmental sector and alternatives to plastic, to how young people can participate safely and effectively in protests.
Brex explained that, for communities on the front lines, the issue is clear: reduce waste, reduce consumption, and move toward zero waste. Hazardous burning of waste and plastics is harming people’s health, land, and livelihoods, leaving no time for approaches that do not address the root causes. He also cautioned that incineration, often marketed as “waste-to-energy,” thermal treatment, or waste combustion, is a false solution to managing the waste created by overconsumption.
Thank you to the students and staff for their curiosity, energy, and commitment to caring for our common home.

#Ottawa #Jesuits #ecologicaljustice #climatejustice #wildwildwaste #waste
Today, CJI guest speaker Brex Arevalo, a Filipino environmental activist from the Philippines, highlighted the important role young people play in the fight for ecological justice with students at Holy Trinity High School and St. Peter’s High School in Ottawa. 
Brex shared the stories of young people Manila who opposed a plan for a waste incinerator in urban poor communities. Brex is speaking at various events in Canada as part of CJI’s 2026 fall campaign, Ecological Justice: It’s not complicated. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4if8T5S
The students engaged in a thoughtful conversation about what they can do now. Questions ranged from careers in the environmental sector and alternatives to plastic, to how young people can participate safely and effectively in protests.
Brex explained that, for communities on the front lines, the issue is clear: reduce waste, reduce consumption, and move toward zero waste. Hazardous burning of waste and plastics is harming people’s health, land, and livelihoods, leaving no time for approaches that do not address the root causes. He also cautioned that incineration, often marketed as “waste-to-energy,” thermal treatment, or waste combustion, is a false solution to managing the waste created by overconsumption.
Thank you to the students and staff for their curiosity, energy, and commitment to caring for our common home.

#Ottawa #Jesuits #ecologicaljustice #climatejustice #wildwildwaste #waste
Today, CJI guest speaker Brex Arevalo, a Filipino environmental activist from the Philippines, highlighted the important role young people play in the fight for ecological justice with students at Holy Trinity High School and St. Peter’s High School in Ottawa. 
Brex shared the stories of young people Manila who opposed a plan for a waste incinerator in urban poor communities. Brex is speaking at various events in Canada as part of CJI’s 2026 fall campaign, Ecological Justice: It’s not complicated. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4if8T5S
The students engaged in a thoughtful conversation about what they can do now. Questions ranged from careers in the environmental sector and alternatives to plastic, to how young people can participate safely and effectively in protests.
Brex explained that, for communities on the front lines, the issue is clear: reduce waste, reduce consumption, and move toward zero waste. Hazardous burning of waste and plastics is harming people’s health, land, and livelihoods, leaving no time for approaches that do not address the root causes. He also cautioned that incineration, often marketed as “waste-to-energy,” thermal treatment, or waste combustion, is a false solution to managing the waste created by overconsumption.
Thank you to the students and staff for their curiosity, energy, and commitment to caring for our common home.

#Ottawa #Jesuits #ecologicaljustice #climatejustice #wildwildwaste #waste
Today, CJI guest speaker Brex Arevalo, a Filipino environmental activist from the Philippines, highlighted the important role young people play in the fight for ecological justice with students at Holy Trinity High School and St. Peter’s High School in Ottawa. 
Brex shared the stories of young people Manila who opposed a plan for a waste incinerator in urban poor communities. Brex is speaking at various events in Canada as part of CJI’s 2026 fall campaign, Ecological Justice: It’s not complicated. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4if8T5S
The students engaged in a thoughtful conversation about what they can do now. Questions ranged from careers in the environmental sector and alternatives to plastic, to how young people can participate safely and effectively in protests.
Brex explained that, for communities on the front lines, the issue is clear: reduce waste, reduce consumption, and move toward zero waste. Hazardous burning of waste and plastics is harming people’s health, land, and livelihoods, leaving no time for approaches that do not address the root causes. He also cautioned that incineration, often marketed as “waste-to-energy,” thermal treatment, or waste combustion, is a false solution to managing the waste created by overconsumption.
Thank you to the students and staff for their curiosity, energy, and commitment to caring for our common home.

#Ottawa #Jesuits #ecologicaljustice #climatejustice #wildwildwaste #waste
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Today, CJI guest speaker Brex Arevalo, a Filipino environmental activist from the Philippines, highlighted the important role young people play in the fight for ecological justice with students at Holy Trinity High School and St. Peter’s High School in Ottawa. Brex shared the stories of young people Manila who opposed a plan for a waste incinerator in urban poor communities. Brex is speaking at various events in Canada as part of CJI’s 2026 fall campaign, Ecological Justice: It’s not complicated. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4if8T5S The students engaged in a thoughtful conversation about what they can do now. Questions ranged from careers in the environmental sector and alternatives to plastic, to how young people can participate safely and effectively in protests. Brex explained that, for communities on the front lines, the issue is clear: reduce waste, reduce consumption, and move toward zero waste. Hazardous burning of waste and plastics is harming people’s health, land, and livelihoods, leaving no time for approaches that do not address the root causes. He also cautioned that incineration, often marketed as “waste-to-energy,” thermal treatment, or waste combustion, is a false solution to managing the waste created by overconsumption. Thank you to the students and staff for their curiosity, energy, and commitment to caring for our common home. #Ottawa #Jesuits #ecologicaljustice #climatejustice #wildwildwaste #waste
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