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© 2020, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co. KG, Göttingen ISBN Print: 9783847111658 – ISBN E-Lib: 9783737011655 Catholictradition.Totakeupandrevivethispractice,globallyamong1.2Billion Catholics, canbeapowerfulandeffectiveway toreduceemissionssignificantly and to promote a more sustainable life-style, creating butterfly effects and bridgingecology, economy,andspirituality, asNormaWirzbadescribes: “Feastingandfastingaretwoprimarywaysweenactrelationships.Howweeat,whatwe eat, andhowmuch,demonstratewhatwe thinkourresponsibilities toeachotherand theworld should be. Peoplewho fast, learn food is a gift and is not to be taken for grantedorexploited.[…]Whenwefastwelearnthattoomuchofthetimepersonallife ismarkedbyanaggressiveorrapaciousdisposition(whichiswhywemightdevelopa gentler egoandacalmergait).Whenwe fast,we learnthat inmanyofouractionswe presumethattheworld’sgiftsexistforourownexclusiveenjoyment(hencetheneedto tamethegreedanddevelop therestraint thatareat thebasisofall just relationships). Fasting, in other words, leads us to a realization about the responsibilities of life together.Whenwerefrain fromeating,wenotonlydemonstrate solidaritywiththose whodonothave foodtoeatbutwealsodemonstrate that foodis thepreciousgiftofa self-givingGod.[…]Fasting, initsmostfundamentalaspiration,isaboutdevelopinga sacrificial, self-offering life thataddressesandnurtures theneedsofothers.”48 Wehave to be thankful to the youngpeople and their insistentwakeup call in their Friday for Future Initiative. There aremany other valuablemovements, ushering in fundamental changes in our societies, like the Zero-Waste-Move- ments, or theSlow-Food-MovementofCarloPetrini, promotingclean,healthy, andjustfood,preservinglocal families,cultures,natural landscapes,andsaving fruitvarietyandtastesinits“ArcofTaste”.49Letusembarkontheirsaving“Arc” andsupportpracticalapplicationsofamuchmoreresourcesensibleworld.Our Fridayswill truly serve a sustainable future ifweheed the call of scientists for mitigating climate change by our dietary choices,50 refraining frommeat and foodwasteandlossascrucialstepstowardsaspiritualandculturalrevolutionin 48 NormaWirzba, Food and Faith: ATheology of Eating, Cambridge (et al.) 2014, p. 141ff. 49 www.slowfood.com(accessedonAugust28th2019). 50 “Balanceddiets, featuringplant-basedfoods,suchasthosebasedoncoarsegrains, legumes, fruits and vegetables, nuts and seeds, and animal-sourced foodproduced in resilient, su- stainable and low-GHGemission systems, presentmajoropportunities for adaptationand mitigationwhile generating significant co-benefits in terms of humanhealth (high confi- dence).By2050,dietarychangescouldfreeseveralMkm2(mediumconfidence)of landand provideatechnicalmitigationpotentialof0.7to8.0GtCO2eyr-1,relativetobusinessasusual projections (high confidence). Transitions towards low-GHG emission diets may be in- fluenced by local production practices, technical and financial barriers and associated li- velihoods and cultural habits.”, IPCC Special Report onClimate Change, Desertification, LandDegradation,SustainableLandManagement,FoodSecurity,andGreenhousegasfluxes inTerrestrial Ecosystems, Summary for Policymakers, GenevaAugust 7th 2019, p. 26, also p.20and21; see:https://www.ipcc.ch/report/srccl/ (accessedonAugust27th2019). FranzGassner694 Open-Access-Publikation im Sinne der CC-Lizenz BY 4.0