Education

One of AIA’s objectives is to provide education on the compassionate treatment of animals by drawing from the wealth of wisdom of the faiths of its member organisations. It achieves this in the following ways:

The Religious Education Curriculum

We have worked with Veganism in Education (VinE) and RE Today to produce new materials for the RE Curriculum which were launched in January 2023.

Spirited Arts Competition

AIA and VinE have jointly sponsored NATRE’s Spirited Arts Competition in 2023 on the theme of “All God’s Creatures?” and the Spirited Arts Competition 2024 on the theme “Why Do Animals Matter?”. The 2023 results and the 2024 results are out and we are now planning our joint sponsorship of the 2025 competition.

Education Resources

Educational Resources for Catholic Schools

We are delighted to share with you the wonderful Catholic Social Teaching and Humane Education Guide for Kindergarten to Eighth Grade pupils (equivalent to ages 5 to 14 in the UK), produced by William Radinson in America. The resources enable educators to teach kindness and compassion to animals as Care for Creation.

LAUDATO SI’: Good education plants seeds when we are young, and these continue to bear fruit throughout life.

The Catholic resources can be accessed here.

Creation Care: Christian Responsibility Course

We are delighted to share with you Pan-Orthodox Concern for Animals’ Creation Care: Christian Responsibility Course. The course is for use in Christian parishes, youth groups, seminary institutions or for individual study. It may also provide a useful framework for homilies.

The Animal Interfaith Alliance is a registered not-for-profit company number 8958588.

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