The international learning community of Spiritual Directors International believes that the practice of spiritual direction should lead to ways of being and acting in favor of justice, peace, and the integrity of creation.
As spiritual companions, we are concerned with peace, justice, and integrity of all creation. Because we are all interconnected, Spiritual Directors International hopes to be a model for good stewardship and awareness that every action ripples into the greater universe.

Earth Day, 2010
Spiritual Directors International shares our commitment to continually going green. Ways we embrace this responsibility include:

• Reflect on the implications of a cosmological perspective for the practice of spiritual direction, encouraging and encourage this reflection in Spiritual Directors International programs (e.g. Educational events, Leadership Institutes, teleconferences) and publications (e.g. Web site, Presence, Connections, Listen and books published under the Spiritual Directors International imprint). Some recent examples:

• Educational events: provide stainless steel water bottles to participants, ecologically responsible tote bags, workshop presenter handouts online, events brochure only available online.
• Offer teleconferences, online learning opportunities and resources
• Print publications with a Forest Stewardship Council certified press
• Shift Connections, the official newsletter of SDI to an online only version
• Encourage a working team that can telecommute and meet in a "virtual conference room" using the telephone, e-mail, and Internet
• Plant trees where educational events and pilgrimages occur

• Include the natural world, both in its beauty and in its diminishment, in our practices of prayer and meditation on a personal level and in Spiritual Directors International meetings and programs.

• Be conscious of the environmental impact of the services and goods which Spiritual Directors International uses and the events which it sponsors.

The SDI Coordinating Council commits to these values, and conducts a periodic environmental audit of Spiritual Directors International practices and activities and the impact they have on the environment.

Click to read the SDI Coordinating Council pledge
Click to learn about SDI "Going Blue and Green!"