The Adoption of Sustainable Lifestyles, one of the seven Laudato Si’ Goals, is grounded in the idea of sufficiency and promoting sobriety, or moderation, in the use of resources and energy. 

The home is one of the first and best places we can adopt a simple and virtuous lifestyle. Nine actions toward this goal could include: 

1. Reducing waste and increasing recycling
2. Adopting sustainable dietary habits, such as opting for a more plant-based diet and reducing meat consumption
3. A greater use of public transport
4. Choosing active mobility like walking and cycling
5. Avoiding single use items, especially plastic
6. Discussing together what lifestyle changes you as a family can make to avoid getting caught up in “a whirlwind of needless buying and spending.” (LS 203) 
7. Exploring with one another the ways in which you can live in a good relationship with nature right outside your door
8. Spending time together as a family in parks, forests, by the seaside, or just observing wildlife
9. Repairing broken toys and sports equipment instead of throwing them away and buying new ones

These are just a few of the ways you can “aspire to a life of dignity and sobriety, without luxury and waste, so that everyone in our world can enjoy a dignified existence.” (Message of His Holiness Pope Francis to the Participants in the EU Youth Conference