Tag: environment
Deep in the bayous of south Louisiana, faith-based activists are trying to help vulnerable groups threatened by the consequences of climate change. More
“Sea level rises have been measured. They’re verifiable. Climate change is very well documented. The facts are there. You can deny them if you choose to, but we’re seeing the results every day here in south Louisiana, and whether you want to say that’s because of climate change or something else, the effects are very real.” More
“As the climate changes, species are diminishing. We are seeing the extinction of so many different things, and they are part of us. They are part of the world. They are part of who we are. Are we going to become the next extinction? We need to care for what God has given us, and that is a moral mandate.” More
“Carbon-based energy development is the best friend for poor people and would give them the best chance at life.” More
“Who owns the natural resources? That’s the big question behind this,” says Maria Visse of the Sisters of Loretto. More
Renowned essayist, farmer, poet, and conservationist Wendell Berry says the Gulf of Mexico oil spill demonstrates that “we’re putting too much at stake” in the way we go after oil and mineral resources. More
Religious communities are part of a growing movement across America that is concerned with the ethics of how food is grown and how it gets to our tables. More
“Every time you eat, you give expression to what you think the world ought to be,” says Norman Wirzba, a professor of theology, ecology, and rural life at Duke Divinity School. More
Paul Wolpe, director of Emory University’s Center for Ethics, says ethics should precede our economic and political judgments and our response to events like the Gulf oil spill. More
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