Environmental Responsibility
According to Laudato Si’ and the Islamic Declaration on Global Climate Change, humans share the responsibility of protecting this place we all live in.
What is Earth?
The earth is considered God's this.
What is Creation?
The readings describe how the Earth is harmed when humans pollute this essential natural resource.
What is Water?
Harming the environment is considered morally this
What is wrong?
In Laudato Si’, Pope Francis warns against the destruction of this variety of life on Earth.
What is biodiversity?
The Islamic Declaration on Global Climate Change and Laudato Si’ promote this idea that humans should care for the Earth.
What is stewardship?
Destroying wetlands and forests damages these important parts of the environment.
What is ecosystems?
The earth is presented as something with this kind of value spiritually
What is sacred?
The Islamic Declaration on Global Climate Change focuses on this global issue caused by changes to the Earth’s climate.
What is climate change?
In On the Road with Thomas Merton, nature is seen as a way for humans to connect to this higher power.
Who is God?
In Laudato Si’, human actions that harm the Earth are referred to as these moral wrongdoings.
What are sins?
When people recognize the value of nature, they begin to act with this toward it
Respect.
This act of cutting down large areas of forests contributes to environmental destruction discussed in the readings.
What is deforestation?
“Remember” by Joy Harjo emphasizes this idea that humans are not separate from nature, but part of it.
What is interconnectedness?
In the Islamic Declaration on Global Climate Change, humans are warned not to waste the Earth’s resources through this lifestyle
What is overconsumption?
Failing to care for the Earth shows a lack of this moral quality emphasized in the readings.
What is stewardship/responsibility?
Pope Francis criticizes this use of natural resources without limits or care.
What is exploitation?
In On the Road with Thomas Merton, the ocean is used as a symbol of this spiritual connection.
What is mystical union with God?
In Laudato Si’, Pope Francis says humans become “masters” and “exploiters” when they lose this feeling toward nature.
What is Awe and Wonder?
Pope Francis explains that harming the natural world is also described as harming this.
What is ourselves?