Religion
This Pope wrote Laudato Si, calling care for the Earth a moral and spiritual duty.
Who is Pope Francis?
This system is criticized for turning natural resources into commodities for profit.
What is a market economy?
This feeling is described as the natural first response to receiving gifts from nature.
What is gratitude?
This author of The Serviceberry promotes a gift economy based on reciprocity and abundance.
Who is Robin Wall Kimmerer?
This Islamic concept describes humans as stewards responsible for protecting the Earth.
What is khaifah?
This process converts gifts like water or land into products that can be bought and sold.
What is commodification?
This principle involves giving back after receiving, central to gift economies.
What is reciprocity?
This Japanese farmer developed “do nothing” natural farming in The One Straw Revolution.
Who is Masanobu Fukuoka?
This saint is known for seeing all creatures as brothers and sisters, inspiring ecological spirituality.
Who is Saint Francis of Assisi?
This concept explains how scarcity is artificially created to increase economic value.
Who is Saint Francis of Assisi?
This ethical responsibility focuses on protecting the earth for future generations.
What is environmental responsibility?
This Ecumenical Patriarch called environmental destruction a sin against God.
Who is Patriarch Bartholomew?
This Quranic idea teaches that all creation exists with purpose and truth.
What is the creation “bi l-haqq”?
This global system prioritizes growth and consumption, often leading to environmental damage.
What is the creation “Bi l-haqq”?
This moral failure, symbolized by the Windigo, involves taking too much and sharing too little.
What is greed?
This economist supports ecological economics, integrating human values with natural systems.
Who is Valerie Luzadis?
This shared belief across the texts sees nature not as property, but as a sacred gift to be respected.
What is viewing nature as a sacred gift?
This type of economy is criticized for destroying relationships while exploiting both people and nature.
What is an extractive economy?
This idea suggests true wealth comes from relationships and community, not material accumulation.
What is relational wealth?
This author of Sacred Economics argues that gifts create connection beyond self-interest.
Who is Charles Eisenstein?