How did you become aware of your/our responsibility to take care of the only planet we’ll ever have? In this personal essay, Lutheran environmentalist David Rhodes describes his journey from a youth in a sheltered small-town Pennsylvania town to a prominent voice in eco-activism. On webofcreation.org. (Photo: Quinn Dombrowski, Creative Commons)
The planet is facing major ecological problems: global warming, loss of species diversity, loss of forests and arable land, disposal of garbage and toxic waste, pollution of air, land, and water, over-population, depletion of non-replaceable natural resources, diminution of food sources, ocean acidification and collapse of fisheries, among others. And the survival of creation as we humans have known it is at stake. Here are five principles for a Christian response. (Photo by NASA)
