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Saving The Earth Starts With You: Care For God'S Creation
Saving The Earth Starts With You: Care For God'S Creation
Saving the
Earth Starts
with You
Catholic Social Teaching
God created the world.
• He intended that all its creatures—
including human beings—be
connected in a harmonious web of
life.
• He made human beings the caretakers
and stewards of creation.
• He created the world as a sign of his
love and power.
The Interdependence of Creation
• Human beings play a unique role in creation.
• Plants require the proper mix of water, sunshine, soil conditions, nutrients, and
atmospheric gases in order to grow.
• Plant support all other life on the planet, and all other life supports plant life.
Threats to the Integrity of
Creation
• Environmental Pollution
• The use of biotechnology
• Destruction and collapse of natural ecosystems
• Overconsumption of natural resources
“Every economic decision has a
moral consequence."
POPE B EN ED IC T XV I
CREATION IS
SACRED
RESPECT FOR THE GOD'S GIFT FOR THE CARING FOR CREATION
SACRAMENTAL COMMON GOOD Responsibility to engage in economic
UNIVERSE
• the basic goodness of all of creation Stewardship safeguards natural resources practices that use natural resources to
• the presence of God in visible and for the benefit of all people, including preserve the earth now and in the
tangible ways those who are poor and also future future
generations.
Society's Role of Stewardship
WHERE TO FOCUS OUR EFFORTS
Sustainable collaboration
Biodiversity Environmental Community between business
development of
Threat Emergency Engagement and government to
natural resources for
Management Response promote the
the future
common good and
protect the
environment
“An economy respectful of the
environment will not have the
maximization of profits as its
only objective, because
environmental protection
cannot be assured solely on the
basis of financial calculations
of costs and benefits”
Living as a Steward of the Earth
RED UC E RE C YC L E, PRO MO TE
S H ARE W IT H O TH ERS
CO NS U MP TIO N OF R E CY C LIN G, A ND BU Y
N ATU RA L RE SO U RC ES RE CY C LE D PRO D UC TS
Sources:
• COMPENDIUM OF T HE SOCIAL
DOCTRI NE OF T HE CHURCH
• CHRIS TIAN LIFE F ORMAT ION 3 : T HE
CATHOL IC S OCIAL T HOUGHT