“ In the beginning,

God created the Heavens and Earth

all we see, all we don't see.

Earth was a soup of nothingness, a

bottomless emptiness and inky blackness.”
1st Loving Act Let light come up!

And light came up to separate light from dark.

.
And the fungus was there...
2nd Loving Act ... created the atmosphere to separate the
water under sky and the water above sky.

And the fungus was there...

3rd Loving Act "Separated water from Land, and the oceans were there"

"Earth, green up! Grow all varieties of seed-bearing plants.

It was so good.

And the fugus was there...

 "Lights! Come out! Shine in Heaven's sky! Separate Day from Night.
4th Loving Act
Mark seasons and days and years, I twas so good

... And the fungus was there.

 "Swarm, Ocean, with fish and all sea life!
5th Loving Act Birds, fly through the sky over Earth!"

"Prosper! Reproduce! Fill Ocean! It was so good.

And the fugus was there...

6th Loving Act "Earth, generate life! Every sort and kind: cattle
and reptiles and wild animals—all kinds."
It was so good.

And the fugus was there...

6th Loving Act Then God looked at the mirror and created human beings,
making them to reflect his own nature.

So they can be responsible for the animals and whole nature

"Prosper! Reproduce! Fill Earth! Take charge!

And the fungus was there

7th Loving Act
Heaven and Earth
were finished, down
to the last detail.

Then God rested

under the trees from
all his work.

Trusting men would

take care of the so
gorgeous creation
Earth was
harmonious
and joyful
ALL WAS SO VERDANT
AND ALIVE
The earth is a planet of beauty and
abundance; the earth system is These problems spring from
wonderfully intricate and incredibly and intensify social injustices.
complex.

But today living creatures, and the

air, soil, and water that support
them, face unprecedented threats.

Our current practices may so alter

the living world that it will be unable
to sustain life in the manner we
know.

Twin problems--excessive
consumption by industrialized
nations, and relentless growth of
human population worldwide--
jeopardize efforts to achieve a
sustainable future.
end result...
end result...
The despoiling of the
environment is nothing
less than the
degradation of God's
gracious gift of
creation- “ The earth is
the Lord´s and
everything in it
(Psalms 24:1).

God enjoys the world

and sees it as "good,"
even before humankind
comes on the scene. All
creation, not just
humankind, is viewed
as "very good".
Processes of
environ-
mental
degradation
feed on one
another. The
resulting
damages to
environ-
mental systems
are
frightening:
 depletion
of non-
renewable
resources,
especially
oil;

loss of the
variety of
life through
rapid
destruction
of habitats;
 pollution of air by toxic emissions from industries and
vehicles, and pollution of water by wastes;
erosion of topsoil through unsustainable
agriculture and forestry practices;
 the
depletion of dangerous global warming,
the caused by the buildup of
protective greenhouse gases, especially
ozone layer, carbon dioxide
resulting
from the use
of volatile
compounds
containing
chlorine and
bromine
Global warming is real

Scientific research now demonstrates that global warming is real,

catastrophic, and created by humans. These issues will depend on
how soon we convert to renewable energy
We have just a small window… "Climate change is
for real. We have
just a small window
of opportunity and
it is closing rather
rapidly. There is
not a moment to
lose. We are risking
the ability of the
human race to
survive.“
Dr Pachauri, head
of the IPCC, 2005:
In addition to global
warming, species
extinctions have
reached catastrophic
proportions.
Biologists are calling
what is happening
now, the sixth mass
extinction, and they
are warning that we
could lose more than
25 percent of the
species on Earth by
the end of this
century, creating
unknown cascading
effects throughout
entire ecosystems.
The bomb is ticking away...

“With climate change, there is an ecological time bomb

ticking away. “ International Panel Climate Change (IPCC),2005
 No matter
how fast we
respond, the
world will
soon be
radically
different,
perhaps in as
little as one
decade.

Many of
those who
realize how
serious our
ecological
crises are, do
not realize
how urgent
they are. Our
response needs
to be total and
immediate.
It is no time for relaxing
The earth is finite…

The Earth’s carbon cycle and hydrological cycle have limits.

We must learn to live within the Earth’s limits or we will overrun
our environment, and cause massive ecological collapse.
 None of our current
theories are adequate to
deal with the enormity
of our ecological crises.

“… the environmental
establishment is
inherently incapable of
truly addressing the
climate challenge in all its
magnitude

…because we cannot achieve a rapid, world-wide transition to clean

energy within our current market-based economic structure. If one
honestly acknowledges the scale and urgency of the problem, it
becomes clear that it cannot be effectively addressed without major
structural changes to global economic dynamics.” Ross Gelbspan
way out…

Ecological justice
Renewable energy
GOING TO WHERE
 “The fight for
justice must be
integrated with the
fight for life in all
its forms.” James
Cone

“ecological justice” (eco-justice): environmental issues are

inextricably tied up with issues of human justice. The reverse is
also true.
Issues of human justice invariably have a connection with our
human degradation of the Earth. In our economic system we
treat both people and natural resources as commodities to be
exploited for economic gain.
Changing this dynamic is our challenge
 Creating the
needed changes
can bring a
message of
hope. We really
are capable of
making a
profound
positive shift in
our thinking
over the next
few years.

This involves redefining our concepts of success, and

increasing the growing commitment to breaking free of
consumerism. It also means learning new skills such as the
skills of dialogue, and renewing our commitment to each
other and to the natural world.
 Making eco-justice
decisions:

•Sustainability :provide for

long-range needs of humans
and long-range preservation
of nature

•Sufficiency :grant all forms

of life the right to share in
the goods of creation

Participation :involve all people and represent all life forms in decisions
that affect their well-being

Solidarity :recognize the kinship of all life forms and assist those who
suffer most from environmental degradation
God's gift of
responsibility for the
earth dignifies
humanity without
debasing the rest of
creation. We depend
upon God, who
places us in a web of
life with one another
and with all creation.

The new ecological worldview is a moral vision based on a

nurturant morality and an ethics of care, centering on
empathy and responsibility. This includes creating a moral
politics and a moral economy, with the requirements of the
Earth, and democratic, equality at the center.
Creating
solutions
requires a
total
system
response.

Ecology now is also a system of social, economic, and political thought

that sees environmental destruction as only one more symptom (along
with poverty and the unequal distribution of wealth and power) of our
entire unhealthy modern world-view and belief system.
 To pull away from materialism
and consumerism, we need to
find non-material forms of
fulfillment, and shift our
spiritual focus from individual
salvation to planetary salvation
This will require us to see the
planet as one global interrelated
community of people, animals,
and plants.

Choosing the values of life and care, and

overcoming materialism, requires that we
respect the mystery in human life and resist Our future depends on
the secularization of experience. Even
though our culture is completely
how creative we can be
secularized—the sacred has not disappeared. together, and how
We need to recognize and name concepts
of the sacred so that they can again quickly we can learn.
determine social action.
acting now…

When we face today's crisis, we do not despair.

We act

Our tradition offers many glimpses of hope

triumphant over despair.

When Martin Luther was asked what he would do

if the world were to end tomorrow, he reportedly
answered, "I would plant an apple tree today."
If we commit to a
worldwide crash
program to convert
to renewable
energy and planting
trees to capture the
CO2, the change
could be less
disruptive.
It still

Otherwise the fungus only will remain...

I saw a new sky and a new earth

But I saw a new earth and a new atmosphere.. (Apocalypse)

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