In his retirement, my husband has focused his mind and energies on environmental issues. By doing so, Ron makes family and friends aware of matters that are important to the well-being of all. He also gives much time to the Enviromnental Stewardship Committee at First UMC which shares information and concerns about being responsible citizens of God's creation. He now invites us to read some of his discoveries on his new blog, Earth Focus.
According to the UMC Social Principles (Para. 160) -
"All creation is the Lord's and we are responsible for the ways in which we use and abuse it. Water, air, soil, minerals, energy resoureces, plants, animal life and space are to be valued and conserved because they are God's creation and not soley because they are useful to human beings."
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Was delighted to see new blog. Am concerned that humans are thirty years too late waking up. It could easily be that even if we started today and produced zero pollutants of any kind, that the richochet effect of what is already in our atmosphere would continue on a scale that would still destroy much of life. The real solution, unfortunately, is a delicate ethical issue. It is entirely related to human population. The only answer for our planet, realistically, is an immediate cessation of population gain and an immediate movement toward a much smaller global community. This topic needs to be researched, understood and discussed as a plan by every congregation on earth, NOW! Our standard of living must be lower. Our self- awareness better look hard enough to see self- preservation, or we could all end up as our own Anti-Christ. Intelligence has never been tested on this planet as a survival technique. It just might not work when it is not used in conjunction with wisdom. We must not depend on artificial intelligence and technology to save us. Sacrifice saves. Does that sound familiar? We all must sacrifice everything that fits into the category of more than is practical for an individual to have. If you have more of anything than is your share, you have too much.
Intelligence could grow up to be the cancer of the universe. I do not mean to sound too bleak, and I am not the Unibomber's cousin, but neither am I blind, or stupid, or completely selfish. We need to need less. I am so bruised from falling off that soap box. Could someone move it, or take it away? I fear it clutters the landscape.
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