Respect For The Earth Flashcards
What does stewardship call us to do?
To live in An interrelated way
What is stewardship?
The responsibility people have to respect & care for all creation
Where does everything we consume come from?
The natural world
What does everything in creation have?
A specific role to play
Why are humans unique?
Because we alone can choose how we interact with creation
What isn’t new? What is new?
Environmental problems are nothing new
What is new is the extent & severity of the damage
How much of the planets surface do rain forests cover?
6%
What is the rainforest home to?
Home to over half of the worlds animal & plant species
How many hectares are destroyed each year & how?
10.4 million
By logging & agriculture
Roughly how many species go extinct every day?
100
What is rain forest depletion an example of?
Social sin
What are the 2 major causes of rain forest depletion?
Commercial logging
Subsistence farming
What is commercial logging?
Spurred you developed nations demand to use it in everything from plywood to furniture to chopsticks & impoverished nations are hesitant to restrict it as it’s a form of income..even if loggers make far more than those who live in the forest
What is subsistence farming?
Small time farming that causes 60% of rain forest destruction & will meet only the basic needs of a family. They cut & burn to find areas to grow food, but the poor soil conditions causes them to move frequently
What is global climate change?
Relatively rapid worldwide changes in temperature & precipitation that threatens animal & plant species around the world
What is a major cause of climate change?
Our rapid consumption
U.S. has only ___% of the worlds population, but it emits ___%of the worlds carbon dioxide
4.6%
21%
What does the u.s. lead the world in?
Green house gas emissions
What is the population question?
With our population expected to reach 9 billion by 2045, what do we do?
What are held up as a solution to the population question?
Family planning programs but the church rejects this for 4 reasons
Who do family planning programs regularly target?
Poor people in developing nations with abortions or artificial birth control
4 reasons why the Catholic Church rejects family planning:
- Abortion denies life
- Artificial birth control is seem by the church as a way of “playing God” & choosing when you want a child
- They unjustly target the developing world
- This denies the primary cause of environmental damage-excessive consumption & poverty
What has been done to help correct environmental problems?
Affluent nations concur their consumption & work to bring impoverished nations out of poverty
What does the 1st creation story give us an image of?
Humanity living in harmony with nature. Meat eating is forbidden to all in the garden. It was e part of God’s plan
