The Environment

The Environment

Problems facing the environment
1. Pollution
2. Global warming
3. Climate Change
4. Deforrestation
Ways to help the environment
1. Reduce food waste
2. Save energy
3. Recycle
4. Reuse
5. Buy greener
6. Travel greener
7. Look after nature
8. Support an organisation
Stewardship
1. God made humans the stewards of the earth. he put humans in charge but God still owns it
2. God placed man in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and guard it
3. In giving man stewardship of Gods earth came rights, responsibilities, duty of care, the need to look after and protect
Dominion
1. We should rule over animals and use them for our benefit
  1. We have a soul and animals don't
  2. Our life is sacred
  3. We have been made in the image of God
  4. God breathed life into us
Francis of Assisi
1. Saint from about 800 years ago
2. Catholic saint of animals and the environment
3. He said animals were our brothers and sisters
4. Use him to support stewardship
Bible quotes
1. "You appointed them rulers over everything you made; you placed them all over creation."
2. "The world and all that is in it belongs to the Lord; the earth and all who live on it are his."
3. "There was no plants on the earth and no seeds had sprouted, because he had not sent any rain, and there was no one to cultivate the land."

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