We believe that our first task is to raise the consciousness of adults who most use the resources and gifts of the planet. Ultimately, we must perceive our every action as having a direct effect upon the future of the environment. We see this cosmic liturgy in the symbiosis of life's rich biological complexities. There is also an ascetic element in our responsibility toward God's creation. This asceticism requires from us a voluntary restraint, in order for us to live in harmony with our environment.
Asceticism offers practical examples of conservation.
Our abundance of resources will be extended to include an abundance of equitable concern for others. Encratia frees us of our self-centered neediness, that we may do good works for others. We do this out of a personal love for the natural world around us. Asceticism provides an example whereby we may live simply. Asceticism is not a flight from society and the world, but a communal attitude of mind and way of life that leads to the respectful use, and not the abuse, of material goods.