Abuse of nature and injustice to people place the future in grave jeopardy. Population triples in this century.
Biological systems suffer diminished capacity to renew themselves.
Finite minerals are mined and pumped as if inexhaustible Peasants are forced onto marginal lands, and soil erodes. Wastes and poisons exceed nature's capacity to absorb them. Greenhouse gases pose threat of global warming. Restoring creation is God's own work in our time, in which God comes both to judge and to restore. The Creator-Redeemer calls faithful people to become engaged with God in keeping and healing the creation, human and nonhuman.