Pesticides, raw sewage, toxic wastes, have polluted our lakes and rivers. Unregulated real estate development has depleted our grasslands and overtaxed our aquifers and our supply of surface water. The use of refrigerants and aerosol cans projects into the atmosphere a chemical which could ultimately destroy the ozone, the fragile shield that protects the earth from being scorched by solar radiation. Chemicals in the air cause life-giving rainfall to become harmful acid. As well as being stewards of creation, human beings are profoundly related to non-human creation because, like all things, they are creatures made by God.
Human beings are fellow-creatures and companions with all creation.
As companions in creation we must act in unity with our Creator and with each other to prevent further damage to our environment and further loss of our resources. For all people, preservation of the environment is a fundamental and critical issue of our time. Rather it is part of a life bearing and life sustaining organism or system. Injury to any part has repercussions on the whole. There is an inherent punishment for destructive action against nature and punishment falls upon the innocent as well as the guilty.