Our task is nothing less than to join God in preserving, renewing and fulfilling the creation. It is essential to relate to nature in ways that sustain life on the planet, provide for the essential material and physical needs of all humankind and increase justice and well-being for all life in a peaceful world.
Modern humanity has a critical task before it.
Our impact on the environment is disrupting nearly every ecosystem on the planet at a rapidly accelerating rate. Glaciers brought major reshaping and change. Our activities are causing even more drastic changes in a fraction of the time. This critical task will mean learning of the environmental dangers facing the planet and recognizing that our practices and styles of life have had and will have an effect on the environment. In order to change, we must recognize that our practices and styles of life affect our environment and learn more of the environmental changes caused by their impact.