Do not make laws outside of our authority, he cautions. Some of those laws include not taking more than you need, not taking without giving back, and living in balance with all beings because we are all connected. Many great teachings recognize that we harvest what we sow. That is recognized as a Judeo-Christian ethos, yet all major religions have similar beliefs. Buddhists speak of a great natural law that pulsates through the universe and organizes all life, the strict law of cause and effect.
Nothing is created in isolation, and all life evolves in relationship to all living beings.
The same could be said of the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico, where the residents are united in opposition to continued bombings of their homeland. Patrisia Gonzales and Roberto Rodriguez are syndicated columnists. Environmentally minded clergy come to the movement from theological moorings. They see the integral connection between a healthy environment and the web of life. They find a religious and moral duty to defend and nurture the ecological threads that bind creation.