Principle 2

Principle 2. Care for the community of life with understanding, compassion, and love. a). Accept that with the right to own, manage, and use natural resources comes the duty to prevent environmental harm and to protect the rights of people. b). Affirm that with increased freedom, knowledge, and power comes increased responsibility to promote the…

The Global Situation

The Global Situation (Section a) The dominant patterns of production and consumption are causing environmental devastation, the depletion of resources, and a massive extinction of species. (Section b) Communities are being undermined. The benefits of development are not shared equitably and the gap between rich and poor is widening. Injustice, poverty, ignorance, and violent conflict…

Earth, Our Home

Earth, Our Home (Section a) Humanity is part of a vast evolving universe. (Section b) Earth, our home, is alive with a unique community of life. The forces of nature make existence a demanding and uncertain adventure, but Earth has provided the conditions essential to life’s evolution. (Section c) The resilience of the community of…

Beginning

Beginning (Section a) We stand at a critical moment in Earth’s history, a time when humanity must choose its future. As the world becomes increasingly interdependent and fragile, the future at once holds great peril and great promise. (Section b) To move forward we must recognize that in the midst of a magnificent diversity of…