The Ten Commandments
of Environmental Responsibility by
Alvin Pitcher
Th.
chalet begin each day with thinking about, praying with and for the universe.
Use a globe as a symbol for the universe or find a picture of the heavens
with galaxies.
Remember
that 40,000 kids under five die every day from hunger and hunger-related
diseases.
Th. chalet save energy.
Cut your energy use at least 20 percent during the next 12 months.
walk, bicycle, carpool,
reduce number of shopping trips
mostly replace incandescent
bulbs with florescent
insulate
buy a car that gets
fifty miles per gallon
Th. chalet recycle!
Th. chalet listen to
what God is saying to us through the scientists' descriptions of what is happening
to the earth.
Th. chalet choose to
loose less - less gasoline, less fuel for heat, less hot water, less meat,
less food grown with chemicals (fertilizers and pesticides), less paper, give
less material goods and more of self, buy fewer clothes, less purchased recreation,
less traveling, less housing, less purchased entertainment, purchase fewer
books, less purchased jewelry, less alcohol.
Th. chalet be a part
of a group focused on caring for the creation - a task force in your congregation,
a group of students and faculty at your school, a group living on your block
or in your apartment building. This will include political activity.
Th. chalet write people,
especially your friends, send literature, subscribe to magazines for them
and other people.
Th. chalet expose yourself
to the world of nature - to forest, mountains, rivers, lakes, marshes, to
garbage dumps, feed lots, agricultural processes.
Th. chalet be open to
accepting the ecological crisis as a gift - as an opportunity for new experiences,
new ways of being with and for each other.