Environmental Stewardship

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Environmental Stewardship
3.22.07
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Why does awareness not result in immediate,
radical changes?Why can we listen to and even
experience these things first hand and still go
on with our lives as before?
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We are wired to

• Respond to abrupt changes
• Pay attention to what is near at hand
• Be concerned with our fellow human beings

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A Few Issues to Explore
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Garbage Disposal or Garbage Dispersal?
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Water Incorporated

• Percent of all water on planet that is available
  to drink?

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• Global consumption of water doubling every 20 yrs
• Fresh water gt.005 of water on Earth
• By 2025, two-thirds of world population will be
  living with serious shortages or absolute water
  scarcity

The wars of the next century will be fought over
water - The World Bank, 1999
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Bolivian Army and water privatization protesters
face off in Cochabamba. (Photo courtesy Nadir)
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What to consider the next time you have a cup of
coffee
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Whats happened to Juan Valdez ?
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Is it Fair Trade Coffee? 1.26/lb versus less
than 39 a pound
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Environmental Impact Sun or Shade Grown?
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Where do our electronic gadgets end up when were
done with them?
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High Tech Trash
20-50 million tons are generated each year. 80
of e-waste is sent to China. Workers receive
1.50 a day to break apart these items.
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100,000,000 cell phones are retired every year.
Most are thrown in the garbage. A cell phone
contains 500 to 1000 components. Many of these
contain toxic heavy metals such as lead, mercury,
cadmium and beryllium and hazardous chemicals,
such as brominated flame retardants. Polluting
PVC plastic is also frequently used. These metals
are highly toxic and can harm children and
developing fetuses even at low levels. Cell
phones are replaced on average every 18 months.
Only 5 are recycled.
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Wires are sorted by day and burned by night
releasing dioxins and other cancer causing
materials. The families live right in the burn
yards. Guiyu, China
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Man sweeping toner out of printer cartridge.
Toners are made of carbon black -- a class 2A
carcinogen (IARC). The toner billows in his face
all day long without respiratory protection of
any kind. Cartridges are later dumped by the
river. Guiyu, China.
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Computers and burning televisions - Lagos, Nigeria
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The Earth is a communion of subjects, not a
collection of objects. Thomas Berry
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Our ethical traditions know how to deal with
suicide, homicide, and genocide but these
traditions collapse entirely when confronted with
biocide, the extinction of life systems, and
geocide, the devastation of the Earth itself.
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The ecological community is not subordinate to
the human community. Nor is the ecological
imperative derivative from human ethics.
Rather, our human ethics are derivative from the
ecological imperative. The basic ethical norm is
the well-being of the comprehensive community and
the attainment of human well-being within that
community.
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Reverence For Each Person We believe that each
person is a manifestation of the sacredness of
human life Community We demonstrate our
connectedness to each other through inclusive and
compassionate relationships Justice We advocate
for a society in which all can realize their full
potential and achieve the common good Commitment
To Those Who Are Poor We give priority to those
whom society ignores Stewardship We care for and
strengthen the ministry and all resources
entrusted to it
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Reverence For All Beings We believe that all
beings are a valuable manifestation of Gods
creation Earth Community We demonstrate our
connectedness to each other and to the natural
world by fostering compassionate and mutually
enhancing human- earth relationships Eco-Justice W
e advocate for a jurisprudence that recognizes
the right to life, to habitat, and to the
flourishing of all earths creations Commitment
To The Endangered We address the needs of
humans, other species and ecosystems that are at
risk Stewardship We care for and strengthen the
spiritual, human, and natural resources that are
now dependent our care
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What is our role as care giver, as employer, as
corporate citizen - in establishing a mutually
enhancing human-earth presence?