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| 6d656e742c2061646472657373656420746f2061 | ment, addressed to a
| 6c6c2070656f706c65206f6620676f6f64207769 | ll people of good wi
| 6c6c2c20696e636c756465206120636861707465 | ll, include a chapte
| 72206465616c696e672077697468207468652063 | r dealing with the c
| 6f6e76696374696f6e73206f662062656c696576 | onvictions of believ
| 6572733f204920616d2077656c6c206177617265 | ers? I am well aware
| 207468617420696e20746865206172656173206f | that in the areas o
| 6620706f6c697469637320616e64207068696c6f | f politics and philo
| 736f706879207468657265206172652074686f73 | sophy there are thos
| 652077686f206669726d6c792072656a65637420 | e who firmly reject
| 7468652069646561206f6620612043726561746f | the idea of a Creato
| 722c206f7220636f6e7369646572206974206972 | r, or consider it ir
| 72656c6576616e742c20616e6420636f6e736571 | relevant, and conseq
| 75656e746c79206469736d697373206173206972 | uently dismiss as ir
| 726174696f6e616c20746865207269636820636f | rational the rich co
| 6e747269627574696f6e2077686963682072656c | ntribution which rel
| 6967696f6e732063616e206d616b6520746f7761 | igions can make towa
| 72647320616e20696e74656772616c2065636f6c | rds an integral ecol
| 6f677920616e64207468652066756c6c20646576 | ogy and the full dev
| 656c6f706d656e74206f662068756d616e697479 | elopment of humanity
| 2e204f746865727320766965772072656c696769 | . Others view religi
| 6f6e732073696d706c7920617320612073756263 | ons simply as a subc
| 756c7475726520746f20626520746f6c65726174 | ulture to be tolerat
| 65642e204e6f6e657468656c6573732c20736369 | ed. Nonetheless, sci
| 656e636520616e642072656c6967696f6e2c2077 | ence and religion, w
| 6974682074686569722064697374696e63746976 | ith their distinctiv
| 6520617070726f616368657320746f20756e6465 | e approaches to unde
| 727374616e64696e67207265616c6974792c2063 | rstanding reality, c
| 616e20656e74657220696e746f20616e20696e74 | an enter into an int
| 656e7365206469616c6f67756520667275697466 | ense dialogue fruitf
| 756c20666f7220626f74682e3c2f703e200d0a3c | ul for both. <
| 703e203c2f703e200d0a3c703e3c623e492e2054 | p> I. T
| 4845204c49474854204f46464552454420425920 | HE LIGHT OFFERED BY
| 46414954483c2f623e3c2f703e200d0a3c703e20 | FAITH 
| 3c2f703e200d0a3c703e36332e20476976656e20 |  63. Given
| 74686520636f6d706c6578697479206f66207468 | the complexity of th
| 652065636f6c6f676963616c2063726973697320 | e ecological crisis
| 616e6420697473206d756c7469706c6520636175 | and its multiple cau
| 7365732c207765206e65656420746f207265616c | ses, we need to real
| 697a6520746861742074686520736f6c7574696f | ize that the solutio
| 6e732077696c6c206e6f7420656d657267652066 | ns will not emerge f
| 726f6d206a757374206f6e6520776179206f6620 | rom just one way of
| 696e74657270726574696e6720616e6420747261 | interpreting and tra
| 6e73666f726d696e67207265616c6974792e2052 | nsforming reality. R
| 657370656374206d75737420616c736f20626520 | espect must also be
| 73686f776e20666f722074686520766172696f75 | shown for the variou
| 732063756c747572616c20726963686573206f66 | s cultural riches of
| 20646966666572656e742070656f706c65732c20 | different peoples,
| 74686569722061727420616e6420706f65747279 | their art and poetry
| 2c20746865697220696e746572696f72206c6966 | , their interior lif
| 6520616e642073706972697475616c6974792e20 | e and spirituality.
| 496620776520617265207472756c7920636f6e63 | If we are truly conc
| 65726e656420746f20646576656c6f7020616e20 | erned to develop an
| 65636f6c6f67792063617061626c65206f662072 | ecology capable of r
| 656d656479696e67207468652064616d61676520 | emedying the damage
| 7765206861766520646f6e652c206e6f20627261 | we have done, no bra
| 6e6368206f662074686520736369656e63657320 | nch of the sciences
| 616e64206e6f20666f726d206f6620776973646f | and no form of wisdo
| 6d2063616e206265206c656674206f75742c2061 | m can be left out, a
| 6e64207468617420696e636c756465732072656c | nd that includes rel
| 6967696f6e20616e6420746865206c616e677561 | igion and the langua
| 676520706172746963756c617220746f2069742e | ge particular to it.
| 2054686520436174686f6c696320436875726368 | The Catholic Church
| 206973206f70656e20746f206469616c6f677565 | is open to dialogue
| 2077697468207068696c6f736f70686963616c20 | with philosophical
| 74686f756768743b20746869732068617320656e | thought; this has en
| 61626c65642068657220746f2070726f64756365 | abled her to produce
| 20766172696f75732073796e7468657365732062 | various syntheses b
| 65747765656e20666169746820616e6420726561 | etween faith and rea
| 736f6e2e2054686520646576656c6f706d656e74 | son. The development
| 206f662074686520436875726368e28099732073 | of the Church s s
| 6f6369616c207465616368696e67207265707265 | ocial teaching repre
| 73656e7473207375636820612073796e74686573 | sents such a synthes
| 697320776974682072656761726420746f20736f | is with regard to so
| 6369616c206973737565733b2074686973207465 | cial issues; this te
| 616368696e672069732063616c6c656420746f20 | aching is called to
| 626520656e7269636865642062792074616b696e | be enriched by takin
| 67207570206e6577206368616c6c656e6765732e | g up new challenges.
| 3c2f703e200d0a3c703e203c2f703e200d0a3c70 |  <p
| 3e36342e20467572746865726d6f72652c20616c | >64. Furthermore, al
| 74686f756768207468697320456e6379636c6963 | though this Encyclic
| 616c2077656c636f6d6573206469616c6f677565 | al welcomes dialogue
| 20776974682065766572796f6e6520736f207468 | with everyone so th
| 617420746f6765746865722077652063616e2073 | at together we can s
| 65656b207061746873206f66206c696265726174 | eek paths of liberat
| 696f6e2c204920776f756c64206c696b65206672 | ion, I would like fr
| 6f6d20746865206f757473657420746f2073686f | om the outset to sho
| 7720686f7720666169746820636f6e7669637469 | w how faith convicti
| 6f6e732063616e206f6666657220436872697374 | ons can offer Christ
| 69616e732c20616e6420736f6d65206f74686572 | ians, and some other
| 2062656c6965766572732061732077656c6c2c20 | believers as well,
| 616d706c65206d6f7469766174696f6e20746f20 | ample motivation to
| 6361726520666f72206e617475726520616e6420 | care for nature and
| 666f7220746865206d6f73742076756c6e657261 | for the most vulnera
| 626c65206f662074686569722062726f74686572 | ble of their brother
| 7320616e6420736973746572732e204966207468 | s and sisters. If th
| 652073696d706c652066616374206f6620626569 | e simple fact of bei
| 6e672068756d616e206d6f7665732070656f706c | ng human moves peopl
| 6520746f206361726520666f722074686520656e | e to care for the en
| 7669726f6e6d656e74206f662077686963682074 | vironment of which t
| 68657920617265206120706172742c2043687269 | hey are a part, Chri
| 737469616e7320696e207468656972207475726e | stians in their turn
| 20e2809c7265616c697a65207468617420746865 | realize that the
| 697220726573706f6e736962696c697479207769 | ir responsibility wi
| 7468696e206372656174696f6e2c20616e642074 | thin creation, and t
| 68656972206475747920746f7761726473206e61 | heir duty towards na
| 7475726520616e64207468652043726561746f72 | ture and the Creator
| 2c2061726520616e20657373656e7469616c2070 | , are an essential p
| 617274206f66207468656972206661697468e280 | art of their faith
| 9d2e3c61206e616d653d225f66746e7265663336 | .<a name="_ftnref36
| 22207469746c653d222220687265663d22235f66 | " title="" href="#_f
| 746e3336223e5b33365d3c2f613e204974206973 | tn36">[36]</a> It is
| 20676f6f6420666f722068756d616e6974792061 | good for humanity a
| 6e642074686520776f726c64206174206c617267 | nd the world at larg
| 65207768656e2077652062656c69657665727320 | e when we believers
| 626574746572207265636f676e697a6520746865 | better recognize the
| 2065636f6c6f676963616c20636f6d6d69746d65 | ecological commitme
| 6e7473207768696368207374656d2066726f6d20 | nts which stem from
| 6f757220636f6e76696374696f6e732e3c2f703e | our convictions.
| 200d0a3c703e203c2f703e200d0a3c703e3c623e |  
| 49492e2054484520574953444f4d204f46205448 | II. THE WISDOM OF TH
| 45204249424c4943414c204143434f554e54533c | E BIBLICAL ACCOUNTS<
| 2f623e3c2f703e200d0a3c703e203c2f703e200d | /b> 
| 0a3c703e36352e20576974686f75742072657065 | 65. Without repe
| 6174696e672074686520656e7469726520746865 | ating the entire the
| 6f6c6f6779206f66206372656174696f6e2c2077 | ology of creation, w
| 652063616e2061736b2077686174207468652067 | e can ask what the g
| 72656174206269626c6963616c206e6172726174 | reat biblical narrat
| 69766573207361792061626f7574207468652072 | ives say about the r
| 656c6174696f6e73686970206f662068756d616e | elationship of human
| 206265696e677320776974682074686520776f72 | beings with the wor
| 6c642e20496e2074686520666972737420637265 | ld. In the first cre
| 6174696f6e206163636f756e7420696e20746865 | ation account in the
| 20426f6f6b206f662047656e657369732c20476f | Book of Genesis, Go
| 64e280997320706c616e20696e636c7564657320 | d s plan includes
| 6372656174696e672068756d616e6974792e2041 | creating humanity. A
| 6674657220746865206372656174696f6e206f66 | fter the creation of
| 206d616e20616e6420776f6d616e2c20e2809c47 | man and woman, G
| 6f64207361772065766572797468696e67207468 | od saw everything th
| 617420686520686164206d6164652c20616e6420 | at he had made, and
| 6265686f6c6420697420776173203c693e766572 | behold it was ver
| 7920676f6f643c2f693ee2809d20283c693e4765 | y good (Ge
| 6e203c2f693e20313a3331292e20546865204269 | n 1:31). The Bi
| 626c652074656163686573207468617420657665 | ble teaches that eve
| 7279206d616e20616e6420776f6d616e20697320 | ry man and woman is
| 63726561746564206f7574206f66206c6f766520 | created out of love
| 616e64206d61646520696e20476f64e280997320 | and made in God s
| 696d61676520616e64206c696b656e6573732028 | image and likeness (
| 63662e203c693e47656e203c2f693e313a323629 | cf. Gen 1:26)
| 2e20546869732073686f77732075732074686520 | . This shows us the
| 696d6d656e7365206469676e697479206f662065 | immense dignity of e
| 61636820706572736f6e2c20e2809c77686f2069 | ach person, who i
| 73206e6f74206a75737420736f6d657468696e67 | s not just something
| 2c2062757420736f6d656f6e652e204865206973 | , but someone. He is
| 2063617061626c65206f662073656c662d6b6e6f | capable of self-kno
| 776c656467652c206f662073656c662d706f7373 | wledge, of self-poss
| 657373696f6e20616e64206f6620667265656c79 | ession and of freely
| 20676976696e672068696d73656c6620616e6420 | giving himself and
| 656e746572696e6720696e746f20636f6d6d756e | entering into commun
| 696f6e2077697468206f7468657220706572736f | ion with other perso
| 6e73e2809d2e3c61206e616d653d225f66746e72 | ns .<a name="_ftnr
| 6566333722207469746c653d222220687265663d | ef37" title="" href=
| 22235f66746e3337223e5b33375d3c2f613e2053 | "#_ftn37">[37]</a> S
| 61696e74204a6f686e205061756c204949207374 | aint John Paul II st
| 6174656420746861742074686520737065636961 | ated that the specia
| 6c206c6f7665206f66207468652043726561746f | l love of the Creato
| 7220666f7220656163682068756d616e20626569 | r for each human bei
| 6e6720e2809c636f6e666572732075706f6e2068 | ng confers upon h
| 696d206f722068657220616e20696e66696e6974 | im or her an infinit
| 65206469676e697479e2809d2e3c61206e616d65 | e dignity .<a name
| 3d225f66746e726566333822207469746c653d22 | ="_ftnref38" title="
| 2220687265663d22235f66746e3338223e5b3338 | " href="#_ftn38">[38
| 5d3c2f613e2054686f73652077686f2061726520 | ]</a> Those who are
| 636f6d6d697474656420746f20646566656e6469 | committed to defendi
| 6e672068756d616e206469676e6974792063616e | ng human dignity can
| 2066696e6420696e207468652043687269737469 | find in the Christi
| 616e206661697468207468652064656570657374 | an faith the deepest
| 20726561736f6e7320666f72207468697320636f | reasons for this co
| 6d6d69746d656e742e20486f7720776f6e646572 | mmitment. How wonder
| 66756c20697320746865206365727461696e7479 | ful is the certainty
| 207468617420656163682068756d616e206c6966 | that each human lif
| 65206973206e6f742061647269667420696e2074 | e is not adrift in t
| 6865206d69647374206f6620686f70656c657373 | he midst of hopeless
| 206368616f732c20696e206120776f726c642072 | chaos, in a world r
| 756c65642062792070757265206368616e636520 | uled by pure chance
| 6f7220656e646c6573736c792072656375727269 | or endlessly recurri
| 6e67206379636c65732120546865204372656174 | ng cycles! The Creat
| 6f722063616e2073617920746f2065616368206f | or can say to each o
| 6e65206f662075733a20e2809c4265666f726520 | ne of us: Before
| 4920666f726d656420796f7520696e2074686520 | I formed you in the
| 776f6d622c2049206b6e657720796f75e2809d20 | womb, I knew you
| 283c693e4a6572203c2f693e313a35292e205765 | (Jer 1:5). We
| 207765726520636f6e63656976656420696e2074 | were conceived in t
| 6865206865617274206f6620476f642c20616e64 | he heart of God, and
| 20666f72207468697320726561736f6e20e2809c | for this reason
| 65616368206f6620757320697320746865207265 | each of us is the re
| 73756c74206f6620612074686f75676874206f66 | sult of a thought of
| 20476f642e2045616368206f6620757320697320 | God. Each of us is
| 77696c6c65642c2065616368206f662075732069 | willed, each of us i
| 73206c6f7665642c2065616368206f6620757320 | s loved, each of us
| 6973206e6563657373617279e2809d2e3c61206e | is necessary .<a n
| 616d653d225f66746e726566333922207469746c | ame="_ftnref39" titl
| 653d222220687265663d22235f66746e3339223e | e="" href="#_ftn39">
| 5b33395d3c2f613e3c2f703e200d0a3c703e203c | [39]</a> <
| 2f703e200d0a3c703e36362e2054686520637265 | /p> 66. The cre
| 6174696f6e206163636f756e747320696e207468 | ation accounts in th
| 6520626f6f6b206f662047656e6573697320636f | e book of Genesis co
| 6e7461696e2c20696e207468656972206f776e20 | ntain, in their own
| 73796d626f6c696320616e64206e617272617469 | symbolic and narrati
| 7665206c616e67756167652c2070726f666f756e | ve language, profoun
| 64207465616368696e67732061626f7574206875 | d teachings about hu
| 6d616e206578697374656e636520616e64206974 | man existence and it
| 7320686973746f726963616c207265616c697479 | s historical reality
| 2e20546865792073756767657374207468617420 | . They suggest that
| 68756d616e206c6966652069732067726f756e64 | human life is ground
| 656420696e2074687265652066756e64616d656e | ed in three fundamen
| 74616c20616e6420636c6f73656c7920696e7465 | tal and closely inte
| 727477696e65642072656c6174696f6e73686970 | rtwined relationship
| 733a207769746820476f642c2077697468206f75 | s: with God, with ou
| 72206e65696768626f757220616e642077697468 | r neighbour and with
| 2074686520656172746820697473656c662e2041 | the earth itself. A
| 63636f7264696e6720746f20746865204269626c | ccording to the Bibl
| 652c20746865736520746872656520766974616c | e, these three vital
| 2072656c6174696f6e7368697073206861766520 | relationships have
| 6265656e2062726f6b656e2c20626f7468206f75 | been broken, both ou
| 74776172646c7920616e642077697468696e2075 | twardly and within u
| 732e205468697320727570747572652069732073 | s. This rupture is s
| 696e2e20546865206861726d6f6e792062657477 | in. The harmony betw
| 65656e207468652043726561746f722c2068756d | een the Creator, hum
| 616e69747920616e64206372656174696f6e2061 | anity and creation a
| 7320612077686f6c652077617320646973727570 | s a whole was disrup
| 746564206279206f75722070726573756d696e67 | ted by our presuming
| 20746f2074616b652074686520706c616365206f | to take the place o
| 6620476f6420616e64207265667573696e672074 | f God and refusing t
| 6f2061636b6e6f776c65646765206f7572206372 | o acknowledge our cr
| 6561747572656c79206c696d69746174696f6e73 | eaturely limitations
| 2e205468697320696e207475726e20646973746f | . This in turn disto
| 72746564206f7572206d616e6461746520746f20 | rted our mandate to
| 6f76657220746865206561727468202863662e20 | over the earth (cf.
| 3c693e47656e203c2f693e313a3238292c20746f | Gen 1:28), to
| 20e2809c74696c6c20697420616e64206b656570 | till it and keep
| 206974e2809d20283c693e47656e203c2f693e32 | it (Gen 2
| 3a3135292e204173206120726573756c742c2074 | :15). As a result, t
| 6865206f726967696e616c6c79206861726d6f6e | he originally harmon
| 696f75732072656c6174696f6e73686970206265 | ious relationship be
| 747765656e2068756d616e206265696e67732061 | tween human beings a
| 6e64206e617475726520626563616d6520636f6e | nd nature became con
| 666c69637475616c202863662e203c693e47656e | flictual (cf. Gen
| 203c2f693e333a31372d3139292e204974206973 | 3:17-19). It is
| 207369676e69666963616e742074686174207468 | significant that th
| 65206861726d6f6e79207768696368205361696e | e harmony which Sain
| 74204672616e636973206f662041737369736920 | t Francis of Assisi
| 657870657269656e636564207769746820616c6c | experienced with all
| 2063726561747572657320776173207365656e20 | creatures was seen
| 61732061206865616c696e67206f662074686174 | as a healing of that
| 20727570747572652e205361696e7420426f6e61 | rupture. Saint Bona
| 76656e747572652068656c6420746861742c2074 | venture held that, t
| 68726f75676820756e6976657273616c20726563 | hrough universal rec
| 6f6e63696c696174696f6e207769746820657665 | onciliation with eve
| 72792063726561747572652c205361696e742046 | ry creature, Saint F
| 72616e63697320696e20736f6d65207761792072 | rancis in some way r
| 657475726e656420746f20746865207374617465 | eturned to the state
| 206f66206f726967696e616c20696e6e6f63656e | of original innocen
| 63652e3c61206e616d653d225f66746e72656634 | ce.<a name="_ftnref4
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| 66746e3430223e5b34305d3c2f613e2054686973 | ftn40">[40]</a> This
| 206973206120666172206372792066726f6d206f | is a far cry from o
| 757220736974756174696f6e20746f6461792c20 | ur situation today,
| 77686572652073696e206973206d616e69666573 | where sin is manifes
| 7420696e20616c6c206974732064657374727563 | t in all its destruc
| 7469766520706f77657220696e20776172732c20 | tive power in wars,
| 74686520766172696f757320666f726d73206f66 | the various forms of
| 2076696f6c656e636520616e642061627573652c | violence and abuse,
| 20746865206162616e646f6e6d656e74206f6620 | the abandonment of
| 746865206d6f73742076756c6e657261626c652c | the most vulnerable,
| 20616e642061747461636b73206f6e206e617475 | and attacks on natu
| 72652e3c2f703e200d0a3c703e203c2f703e200d | re. 
| 0a3c703e36372e20576520617265206e6f742047 | 67. We are not G
| 6f642e2054686520656172746820776173206865 | od. The earth was he
| 7265206265666f726520757320616e6420697420 | re before us and it
| 686173206265656e20676976656e20746f207573 | has been given to us
| 2e205468697320616c6c6f777320757320746f20 | . This allows us to
| 726573706f6e6420746f20746865206368617267 | respond to the charg
| 652074686174204a756461656f2d436872697374 | e that Judaeo-Christ
| 69616e207468696e6b696e672c206f6e20746865 | ian thinking, on the
| 206261736973206f66207468652047656e657369 | basis of the Genesi
| 73206163636f756e74207768696368206772616e | s account which gran
| 7473206d616e20e2809c646f6d696e696f6ee280 | ts man dominion
| 9d206f7665722074686520656172746820286366 | over the earth (cf
| 2e203c693e47656e203c2f693e313a3238292c20 | . Gen 1:28),
| 68617320656e636f757261676564207468652075 | has encouraged the u
| 6e627269646c6564206578706c6f69746174696f | nbridled exploitatio
| 6e206f66206e6174757265206279207061696e74 | n of nature by paint
| 696e672068696d20617320646f6d696e65657269 | ing him as domineeri
| 6e6720616e642064657374727563746976652062 | ng and destructive b
| 79206e61747572652e2054686973206973206e6f | y nature. This is no
| 74206120636f727265637420696e746572707265 | t a correct interpre
| 746174696f6e206f6620746865204269626c6520 | tation of the Bible
| 617320756e64657273746f6f6420627920746865 | as understood by the
| 204368757263682e20416c74686f756768206974 | Church. Although it
| 2069732074727565207468617420776520436872 | is true that we Chr
| 69737469616e7320686176652061742074696d65 | istians have at time
| 7320696e636f72726563746c7920696e74657270 | s incorrectly interp
| 7265746564207468652053637269707475726573 | reted the Scriptures
| 2c206e6f776164617973207765206d7573742066 | , nowadays we must f
| 6f72636566756c6c792072656a65637420746865 | orcefully reject the
| 206e6f74696f6e2074686174206f757220626569 | notion that our bei
| 6e67206372656174656420696e20476f64e28099 | ng created in God
| 7320696d61676520616e6420676976656e20646f | s image and given do
| 6d696e696f6e206f766572207468652065617274 | minion over the eart
| 68206a7573746966696573206162736f6c757465 | h justifies absolute
| 20646f6d696e6174696f6e206f766572206f7468 | domination over oth
| 6572206372656174757265732e20546865206269 | er creatures. The bi
| 626c6963616c2074657874732061726520746f20 | blical texts are to
| 6265207265616420696e20746865697220636f6e | be read in their con
| 746578742c207769746820616e20617070726f70 | text, with an approp
| 7269617465206865726d656e65757469632c2072 | riate hermeneutic, r
| 65636f676e697a696e6720746861742074686579 | ecognizing that they
| 2074656c6c20757320746f20e2809c74696c6c20 | tell us to till
| 616e64206b656570e2809d207468652067617264 | and keep the gard
| 656e206f662074686520776f726c64202863662e | en of the world (cf.
| 203c693e47656e203c2f693e323a3135292e20e2 | Gen 2:15).
| 809c54696c6c696e67e2809d2072656665727320 | Tilling refers
| 746f2063756c7469766174696e672c20706c6f75 | to cultivating, plou
| 6768696e67206f7220776f726b696e672c207768 | ghing or working, wh
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| 6e672c206f766572736565696e6720616e642070 | ng, overseeing and p
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| 33312e2047726561746572207363617263697479 | 31. Greater scarcity
| 206f662077617465722077696c6c206c65616420 | of water will lead
| 746f20616e20696e63726561736520696e207468 | to an increase in th
| 6520636f7374206f6620666f6f6420616e642074 | e cost of food and t
| 686520766172696f75732070726f647563747320 | he various products
| 776869636820646570656e64206f6e2069747320 | which depend on its
| 7573652e20536f6d652073747564696573207761 | use. Some studies wa
| 726e207468617420616e20616375746520776174 | rn that an acute wat
| 65722073686f7274616765206d6179206f636375 | er shortage may occu
| 722077697468696e206120666577206465636164 | r within a few decad
| 657320756e6c65737320757267656e7420616374 | es unless urgent act
| 696f6e2069732074616b656e2e2054686520656e | ion is taken. The en
| 7669726f6e6d656e74616c207265706572637573 | vironmental repercus
| 73696f6e7320636f756c64206166666563742062 | sions could affect b
| 696c6c696f6e73206f662070656f706c653b2069 | illions of people; i
| 7420697320616c736f20636f6e6365697661626c | t is also conceivabl
| 6520746861742074686520636f6e74726f6c206f | e that the control o
| 66207761746572206279206c61726765206d756c | f water by large mul
| 74696e6174696f6e616c20627573696e65737365 | tinational businesse
| 73206d6179206265636f6d652061206d616a6f72 | s may become a major
| 20736f75726365206f6620636f6e666c69637420 | source of conflict
| 696e20746869732063656e747572792e3c61206e | in this century.<a n
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| 3c7020616c69676e3d226c656674223e3c623e49 | I
| 49492e204c4f5353204f462042494f4449564552 | II. LOSS OF BIODIVER
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| 703e33322e20546865206561727468e280997320 | p>32. The earth s
| 7265736f75726365732061726520616c736f2062 | resources are also b
| 65696e6720706c756e6465726564206265636175 | eing plundered becau
| 7365206f662073686f72742d7369676874656420 | se of short-sighted
| 617070726f616368657320746f20746865206563 | approaches to the ec
| 6f6e6f6d792c20636f6d6d6572636520616e6420 | onomy, commerce and
| 70726f64756374696f6e2e20546865206c6f7373 | production. The loss
| 206f6620666f726573747320616e6420776f6f64 | of forests and wood
| 6c616e647320656e7461696c7320746865206c6f | lands entails the lo
| 7373206f66207370656369657320776869636820 | ss of species which
| 6d617920636f6e73746974757465206578747265 | may constitute extre
| 6d656c7920696d706f7274616e74207265736f75 | mely important resou
| 7263657320696e20746865206675747572652c20 | rces in the future,
| 6e6f74206f6e6c7920666f7220666f6f64206275 | not only for food bu
| 7420616c736f20666f7220637572696e67206469 | t also for curing di
| 736561736520616e64206f746865722075736573 | sease and other uses
| 2e20446966666572656e74207370656369657320 | . Different species
| 636f6e7461696e2067656e657320776869636820 | contain genes which
| 636f756c64206265206b6579207265736f757263 | could be key resourc
| 657320696e20796561727320616865616420666f | es in years ahead fo
| 72206d656574696e672068756d616e206e656564 | r meeting human need
| 7320616e6420726567756c6174696e6720656e76 | s and regulating env
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| 3c2f703e200d0a3c703e203c2f703e200d0a3c70 |  <p
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| 682c20686f77657665722c20746f207468696e6b | h, however, to think
| 206f6620646966666572656e7420737065636965 | of different specie
| 73206d6572656c7920617320706f74656e746961 | s merely as potentia
| 206265206578706c6f697465642c207768696c65 | be exploited, while
| 206f7665726c6f6f6b696e672074686520666163 | overlooking the fac
| 742074686174207468657920686176652076616c | t that they have val
| 756520696e207468656d73656c7665732e204561 | ue in themselves. Ea
| 6368207965617220736565732074686520646973 | ch year sees the dis
| 617070656172616e6365206f662074686f757361 | appearance of thousa
| 6e6473206f6620706c616e7420616e6420616e69 | nds of plant and ani
| 6d616c2073706563696573207768696368207765 | mal species which we
| 2077696c6c206e65766572206b6e6f772c207768 | will never know, wh
| 696368206f7572206368696c6472656e2077696c | ich our children wil
| 6c206e65766572207365652c2062656361757365 | l never see, because
| 20746865792068617665206265656e206c6f7374 | they have been lost
| 20666f7220657665722e20546865206772656174 | for ever. The great
| 206d616a6f72697479206265636f6d6520657874 | majority become ext
| 696e637420666f7220726561736f6e732072656c | inct for reasons rel
| 6174656420746f2068756d616e20616374697669 | ated to human activi
| 74792e2042656361757365206f662075732c2074 | ty. Because of us, t
| 686f7573616e6473206f66207370656369657320 | housands of species
| 77696c6c206e6f206c6f6e676572206769766520 | will no longer give
| 676c6f727920746f20476f642062792074686569 | glory to God by thei
| 722076657279206578697374656e63652c206e6f | r very existence, no
| 7220636f6e766579207468656972206d65737361 | r convey their messa
| 676520746f2075732e2057652068617665206e6f | ge to us. We have no
| 20737563682072696768742e3c2f703e200d0a3c | such right. <
| 703e203c2f703e200d0a3c703e33342e20497420 | p> 34. It
| 6d61792077656c6c206469737475726220757320 | may well disturb us
| 746f206c6561726e206f66207468652065787469 | to learn of the exti
| 6e6374696f6e206f66206d616d6d616c73206f72 | nction of mammals or
| 2062697264732c2073696e636520746865792061 | birds, since they a
| 7265206d6f72652076697369626c652e20427574 | re more visible. But
| 2074686520676f6f642066756e6374696f6e696e | the good functionin
| 67206f662065636f73797374656d7320616c736f | g of ecosystems also
| 2072657175697265732066756e67692c20616c67 | requires fungi, alg
| 61652c20776f726d732c20696e73656374732c20 | ae, worms, insects,
| 72657074696c657320616e6420616e20696e6e75 | reptiles and an innu
| 6d657261626c652076617269657479206f66206d | merable variety of m
| 6963726f6f7267616e69736d732e20536f6d6520 | icroorganisms. Some
| 6c657373206e756d65726f757320737065636965 | less numerous specie
| 732c20616c74686f7567682067656e6572616c6c | s, although generall
| 7920756e7365656e2c206e6f6e657468656c6573 | y unseen, nonetheles
| 7320706c6179206120637269746963616c20726f | s play a critical ro
| 6c6520696e206d61696e7461696e696e67207468 | le in maintaining th
| 6520657175696c69627269756d206f6620612070 | e equilibrium of a p
| 6172746963756c617220706c6163652e2048756d | articular place. Hum
| 616e206265696e6773206d75737420696e746572 | an beings must inter
| 76656e65207768656e20612067656f7379737465 | vene when a geosyste
| 6d2072656163686573206120637269746963616c | m reaches a critical
| 2073746174652e20427574206e6f776164617973 | state. But nowadays
| 2c207375636820696e74657276656e74696f6e20 | , such intervention
| 696e206e617475726520686173206265636f6d65 | in nature has become
| 206d6f726520616e64206d6f7265206672657175 | more and more frequ
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| 652c20736572696f75732070726f626c656d7320 | e, serious problems
| 61726973652c206c656164696e6720746f206675 | arise, leading to fu
| 727468657220696e74657276656e74696f6e733b | rther interventions;
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| 20616c6c20746865207269736b73207768696368 | all the risks which
| 207468697320656e7461696c732e204f6674656e | this entails. Often
| 206120766963696f757320636972636c65207265 | a vicious circle re
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| 612070726f626c656d2066757274686572206167 | a problem further ag
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| 7920626972647320616e6420696e736563747320 | y birds and insects
| 7768696368206469736170706561722064756520 | which disappear due
| 746f2073796e746865746963206167726f746f78 | to synthetic agrotox
| 696e73206172652068656c7066756c20666f7220 | ins are helpful for
| 6167726963756c747572653a2074686569722064 | agriculture: their d
| 6973617070656172616e63652077696c6c206861 | isappearance will ha
| 766520746f20626520636f6d70656e7361746564 | ve to be compensated
| 20666f7220627920796574206f74686572207465 | for by yet other te
| 63686e6971756573207768696368206d61792077 | chniques which may w
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| 65206d75737420626520677261746566756c2066 | e must be grateful f
| 6f722074686520707261697365776f7274687920 | or the praiseworthy
| 6566666f727473206265696e67206d6164652062 | efforts being made b
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| 66696e64696e6720736f6c7574696f6e7320746f | finding solutions to
| 206d616e2d6d6164652070726f626c656d732e20 | man-made problems.
| 427574206120736f626572206c6f6f6b20617420 | But a sober look at
| 6f757220776f726c642073686f77732074686174 | our world shows that
| 2074686520646567726565206f662068756d616e | the degree of human
| 20696e74657276656e74696f6e2c206f6674656e | intervention, often
| 20696e207468652073657276696365206f662062 | in the service of b
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| 6476616e63657320616e6420636f6e73756d6572 | dvances and consumer
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| 207769746820736f6d657468696e672077686963 | with something whic
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| 75616c6c792073686f776e20666f722069747320 | ually shown for its
| 65666665637473206f6e20736f696c2c20776174 | effects on soil, wat
| 657220616e64206169722c207965742066657720 | er and air, yet few
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| 6d616465206f662069747320696d70616374206f | made of its impact o
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| 6620746865206c6f7373206f6620737065636965 | f the loss of specie
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| 74746c6520696d706f7274616e63652e20486967 | ttle importance. Hig
| 68776179732c206e657720706c616e746174696f | hways, new plantatio
| 6e732c207468652066656e63696e672d6f666620 | ns, the fencing-off
| 6f66206365727461696e2061726561732c207468 | of certain areas, th
| 652064616d6d696e67206f662077617465722073 | e damming of water s
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| 646576656c6f706d656e74732c2063726f776420 | developments, crowd
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| 72206d696772617465206f7220726f616d206672 | r migrate or roam fr
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| 7374206c657373656e2074686520696d70616374 | st lessen the impact
| 206f662074686573652070726f6a656374732c20 | of these projects,
| 6c696b6520746865206372656174696f6e206f66 | like the creation of
| 2062696f6c6f676963616c20636f727269646f72 | biological corridor
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| 2064656d6f6e737472617465207375636820636f | demonstrate such co
| 6e6365726e20616e6420666f726573696768742e | ncern and foresight.
| 204672657175656e746c792c207768656e206365 | Frequently, when ce
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| 706c6f6974656420636f6d6d65726369616c6c79 | ploited commercially
| 2c206c6974746c6520617474656e74696f6e2069 | , little attention i
| 73207061696420746f207374756479696e672074 | s paid to studying t
| 6865697220726570726f64756374697665207061 | heir reproductive pa
| 747465726e7320696e206f7264657220746f2070 | tterns in order to p
| 726576656e74207468656972206465706c657469 | revent their depleti
| 6f6e20616e642074686520636f6e73657175656e | on and the consequen
| 7420696d62616c616e6365206f66207468652065 | t imbalance of the e
| 636f73797374656d2e3c2f703e200d0a3c703e20 | cosystem. 
| 3c2f703e200d0a3c703e33362e20436172696e67 |  36. Caring
| 20666f722065636f73797374656d732064656d61 | for ecosystems dema
| 6e6473206661722d736967687465646e6573732c | nds far-sightedness,
| 2073696e6365206e6f206f6e65206c6f6f6b696e | since no one lookin
| 6720666f7220717569636b20616e642065617379 | g for quick and easy
| 2070726f666974206973207472756c7920696e74 | profit is truly int
| 6572657374656420696e20746865697220707265 | erested in their pre
| 736572766174696f6e2e20427574207468652063 | servation. But the c
| 6f7374206f66207468652064616d616765206361 | ost of the damage ca
| 7573656420627920737563682073656c66697368 | used by such selfish
| 206c61636b206f6620636f6e6365726e20697320 | lack of concern is
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| 746f206265206f627461696e65642e2057686572 | to be obtained. Wher
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| 2073696c656e74207769746e657373657320746f | silent witnesses to
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| 206966207765207468696e6b2074686174207765 | if we think that we
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| 4365727461696e20706c61636573206e65656420 | Certain places need
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| 6f64697665727365206c756e6773206f66206f75 | odiverse lungs of ou
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| 6163696572732e205765206b6e6f7720686f7720 | aciers. We know how
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| 696e6720636f756e74726965732c207768657265 | ing countries, where
| 20746865206d6f737420696d706f7274616e7420 | the most important
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| 636f756e74726965732061742074686520636f73 | countries at the cos
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| 2e2054686520646576656c6f70656420636f756e | . The developed coun
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| 63617061626c65206f662061646f7074696e6720 | capable of adopting
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| 5765206d75737420636f6e74696e756520746f20 | We must continue to
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| 617274682c20616c6f6e67207769746820616c6c | arth, along with all
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| 206172652063616c6c656420746f20626520696e | are called to be in
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| 204661746865722c20736f2074686174206f7572 | Father, so that our
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| 6173206120776179206f662073686172696e6720 | as a way of sharing
| 7769746820476f6420616e64206f7572206e6569 | with God and our nei
| 6768626f757273206f6e206120676c6f62616c20 | ghbours on a global
| 7363616c652e204974206973206f75722068756d | scale. It is our hum
| 626c6520636f6e76696374696f6e207468617420 | ble conviction that
| 74686520646976696e6520616e64207468652068 | the divine and the h
| 756d616e206d65657420696e2074686520736c69 | uman meet in the sli
| 6768746573742064657461696c20696e20746865 | ghtest detail in the
| 207365616d6c657373206761726d656e74206f66 | seamless garment of
| 20476f64e2809973206372656174696f6e2c2069 | God s creation, i
| 6e20746865206c61737420737065636b206f6620 | n the last speck of
| 64757374206f66206f757220706c616e6574e280 | dust of our planet
| 9d2e3c61206e616d653d225f66746e7265663138 | .<a name="_ftnref18
| 22207469746c653d222220687265663d22235f66 | " title="" href="#_f
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| 0d0a3c703e203c2f703e200d0a3c703e3c693e53 |  S
| 61696e74204672616e636973206f662041737369 | aint Francis of Assi
| 73693c2f693e3c2f703e200d0a3c703e203c2f70 | si </p
| 3e200d0a3c703e31302e204920646f206e6f7420 | > 10. I do not
| 77616e7420746f20777269746520746869732045 | want to write this E
| 6e6379636c6963616c20776974686f7574207475 | ncyclical without tu
| 726e696e6720746f207468617420617474726163 | rning to that attrac
| 7469766520616e6420636f6d70656c6c696e6720 | tive and compelling
| 6669677572652c2077686f7365206e616d652049 | figure, whose name I
| 20746f6f6b206173206d7920677569646520616e | took as my guide an
| 6420696e737069726174696f6e207768656e2049 | d inspiration when I
| 2077617320656c656374656420426973686f7020 | was elected Bishop
| 6f6620526f6d652e20492062656c696576652074 | of Rome. I believe t
| 686174205361696e74204672616e636973206973 | hat Saint Francis is
| 20746865206578616d706c652070617220657863 | the example par exc
| 656c6c656e6365206f66206361726520666f7220 | ellence of care for
| 7468652076756c6e657261626c6520616e64206f | the vulnerable and o
| 6620616e20696e74656772616c2065636f6c6f67 | f an integral ecolog
| 79206c69766564206f7574206a6f7966756c6c79 | y lived out joyfully
| 20616e642061757468656e746963616c6c792e20 | and authentically.
| 48652069732074686520706174726f6e20736169 | He is the patron sai
| 6e74206f6620616c6c2077686f20737475647920 | nt of all who study
| 616e6420776f726b20696e207468652061726561 | and work in the area
| 206f662065636f6c6f67792c20616e6420686520 | of ecology, and he
| 697320616c736f206d756368206c6f7665642062 | is also much loved b
| 79206e6f6e2d43687269737469616e732e204865 | y non-Christians. He
| 2077617320706172746963756c61726c7920636f | was particularly co
| 6e6365726e656420666f7220476f64e280997320 | ncerned for God s
| 6372656174696f6e20616e6420666f7220746865 | creation and for the
| 20706f6f7220616e64206f7574636173742e2048 | poor and outcast. H
| 65206c6f7665642c20616e642077617320646565 | e loved, and was dee
| 706c79206c6f76656420666f7220686973206a6f | ply loved for his jo
| 792c206869732067656e65726f75732073656c66 | y, his generous self
| 2d676976696e672c20686973206f70656e686561 | -giving, his openhea
| 727465646e6573732e204865207761732061206d | rtedness. He was a m
| 797374696320616e6420612070696c6772696d20 | ystic and a pilgrim
| 77686f206c6976656420696e2073696d706c6963 | who lived in simplic
| 69747920616e6420696e20776f6e64657266756c | ity and in wonderful
| 206861726d6f6e79207769746820476f642c2077 | harmony with God, w
| 697468206f74686572732c2077697468206e6174 | ith others, with nat
| 75726520616e6420776974682068696d73656c66 | ure and with himself
| 2e2048652073686f7773207573206a7573742068 | . He shows us just h
| 6f7720696e736570617261626c65207468652062 | ow inseparable the b
| 6f6e64206973206265747765656e20636f6e6365 | ond is between conce
| 726e20666f72206e61747572652c206a75737469 | rn for nature, justi
| 636520666f722074686520706f6f722c20636f6d | ce for the poor, com
| 6d69746d656e7420746f20736f63696574792c20 | mitment to society,
| 616e6420696e746572696f722070656163652e3c | and interior peace.<
| 2f703e200d0a3c703e203c2f703e200d0a3c703e | /p> 
| 31312e204672616e6369732068656c7073207573 | 11. Francis helps us
| 20746f20736565207468617420616e20696e7465 | to see that an inte
| 6772616c2065636f6c6f67792063616c6c732066 | gral ecology calls f
| 6f72206f70656e6e65737320746f206361746567 | or openness to categ
| 6f72696573207768696368207472616e7363656e | ories which transcen
| 6420746865206c616e6775616765206f66206d61 | d the language of ma
| 7468656d617469637320616e642062696f6c6f67 | thematics and biolog
| 792c20616e642074616b6520757320746f207468 | y, and take us to th
| 65206865617274206f6620776861742069742069 | e heart of what it i
| 7320746f2062652068756d616e2e204a75737420 | s to be human. Just
| 61732068617070656e73207768656e2077652066 | as happens when we f
| 616c6c20696e206c6f7665207769746820736f6d | all in love with som
| 656f6e652c207768656e6576657220686520776f | eone, whenever he wo
| 756c642067617a65206174207468652073756e2c | uld gaze at the sun,
| 20746865206d6f6f6e206f722074686520736d61 | the moon or the sma
| 6c6c657374206f6620616e696d616c732c206865 | llest of animals, he
| 20627572737420696e746f20736f6e672c206472 | burst into song, dr
| 6177696e6720616c6c206f746865722063726561 | awing all other crea
| 747572657320696e746f20686973207072616973 | tures into his prais
| 652e20486520636f6d6d756e6564207769746820 | e. He communed with
| 616c6c206372656174696f6e2c206576656e2070 | all creation, even p
| 7265616368696e6720746f2074686520666c6f77 | reaching to the flow
| 6572732c20696e766974696e67207468656d20e2 | ers, inviting them
| 809c746f2070726169736520746865204c6f7264 | to praise the Lord
| 2c206a7573742061732069662074686579207765 | , just as if they we
| 726520656e646f77656420776974682072656173 | re endowed with reas
| 6f6ee2809d2e3c61206e616d653d225f66746e72 | on .<a name="_ftnr
| 6566313922207469746c653d222220687265663d | ef19" title="" href=
| 22235f66746e3139223e5b31395d3c2f613e2048 | "#_ftn19">[19]</a> H
| 697320726573706f6e736520746f207468652077 | is response to the w
| 6f726c642061726f756e642068696d2077617320 | orld around him was
| 736f206d756368206d6f7265207468616e20696e | so much more than in
| 74656c6c65637475616c20617070726563696174 | tellectual appreciat
| 696f6e206f722065636f6e6f6d69632063616c63 | ion or economic calc
| 756c75732c20666f7220746f2068696d20656163 | ulus, for to him eac
| 6820616e64206576657279206372656174757265 | h and every creature
| 2077617320612073697374657220756e69746564 | was a sister united
| 20746f2068696d20627920626f6e6473206f6620 | to him by bonds of
| 616666656374696f6e2e20546861742069732077 | affection. That is w
| 68792068652066656c742063616c6c656420746f | hy he felt called to
| 206361726520666f7220616c6c20746861742065 | care for all that e
| 78697374732e20486973206469736369706c6520 | xists. His disciple
| 5361696e7420426f6e6176656e74757265207465 | Saint Bonaventure te
| 6c6c7320757320746861742c20e2809c66726f6d | lls us that, from
| 2061207265666c656374696f6e206f6e20746865 | a reflection on the
| 207072696d61727920736f75726365206f662061 | primary source of a
| 6c6c207468696e67732c2066696c6c6564207769 | ll things, filled wi
| 7468206576656e206d6f7265206162756e64616e | th even more abundan
| 742070696574792c20686520776f756c64206361 | t piety, he would ca
| 6c6c206372656174757265732c206e6f206d6174 | ll creatures, no mat
| 74657220686f7720736d616c6c2c206279207468 | ter how small, by th
| 65206e616d65206f6620e2809862726f74686572 | e name of brother
| 809d2e3c61206e616d653d225f66746e72656632 | .<a name="_ftnref2
| 3022207469746c653d222220687265663d22235f | 0" title="" href="#_
| 66746e3230223e5b32305d3c2f613e2053756368 | ftn20">[20]</a> Such
| 206120636f6e76696374696f6e2063616e6e6f74 | a conviction cannot
| 206265207772697474656e206f6666206173206e | be written off as n
| 6169766520726f6d616e74696369736d2c20666f | aive romanticism, fo
| 722069742061666665637473207468652063686f | r it affects the cho
| 696365732077686963682064657465726d696e65 | ices which determine
| 206f7572206265686176696f75722e2049662077 | our behaviour. If w
| 6520617070726f616368206e617475726520616e | e approach nature an
| 642074686520656e7669726f6e6d656e74207769 | d the environment wi
| 74686f75742074686973206f70656e6e65737320 | thout this openness
| 746f2061776520616e6420776f6e6465722c2069 | to awe and wonder, i
| 66207765206e6f206c6f6e67657220737065616b | f we no longer speak
| 20746865206c616e6775616765206f6620667261 | the language of fra
| 7465726e69747920616e64206265617574792069 | ternity and beauty i
| 6e206f75722072656c6174696f6e736869702077 | n our relationship w
| 6974682074686520776f726c642c206f75722061 | ith the world, our a
| 747469747564652077696c6c2062652074686174 | ttitude will be that
| 206f66206d6173746572732c20636f6e73756d65 | of masters, consume
| 72732c20727574686c657373206578706c6f6974 | rs, ruthless exploit
| 6572732c20756e61626c6520746f20736574206c | ers, unable to set l
| 696d697473206f6e20746865697220696d6d6564 | imits on their immed
| 69617465206e656564732e20427920636f6e7472 | iate needs. By contr
| 6173742c206966207765206665656c20696e7469 | ast, if we feel inti
| 6d6174656c7920756e6974656420776974682061 | mately united with a
| 6c6c2074686174206578697374732c207468656e | ll that exists, then
| 20736f62726965747920616e6420636172652077 | sobriety and care w
| 696c6c2077656c6c2075702073706f6e74616e65 | ill well up spontane
| 6f75736c792e2054686520706f76657274792061 | ously. The poverty a
| 6e6420617573746572697479206f66205361696e | nd austerity of Sain
| 74204672616e6369732077657265206e6f206d65 | t Francis were no me
| 72652076656e656572206f662061736365746963 | re veneer of ascetic
| 69736d2c2062757420736f6d657468696e67206d | ism, but something m
| 756368206d6f7265207261646963616c3a206120 | uch more radical: a
| 7265667573616c20746f207475726e207265616c | refusal to turn real
| 69747920696e746f20616e206f626a6563742073 | ity into an object s
| 696d706c7920746f206265207573656420616e64 | imply to be used and
| 20636f6e74726f6c6c65642e3c2f703e200d0a3c | controlled. <
| 703e203c2f703e200d0a3c703e31322e20576861 | p> 12. Wha
| 74206973206d6f72652c205361696e7420467261 | t is more, Saint Fra
| 6e6369732c20666169746866756c20746f205363 | ncis, faithful to Sc
| 726970747572652c20696e766974657320757320 | ripture, invites us
| 746f20736565206e61747572652061732061206d | to see nature as a m
| 61676e69666963656e7420626f6f6b20696e2077 | agnificent book in w
| 6869636820476f6420737065616b7320746f2075 | hich God speaks to u
| 7320616e64206772616e7473207573206120676c | s and grants us a gl
| 696d707365206f662068697320696e66696e6974 | impse of his infinit
| 652062656175747920616e6420676f6f646e6573 | e beauty and goodnes
| 732e20e2809c5468726f75676820746865206772 | s. Through the gr
| 6561746e65737320616e64207468652062656175 | eatness and the beau
| 7479206f6620637265617475726573206f6e6520 | ty of creatures one
| 636f6d657320746f206b6e6f7720627920616e61 | comes to know by ana
| 6c6f6779207468656972206d616b6572e2809d20 | logy their maker
| 283c693e5769733c2f693e2031333a35293b2069 | (Wis 13:5); i
| 6e646565642c20e2809c68697320657465726e61 | ndeed, his eterna
| 6c20706f77657220616e6420646976696e697479 | l power and divinity
| 2068617665206265656e206d616465206b6e6f77 | have been made know
| 6e207468726f7567682068697320776f726b7320 | n through his works
| 73696e636520746865206372656174696f6e206f | since the creation o
| 662074686520776f726c64e2809d20283c693e52 | f the world (R
| 6f6d3c2f693e20313a3230292e20466f72207468 | om 1:20). For th
| 697320726561736f6e2c204672616e6369732061 | is reason, Francis a
| 736b656420746861742070617274206f66207468 | sked that part of th
| 65206672696172792067617264656e20616c7761 | e friary garden alwa
| 7973206265206c65667420756e746f7563686564 | ys be left untouched
| 2c20736f20746861742077696c6420666c6f7765 | , so that wild flowe
| 727320616e6420686572627320636f756c642067 | rs and herbs could g
| 726f772074686572652c20616e642074686f7365 | row there, and those
| 2077686f20736177207468656d20636f756c6420 | who saw them could
| 7261697365207468656972206d696e647320746f | raise their minds to
| 20476f642c207468652043726561746f72206f66 | God, the Creator of
| 2073756368206265617574792e3c61206e616d65 | such beauty.<a name
| 3d225f66746e726566323122207469746c653d22 | ="_ftnref21" title="
| 2220687265663d22235f66746e3231223e5b3231 | " href="#_ftn21">[21
| 5d3c2f613e20526174686572207468616e206120 | ]</a> Rather than a
| 70726f626c656d20746f20626520736f6c766564 | problem to be solved
| 2c2074686520776f726c642069732061206a6f79 | , the world is a joy
| 66756c206d79737465727920746f20626520636f | ful mystery to be co
| 6e74656d706c61746564207769746820676c6164 | ntemplated with glad
| 6e65737320616e64207072616973652e3c2f703e | ness and praise.
| 200d0a3c703e3c693e4d792061707065616c203c | My appeal <
| 2f693e3c2f703e200d0a3c703e203c2f703e200d | /i> 
| 0a3c703e31332e2054686520757267656e742063 | 13. The urgent c
| 68616c6c656e676520746f2070726f7465637420 | hallenge to protect
| 6f757220636f6d6d6f6e20686f6d6520696e636c | our common home incl
| 75646573206120636f6e6365726e20746f206272 | udes a concern to br
| 696e67207468652077686f6c652068756d616e20 | ing the whole human
| 66616d696c7920746f67657468657220746f2073 | family together to s
| 65656b2061207375737461696e61626c6520616e | eek a sustainable an
| 6420696e74656772616c20646576656c6f706d65 | d integral developme
| 6e742c20666f72207765206b6e6f772074686174 | nt, for we know that
| 207468696e67732063616e206368616e67652e20 | things can change.
| 5468652043726561746f7220646f6573206e6f74 | The Creator does not
| 206162616e646f6e2075733b206865206e657665 | abandon us; he neve
| 7220666f7273616b657320686973206c6f76696e | r forsakes his lovin
| 6720706c616e206f7220726570656e7473206f66 | g plan or repents of
| 20686176696e6720637265617465642075732e20 | having created us.
| 48756d616e697479207374696c6c206861732074 | Humanity still has t
| 6865206162696c69747920746f20776f726b2074 | he ability to work t
| 6f67657468657220696e206275696c64696e6720 | ogether in building
| 6f757220636f6d6d6f6e20686f6d652e20486572 | our common home. Her
| 6520492077616e7420746f207265636f676e697a | e I want to recogniz
| 652c20656e636f757261676520616e6420746861 | e, encourage and tha
| 6e6b20616c6c2074686f7365207374726976696e | nk all those strivin
| 6720696e20636f756e746c657373207761797320 | g in countless ways
| 746f2067756172616e746565207468652070726f | to guarantee the pro
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| 77686963682077652073686172652e2050617274 | which we share. Part
| 6963756c617220617070726563696174696f6e20 | icular appreciation
| 6973206f77656420746f2074686f73652077686f | is owed to those who
| 20746972656c6573736c79207365656b20746f20 | tirelessly seek to
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| 6865206c69766573206f662074686520776f726c | he lives of the worl
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| 2070656f706c652064656d616e64206368616e67 | people demand chang
| 652e205468657920776f6e64657220686f772061 | e. They wonder how a
| 6e796f6e652063616e20636c61696d20746f2062 | nyone can claim to b
| 65206275696c64696e6720612062657474657220 | e building a better
| 66757475726520776974686f7574207468696e6b | future without think
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| 737566666572696e6773206f6620746865206578 | sufferings of the ex
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| 703e200d0a3c703e31342e204920757267656e74 | p> 14. I urgent
| 6c792061707065616c2c207468656e2c20666f72 | ly appeal, then, for
| 2061206e6577206469616c6f6775652061626f75 | a new dialogue abou
| 7420686f77207765206172652073686170696e67 | t how we are shaping
| 2074686520667574757265206f66206f75722070 | the future of our p
| 6c616e65742e205765206e656564206120636f6e | lanet. We need a con
| 766572736174696f6e20776869636820696e636c | versation which incl
| 756465732065766572796f6e652c2073696e6365 | udes everyone, since
| 2074686520656e7669726f6e6d656e74616c2063 | the environmental c
| 68616c6c656e67652077652061726520756e6465 | hallenge we are unde
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| 6e20726f6f74732c20636f6e6365726e20616e64 | n roots, concern and
| 2061666665637420757320616c6c2e2054686520 | affect us all. The
| 776f726c64776964652065636f6c6f676963616c | worldwide ecological
| 206d6f76656d656e742068617320616c72656164 | movement has alread
| 79206d61646520636f6e736964657261626c6520 | y made considerable
| 70726f677265737320616e64206c656420746f20 | progress and led to
| 7468652065737461626c6973686d656e74206f66 | the establishment of
| 206e756d65726f7573206f7267616e697a617469 | numerous organizati
| 6f6e7320636f6d6d697474656420746f20726169 | ons committed to rai
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| 657365206368616c6c656e6765732e2052656772 | ese challenges. Regr
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| 7320746f207365656b20636f6e63726574652073 | s to seek concrete s
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| 652070726f76656420696e656666656374697665 | e proved ineffective
| 2c206e6f74206f6e6c792062656361757365206f | , not only because o
| 6620706f77657266756c206f70706f736974696f | f powerful oppositio
| 6e2062757420616c736f2062656361757365206f | n but also because o
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| 787472656d656c7920736572696f75732c206e6f | xtremely serious, no
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| 617320656e747275737465642074686520776f72 | as entrusted the wor
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| 656e2c2062757420626563617573652068756d61 | en, but because huma
| 6e206c69666520697320697473656c6620612067 | n life is itself a g
| 696674207768696368206d757374206265206465 | ift which must be de
| 66656e6465642066726f6d20766172696f757320 | fended from various
| 666f726d73206f66206465626173656d656e742e | forms of debasement.
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| 7465637420616e6420696d70726f7665206f7572 | tect and improve our
| 20776f726c6420656e7461696c732070726f666f | world entails profo
| 756e64206368616e67657320696e20e2809c6c69 | und changes in li
| 66657374796c65732c206d6f64656c73206f6620 | festyles, models of
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| 68756d616e20646576656c6f706d656e74206861 | human development ha
| 732061206d6f72616c206368617261637465722e | s a moral character.
| 2049742070726573756d65732066756c6c207265 | It presumes full re
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| 2065616368206265696e6720616e64206f662069 | each being and of i
| 7473206d757475616c20636f6e6e656374696f6e | ts mutual connection
| 20696e20616e206f726465726564207379737465 | in an ordered syste
| 6de2809d2e3c61206e616d653d225f66746e7265 | m .<a name="_ftnre
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| 696c69747920746f207472616e73666f726d2072 | ility to transform r
| 65616c697479206d7573742070726f6365656420 | eality must proceed
| 696e206c696e65207769746820476f64e2809973 | in line with God s
| 206f726967696e616c2067696674206f6620616c | original gift of al
| 6c20746861742069732e3c61206e616d653d225f | l that is.<a name="_
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| 646963742d7876692f656e2e68746d6c223e4265 | dict-xvi/en.html">Be
| 6e6564696374205856493c2f613e206c696b6577 | nedict XVI</a> likew
| 6973652070726f706f73656420e2809c656c696d | ise proposed elim
| 696e6174696e6720746865207374727563747572 | inating the structur
| 616c20636175736573206f662074686520647973 | al causes of the dys
| 66756e6374696f6e73206f662074686520776f72 | functions of the wor
| 6c642065636f6e6f6d7920616e6420636f727265 | ld economy and corre
| 6374696e67206d6f64656c73206f662067726f77 | cting models of grow
| 746820776869636820686176652070726f766564 | th which have proved
| 20696e63617061626c65206f6620656e73757269 | incapable of ensuri
| 6e67207265737065637420666f72207468652065 | ng respect for the e
| 6e7669726f6e6d656e74e2809d2e3c61206e616d | nvironment .<a nam
| 653d225f66746e726566313022207469746c653d | e="_ftnref10" title=
| 222220687265663d22235f66746e3130223e5b31 | "" href="#_ftn10">[1
| 305d3c2f613e204865206f627365727665642074 | 0]</a> He observed t
| 6861742074686520776f726c642063616e6e6f74 | hat the world cannot
| 20626520616e616c797a65642062792069736f6c | be analyzed by isol
| 6174696e67206f6e6c79206f6e65206f66206974 | ating only one of it
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| 732c20616e6420736f20666f7274682e20497420 | s, and so forth. It
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| 6465746572696f726174696f6e206f66206e6174 | deterioration of nat
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| 315d3c2f613e20506f70652042656e6564696374 | 1]</a> Pope Benedict
| 2061736b656420757320746f207265636f676e69 | asked us to recogni
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| 2067726176656c792064616d6167656420627920 | gravely damaged by
| 6f7572206972726573706f6e7369626c65206265 | our irresponsible be
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| 656e7669726f6e6d656e742068617320616c736f | environment has also
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| 74682061726520756c74696d6174656c79206475 | th are ultimately du
| 6520746f207468652073616d65206576696c3a20 | e to the same evil:
| 746865206e6f74696f6e20746861742074686572 | the notion that ther
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| 756d616e2066726565646f6d206973206c696d69 | uman freedom is limi
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| 68696368206865206372656174657320666f7220 | hich he creates for
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| 74206372656174652068696d73656c662e204865 | t create himself. He
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| 6469637420757267656420757320746f20726561 | dict urged us to rea
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| 616c6f6e652e20546865206d6973757365206f66 | alone. The misuse of
| 206372656174696f6e20626567696e7320776865 | creation begins whe
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| 6e697a6520616e792068696768657220696e7374 | nize any higher inst
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| 809d2e3c61206e616d653d225f66746e72656631 | .<a name="_ftnref1
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| 6573206563686f20746865207265666c65637469 | es echo the reflecti
| 6f6e73206f66206e756d65726f75732073636965 | ons of numerous scie
| 6e74697374732c207068696c6f736f7068657273 | ntists, philosophers
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| 68696368206861766520656e7269636865642074 | hich have enriched t
| 686520436875726368e2809973207468696e6b69 | he Church s thinki
| 6e67206f6e207468657365207175657374696f6e | ng on these question
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| 20636f6d6d756e697469657320e2809320616e64 | communities and
| 206f746865722072656c6967696f6e7320617320 | other religions as
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| 666c656374696f6e73206f6e2069737375657320 | flections on issues
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| 206a757374206f6e6520737472696b696e672065 | just one striking e
| 78616d706c652c204920776f756c64206d656e74 | xample, I would ment
| 696f6e207468652073746174656d656e7473206d | ion the statements m
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| 6f6620746865206e65656420666f722065616368 | of the need for each
| 206f6620757320746f20726570656e74206f6620 | of us to repent of
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| e2809c696e61736d75636820617320776520616c | inasmuch as we al
| 6c2067656e657261746520736d616c6c2065636f | l generate small eco
| 6c6f676963616c2064616d616765e2809d2c2077 | logical damage , w
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| 2e3c61206e616d653d225f66746e726566313422 | .<a name="_ftnref14"
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| 7468657365206172652073696e73e2809d2e3c61 | these are sins .<a
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| 6b206973206578656d706c6172793a20706c616e | k is exemplary: plan
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| 746865207363656e652077696c6c206265207365 | the scene will be se
| 7420666f72206e657720776172732c20616c6265 | t for new wars, albe
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| 66206e6f626c6520636c61696d732e2057617220 | f noble claims. War
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| 776561706f6e732063617061626c65206f662061 | weapons capable of a
| 6c746572696e67207468652062616c616e636520 | ltering the balance
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| 2220687265663d22235f66746e3334223e5b3334 | " href="#_ftn34">[34
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| 636f6e666c6963747320616e6420616464726573 | conflicts and addres
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| 682063616e206c65616420746f207468656d2e20 | h can lead to them.
| 42757420706f77657266756c2066696e616e6369 | But powerful financi
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| 652e203c2f703e200d0a3c703e203c2f703e200d | e. 
| 0a3c703e35392e204174207468652073616d6520 | 59. At the same
| 74696d652077652063616e206e6f746520746865 | time we can note the
| 2072697365206f6620612066616c7365206f7220 | rise of a false or
| 737570657266696369616c2065636f6c6f677920 | superficial ecology
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| 652e205375636820657661736976656e65737320 | e. Such evasiveness
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| 746f206361727279696e67206f6e207769746820 | to carrying on with
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| 2e20417420746865206f74686572206578747265 | . At the other extre
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| 74656d2c20616e6420636f6e73657175656e746c | tem, and consequentl
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| 6d616e206265696e6773206f6e2074686520706c | man beings on the pl
| 616e65742073686f756c64206265207265647563 | anet should be reduc
| 656420616e6420616c6c20666f726d73206f6620 | ed and all forms of
| 696e74657276656e74696f6e2070726f68696269 | intervention prohibi
| 7465642e20566961626c65206675747572652073 | ted. Viable future s
| 63656e6172696f732077696c6c20686176652074 | cenarios will have t
| 6f2062652067656e657261746564206265747765 | o be generated betwe
| 656e2074686573652065787472656d65732c2073 | en these extremes, s
| 696e6365207468657265206973206e6f206f6e65 | ince there is no one
| 207061746820746f206120736f6c7574696f6e2e | path to a solution.
| 2054686973206d616b6573206120766172696574 | This makes a variet
| 79206f662070726f706f73616c7320706f737369 | y of proposals possi
| 626c652c20616c6c2063617061626c65206f6620 | ble, all capable of
| 656e746572696e6720696e746f206469616c6f67 | entering into dialog
| 756520776974682061207669657720746f206465 | ue with a view to de
| 76656c6f70696e6720636f6d70726568656e7369 | veloping comprehensi
| 766520736f6c7574696f6e732e3c2f703e200d0a | ve solutions.
| 3c703e203c2f703e200d0a3c703e36312e204f6e |  61. On
| 206d616e7920636f6e6372657465207175657374 | many concrete quest
| 696f6e732c207468652043687572636820686173 | ions, the Church has
| 206e6f20726561736f6e20746f206f6666657220 | no reason to offer
| 6120646566696e6974697665206f70696e696f6e | a definitive opinion
| 3b20736865206b6e6f7773207468617420686f6e | ; she knows that hon
| 65737420646562617465206d7573742062652065 | est debate must be e
| 6e636f75726167656420616d6f6e672065787065 | ncouraged among expe
| 7274732c207768696c652072657370656374696e | rts, while respectin
| 6720646976657267656e742076696577732e2042 | g divergent views. B
| 7574207765206e656564206f6e6c792074616b65 | ut we need only take
| 2061206672616e6b206c6f6f6b20617420746865 | a frank look at the
| 20666163747320746f207365652074686174206f | facts to see that o
| 757220636f6d6d6f6e20686f6d65206973206661 | ur common home is fa
| 6c6c696e6720696e746f20736572696f75732064 | lling into serious d
| 69737265706169722e20486f706520776f756c64 | isrepair. Hope would
| 2068617665207573207265636f676e697a652074 | have us recognize t
| 68617420746865726520697320616c7761797320 | hat there is always
| 6120776179206f75742c20746861742077652063 | a way out, that we c
| 616e20616c77617973207265646972656374206f | an always redirect o
| 75722073746570732c2074686174207765206361 | ur steps, that we ca
| 6e20616c7761797320646f20736f6d657468696e | n always do somethin
| 6720746f20736f6c7665206f75722070726f626c | g to solve our probl
| 656d732e205374696c6c2c2077652063616e2073 | ems. Still, we can s
| 6565207369676e732074686174207468696e6773 | ee signs that things
| 20617265206e6f77207265616368696e67206120 | are now reaching a
| 627265616b696e6720706f696e742c2064756520 | breaking point, due
| 746f207468652072617069642070616365206f66 | to the rapid pace of
| 206368616e676520616e64206465677261646174 | change and degradat
| 696f6e3b20746865736520617265206576696465 | ion; these are evide
| 6e7420696e206c617267652d7363616c65206e61 | nt in large-scale na
| 747572616c206469736173746572732061732077 | tural disasters as w
| 656c6c20617320736f6369616c20616e64206576 | ell as social and ev
| 656e2066696e616e6369616c206372697365732c | en financial crises,
| 20666f722074686520776f726c64e28099732070 | for the world s p
| 726f626c656d732063616e6e6f7420626520616e | roblems cannot be an
| 616c797a6564206f72206578706c61696e656420 | alyzed or explained
| 696e2069736f6c6174696f6e2e20546865726520 | in isolation. There
| 61726520726567696f6e73206e6f772061742068 | are regions now at h
| 696768207269736b20616e642c20617369646520 | igh risk and, aside
| 66726f6d20616c6c20646f6f6d73646179207072 | from all doomsday pr
| 6564696374696f6e732c20746865207072657365 | edictions, the prese
| 6e7420776f726c642073797374656d2069732063 | nt world system is c
| 65727461696e6c7920756e7375737461696e6162 | ertainly unsustainab
| 6c652066726f6d2061206e756d626572206f6620 | le from a number of
| 706f696e7473206f6620766965772c20666f7220 | points of view, for
| 776520686176652073746f70706564207468696e | we have stopped thin
| 6b696e672061626f75742074686520676f616c73 | king about the goals
| 206f662068756d616e2061637469766974792e20 | of human activity.
| e2809c4966207765207363616e20746865207265 | If we scan the re
| 67696f6e73206f66206f757220706c616e65742c | gions of our planet,
| 20776520696d6d6564696174656c792073656520 | we immediately see
| 746861742068756d616e69747920686173206469 | that humanity has di
| 736170706f696e74656420476f64e28099732065 | sappointed God s e
| 78706563746174696f6e73e2809d2e3c61206e61 | xpectations .<a na
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| 3d222220687265663d22235f66746e3335223e5b | ="" href="#_ftn35">[
| 33355d3c2f613e3c627220636c6561723d22616c | 35]</a> CHAPTER T
| 574f3c2f703e200d0a3c7020616c69676e3d2263 | WO THE
| 474f5350454c204f46204352454154494f4e3c2f | GOSPEL OF CREATION</
| 623e3c2f703e200d0a3c7020616c69676e3d226c | b> 62.
| 5768792073686f756c64207468697320646f6375 | Why should this docu
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| 746e3232223e5b32325d3c2f613e20416c6c206f | tn22">[22]</a> All o
| 662075732063616e20636f6f7065726174652061 | f us can cooperate a
| 7320696e737472756d656e7473206f6620476f64 | s instruments of God
| 20666f72207468652063617265206f6620637265 | for the care of cre
| 6174696f6e2c2065616368206163636f7264696e | ation, each accordin
| 6720746f20686973206f7220686572206f776e20 | g to his or her own
| 63756c747572652c20657870657269656e63652c | culture, experience,
| 20696e766f6c76656d656e747320616e64207461 | involvements and ta
| 6c656e74732e3c2f703e200d0a3c703e203c2f70 | lents. </p
| 3e200d0a3c703e31352e204974206973206d7920 | > 15. It is my
| 686f70652074686174207468697320456e637963 | hope that this Encyc
| 6c6963616c204c65747465722c20776869636820 | lical Letter, which
| 6973206e6f7720616464656420746f2074686520 | is now added to the
| 626f6479206f662074686520436875726368e280 | body of the Church
| 997320736f6369616c207465616368696e672c20 | s social teaching,
| 63616e2068656c7020757320746f2061636b6e6f | can help us to ackno
| 776c65646765207468652061707065616c2c2069 | wledge the appeal, i
| 6d6d656e7369747920616e6420757267656e6379 | mmensity and urgency
| 206f6620746865206368616c6c656e6765207765 | of the challenge we
| 20666163652e20492077696c6c20626567696e20 | face. I will begin
| 62792062726965666c7920726576696577696e67 | by briefly reviewing
| 207365766572616c2061737065637473206f6620 | several aspects of
| 7468652070726573656e742065636f6c6f676963 | the present ecologic
| 616c206372697369732c20776974682074686520 | al crisis, with the
| 61696d206f662064726177696e67206f6e207468 | aim of drawing on th
| 6520726573756c7473206f662074686520626573 | e results of the bes
| 7420736369656e74696669632072657365617263 | t scientific researc
| 6820617661696c61626c6520746f6461792c206c | h available today, l
| 657474696e67207468656d20746f756368207573 | etting them touch us
| 20646565706c7920616e642070726f7669646520 | deeply and provide
| 6120636f6e637265746520666f756e646174696f | a concrete foundatio
| 6e20666f7220746865206574686963616c20616e | n for the ethical an
| 642073706972697475616c206974696e65726172 | d spiritual itinerar
| 79207468617420666f6c6c6f77732e2049207769 | y that follows. I wi
| 6c6c207468656e20636f6e736964657220736f6d | ll then consider som
| 65207072696e6369706c657320647261776e2066 | e principles drawn f
| 726f6d20746865204a756461656f2d4368726973 | rom the Judaeo-Chris
| 7469616e20747261646974696f6e207768696368 | tian tradition which
| 2063616e2072656e646572206f757220636f6d6d | can render our comm
| 69746d656e7420746f2074686520656e7669726f | itment to the enviro
| 6e6d656e74206d6f726520636f686572656e742e | nment more coherent.
| 20492077696c6c207468656e20617474656d7074 | I will then attempt
| 20746f2067657420746f2074686520726f6f7473 | to get to the roots
| 206f66207468652070726573656e742073697475 | of the present situ
| 6174696f6e2c20736f20617320746f20636f6e73 | ation, so as to cons
| 69646572206e6f74206f6e6c7920697473207379 | ider not only its sy
| 6d70746f6d732062757420616c736f2069747320 | mptoms but also its
| 64656570657374206361757365732e2054686973 | deepest causes. This
| 2077696c6c2068656c7020746f2070726f766964 | will help to provid
| 6520616e20617070726f61636820746f2065636f | e an approach to eco
| 6c6f677920776869636820726573706563747320 | logy which respects
| 6f757220756e6971756520706c61636520617320 | our unique place as
| 68756d616e206265696e677320696e2074686973 | human beings in this
| 20776f726c6420616e64206f75722072656c6174 | world and our relat
| 696f6e7368697020746f206f757220737572726f | ionship to our surro
| 756e64696e67732e20496e206c69676874206f66 | undings. In light of
| 2074686973207265666c656374696f6e2c204920 | this reflection, I
| 77696c6c20616476616e636520736f6d65206272 | will advance some br
| 6f616465722070726f706f73616c7320666f7220 | oader proposals for
| 6469616c6f67756520616e6420616374696f6e20 | dialogue and action
| 776869636820776f756c6420696e766f6c766520 | which would involve
| 65616368206f6620757320617320696e64697669 | each of us as indivi
| 6475616c732c20616e6420616c736f2061666665 | duals, and also affe
| 637420696e7465726e6174696f6e616c20706f6c | ct international pol
| 6963792e2046696e616c6c792c20636f6e76696e | icy. Finally, convin
| 636564206173204920616d207468617420636861 | ced as I am that cha
| 6e676520697320696d706f737369626c65207769 | nge is impossible wi
| 74686f7574206d6f7469766174696f6e20616e64 | thout motivation and
| 20612070726f63657373206f6620656475636174 | a process of educat
| 696f6e2c20492077696c6c206f6666657220736f | ion, I will offer so
| 6d6520696e7370697265642067756964656c696e | me inspired guidelin
| 657320666f722068756d616e20646576656c6f70 | es for human develop
| 6d656e7420746f20626520666f756e6420696e20 | ment to be found in
| 746865207472656173757265206f662043687269 | the treasure of Chri
| 737469616e2073706972697475616c2065787065 | stian spiritual expe
| 7269656e63652e3c2f703e200d0a3c703e203c2f | rience. </
| 703e200d0a3c703e31362e20416c74686f756768 | p> 16. Although
| 206561636820636861707465722077696c6c2068 | each chapter will h
| 61766520697473206f776e207375626a65637420 | ave its own subject
| 616e6420737065636966696320617070726f6163 | and specific approac
| 682c2069742077696c6c20616c736f2074616b65 | h, it will also take
| 20757020616e642072652d6578616d696e652069 | up and re-examine i
| 6d706f7274616e74207175657374696f6e732070 | mportant questions p
| 726576696f75736c79206465616c742077697468 | reviously dealt with
| 2e205468697320697320706172746963756c6172 | . This is particular
| 6c7920746865206361736520776974682061206e | ly the case with a n
| 756d626572206f66207468656d65732077686963 | umber of themes whic
| 682077696c6c2072656170706561722061732074 | h will reappear as t
| 686520456e6379636c6963616c20756e666f6c64 | he Encyclical unfold
| 732e204173206578616d706c65732c2049207769 | s. As examples, I wi
| 6c6c20706f696e7420746f2074686520696e7469 | ll point to the inti
| 6d6174652072656c6174696f6e73686970206265 | mate relationship be
| 747765656e2074686520706f6f7220616e642074 | tween the poor and t
| 68652066726167696c697479206f662074686520 | he fragility of the
| 706c616e65742c2074686520636f6e7669637469 | planet, the convicti
| 6f6e20746861742065766572797468696e672069 | on that everything i
| 6e2074686520776f726c6420697320636f6e6e65 | n the world is conne
| 637465642c20746865206372697469717565206f | cted, the critique o
| 66206e657720706172616469676d7320616e6420 | f new paradigms and
| 666f726d73206f6620706f776572206465726976 | forms of power deriv
| 65642066726f6d20746563686e6f6c6f67792c20 | ed from technology,
| 7468652063616c6c20746f207365656b206f7468 | the call to seek oth
| 65722077617973206f6620756e6465727374616e | er ways of understan
| 64696e67207468652065636f6e6f6d7920616e64 | ding the economy and
| 2070726f67726573732c207468652076616c7565 | progress, the value
| 2070726f70657220746f20656163682063726561 | proper to each crea
| 747572652c207468652068756d616e206d65616e | ture, the human mean
| 696e67206f662065636f6c6f67792c2074686520 | ing of ecology, the
| 6e65656420666f7220666f727468726967687420 | need for forthright
| 616e6420686f6e657374206465626174652c2074 | and honest debate, t
| 686520736572696f757320726573706f6e736962 | he serious responsib
| 696c697479206f6620696e7465726e6174696f6e | ility of internation
| 616c20616e64206c6f63616c20706f6c6963792c | al and local policy,
| 20746865207468726f77617761792063756c7475 | the throwaway cultu
| 726520616e64207468652070726f706f73616c20 | re and the proposal
| 6f662061206e6577206c6966657374796c652e20 | of a new lifestyle.
| 5468657365207175657374696f6e732077696c6c | These questions will
| 206e6f74206265206465616c742077697468206f | not be dealt with o
| 6e636520616e6420666f7220616c6c2c20627574 | nce and for all, but
| 2072656672616d656420616e6420656e72696368 | reframed and enrich
| 656420616761696e20616e6420616761696e2e20 | ed again and again.
| 3c2f703e200d0a3c7020616c69676e3d2263656e |  CHAPTER ONE
| 200d0a3c7020616c69676e3d2263656e74657222 |  WHAT IS HA
| 5050454e494e4720544f204f555220434f4d4d4f | PPENING TO OUR COMMO
| 4e20484f4d453c2f623e3c2f703e200d0a3c7020 | N HOME <p
| 616c69676e3d226c656674223e203c2f703e200d | align="left"> 
| 0a3c7020616c69676e3d226c656674223e203c2f |  </
| 703e200d0a3c703e31372e205468656f6c6f6769 | p> 17. Theologi
| 63616c20616e64207068696c6f736f7068696361 | cal and philosophica
| 6c207265666c656374696f6e73206f6e20746865 | l reflections on the
| 20736974756174696f6e206f662068756d616e69 | situation of humani
| 747920616e642074686520776f726c642063616e | ty and the world can
| 20736f756e642074697265736f6d6520616e6420 | sound tiresome and
| 61627374726163742c20756e6c65737320746865 | abstract, unless the
| 79206172652067726f756e64656420696e206120 | y are grounded in a
| 667265736820616e616c79736973206f66206f75 | fresh analysis of ou
| 722070726573656e7420736974756174696f6e2c | r present situation,
| 20776869636820697320696e206d616e79207761 | which is in many wa
| 797320756e707265636564656e74656420696e20 | ys unprecedented in
| 74686520686973746f7279206f662068756d616e | the history of human
| 6974792e20536f2c206265666f726520636f6e73 | ity. So, before cons
| 69646572696e6720686f77206661697468206272 | idering how faith br
| 696e6773206e657720696e63656e746976657320 | ings new incentives
| 616e6420726571756972656d656e747320776974 | and requirements wit
| 682072656761726420746f2074686520776f726c | h regard to the worl
| 64206f6620776869636820776520617265206120 | d of which we are a
| 706172742c20492077696c6c2062726965666c79 | part, I will briefly
| 207475726e20746f207768617420697320686170 | turn to what is hap
| 70656e696e6720746f206f757220636f6d6d6f6e | pening to our common
| 20686f6d652e3c2f703e200d0a3c703e203c2f70 | home. </p
| 3e200d0a3c703e31382e2054686520636f6e7469 | > 18. The conti
| 6e75656420616363656c65726174696f6e206f66 | nued acceleration of
| 206368616e67657320616666656374696e672068 | changes affecting h
| 756d616e69747920616e642074686520706c616e | umanity and the plan
| 657420697320636f75706c656420746f64617920 | et is coupled today
| 776974682061206d6f726520696e74656e736966 | with a more intensif
| 6965642070616365206f66206c69666520616e64 | ied pace of life and
| 20776f726b207768696368206d69676874206265 | work which might be
| 2063616c6c656420e2809c726170696469666963 | called rapidific
| 6174696f6ee2809d2e20416c74686f7567682063 | ation . Although c
| 68616e67652069732070617274206f6620746865 | hange is part of the
| 20776f726b696e67206f6620636f6d706c657820 | working of complex
| 73797374656d732c207468652073706565642077 | systems, the speed w
| 6974682077686963682068756d616e2061637469 | ith which human acti
| 766974792068617320646576656c6f7065642063 | vity has developed c
| 6f6e747261737473207769746820746865206e61 | ontrasts with the na
| 747572616c6c7920736c6f772070616365206f66 | turally slow pace of
| 2062696f6c6f676963616c2065766f6c7574696f | biological evolutio
| 6e2e204d6f72656f7665722c2074686520676f61 | n. Moreover, the goa
| 6c73206f66207468697320726170696420616e64 | ls of this rapid and
| 20636f6e7374616e74206368616e676520617265 | constant change are
| 206e6f74206e65636573736172696c7920676561 | not necessarily gea
| 72656420746f2074686520636f6d6d6f6e20676f | red to the common go
| 6f64206f7220746f20696e74656772616c20616e | od or to integral an
| 64207375737461696e61626c652068756d616e20 | d sustainable human
| 646576656c6f706d656e742e204368616e676520 | development. Change
| 697320736f6d657468696e672064657369726162 | is something desirab
| 6c652c20796574206974206265636f6d65732061 | le, yet it becomes a
| 20736f75726365206f6620616e78696574792077 | source of anxiety w
| 68656e20697420636175736573206861726d2074 | hen it causes harm t
| 6f2074686520776f726c6420616e6420746f2074 | o the world and to t
| 6865207175616c697479206f66206c696665206f | he quality of life o
| 66206d756368206f662068756d616e6974792e3c | f much of humanity.<
| 2f703e200d0a3c703e203c2f703e200d0a3c703e | /p> 
| 31392e20466f6c6c6f77696e6720612070657269 | 19. Following a peri
| 6f64206f66206972726174696f6e616c20636f6e | od of irrational con
| 666964656e636520696e2070726f677265737320 | fidence in progress
| 616e642068756d616e206162696c69746965732c | and human abilities,
| 20736f6d6520736563746f7273206f6620736f63 | some sectors of soc
| 6965747920617265206e6f772061646f7074696e | iety are now adoptin
| 672061206d6f726520637269746963616c206170 | g a more critical ap
| 70726f6163682e2057652073656520696e637265 | proach. We see incre
| 6173696e672073656e736974697669747920746f | asing sensitivity to
| 2074686520656e7669726f6e6d656e7420616e64 | the environment and
| 20746865206e65656420746f2070726f74656374 | the need to protect
| 206e61747572652c20616c6f6e67207769746820 | nature, along with
| 612067726f77696e6720636f6e6365726e2c2062 | a growing concern, b
| 6f74682067656e75696e6520616e642064697374 | oth genuine and dist
| 72657373696e672c20666f722077686174206973 | ressing, for what is
| 2068617070656e696e6720746f206f757220706c | happening to our pl
| 616e65742e204c6574207573207265766965772c | anet. Let us review,
| 20686f776576657220637572736f72696c792c20 | however cursorily,
| 74686f7365207175657374696f6e732077686963 | those questions whic
| 68206172652074726f75626c696e672075732074 | h are troubling us t
| 6f64617920616e64207768696368207765206361 | oday and which we ca
| 6e206e6f206c6f6e67657220737765657020756e | n no longer sweep un
| 64657220746865206361727065742e204f757220 | der the carpet. Our
| 676f616c206973206e6f7420746f20616d617373 | goal is not to amass
| 20696e666f726d6174696f6e206f7220746f2073 | information or to s
| 61746973667920637572696f736974792c206275 | atisfy curiosity, bu
| 742072617468657220746f206265636f6d652070 | t rather to become p
| 61696e66756c6c792061776172652c20746f2064 | ainfully aware, to d
| 61726520746f207475726e207768617420697320 | are to turn what is
| 68617070656e696e6720746f2074686520776f72 | happening to the wor
| 6c6420696e746f206f7572206f776e2070657273 | ld into our own pers
| 6f6e616c20737566666572696e6720616e642074 | onal suffering and t
| 68757320746f20646973636f7665722077686174 | hus to discover what
| 2065616368206f662075732063616e20646f2061 | each of us can do a
| 626f75742069742e3c2f703e200d0a3c7020616c | bout it. <
| 7020616c69676e3d226c656674223e3c623e492e | p align="left">I.
| 20504f4c4c5554494f4e20414e4420434c494d41 | POLLUTION AND CLIMA
| 5445204348414e4745203c2f623e203c2f703e20 | TE CHANGE 
| 0d0a3c7020616c69676e3d226c656674223e3c69 | <i
| 3e506f6c6c7574696f6e2c20776173746520616e | >Pollution, waste an
| 6420746865207468726f77617761792063756c74 | d the throwaway cult
| 7572653c2f693e3c2f703e200d0a3c7020616c69 | ure <p
| 3e32302e20536f6d6520666f726d73206f662070 | >20. Some forms of p
| 6f6c6c7574696f6e206172652070617274206f66 | ollution are part of
| 2070656f706c65e2809973206461696c79206578 | people s daily ex
| 70657269656e63652e204578706f737572652074 | perience. Exposure t
| 6f2061746d6f7370686572696320706f6c6c7574 | o atmospheric pollut
| 616e74732070726f647563657320612062726f61 | ants produces a broa
| 6420737065637472756d206f66206865616c7468 | d spectrum of health
| 2068617a617264732c20657370656369616c6c79 | hazards, especially
| 20666f722074686520706f6f722c20616e642063 | for the poor, and c
| 6175736573206d696c6c696f6e73206f66207072 | auses millions of pr
| 656d6174757265206465617468732e2050656f70 | emature deaths. Peop
| 6c652074616b65207369636b2c20666f72206578 | le take sick, for ex
| 616d706c652c2066726f6d20627265617468696e | ample, from breathin
| 672068696768206c6576656c73206f6620736d6f | g high levels of smo
| 6b652066726f6d206675656c7320757365642069 | ke from fuels used i
| 6e20636f6f6b696e67206f722068656174696e67 | n cooking or heating
| 2e20546865726520697320616c736f20706f6c6c | . There is also poll
| 7574696f6e207468617420616666656374732065 | ution that affects e
| 766572796f6e652c206361757365642062792074 | veryone, caused by t
| 72616e73706f72742c20696e647573747269616c | ransport, industrial
| 2066756d65732c207375627374616e6365732077 | fumes, substances w
| 6869636820636f6e7472696275746520746f2074 | hich contribute to t
| 68652061636964696669636174696f6e206f6620 | he acidification of
| 736f696c20616e642077617465722c2066657274 | soil and water, fert
| 696c697a6572732c20696e736563746963696465 | ilizers, insecticide
| 732c2066756e676963696465732c206865726269 | s, fungicides, herbi
| 636964657320616e64206167726f746f78696e73 | cides and agrotoxins
| 20696e2067656e6572616c2e20546563686e6f6c | in general. Technol
| 6f67792c2077686963682c206c696e6b65642074 | ogy, which, linked t
| 6f20627573696e65737320696e74657265737473 | o business interests
| 2c2069732070726573656e746564206173207468 | , is presented as th
| 65206f6e6c7920776179206f6620736f6c76696e | e only way of solvin
| 672074686573652070726f626c656d732c20696e | g these problems, in
| 20666163742070726f76657320696e6361706162 | fact proves incapab
| 6c65206f6620736565696e6720746865206d7973 | le of seeing the mys
| 746572696f7573206e6574776f726b206f662072 | terious network of r
| 656c6174696f6e73206265747765656e20746869 | elations between thi
| 6e677320616e6420736f20736f6d6574696d6573 | ngs and so sometimes
| 20736f6c766573206f6e652070726f626c656d20 | solves one problem
| 6f6e6c7920746f20637265617465206f74686572 | only to create other
| 732e3c2f703e200d0a3c703e203c2f703e200d0a | s. 
| 3c703e32312e204163636f756e74206d75737420 | 21. Account must
| 616c736f2062652074616b656e206f6620746865 | also be taken of the
| 20706f6c6c7574696f6e2070726f647563656420 | pollution produced
| 627920726573696475652c20696e636c7564696e | by residue, includin
| 672064616e6765726f7573207761737465207072 | g dangerous waste pr
| 6573656e7420696e20646966666572656e742061 | esent in different a
| 726561732e204561636820796561722068756e64 | reas. Each year hund
| 72656473206f66206d696c6c696f6e73206f6620 | reds of millions of
| 746f6e73206f6620776173746520617265206765 | tons of waste are ge
| 6e6572617465642c206d756368206f6620697420 | nerated, much of it
| 6e6f6e2d62696f64656772616461626c652c2068 | non-biodegradable, h
| 6967686c7920746f78696320616e642072616469 | ighly toxic and radi
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| 616e6420627573696e65737365732c2066726f6d | and businesses, from
| 20636f6e737472756374696f6e20616e64206465 | construction and de
| 6d6f6c6974696f6e2073697465732c2066726f6d | molition sites, from
| 20636c696e6963616c2c20656c656374726f6e69 | clinical, electroni
| 6320616e6420696e647573747269616c20736f75 | c and industrial sou
| 726365732e205468652065617274682c206f7572 | rces. The earth, our
| 20686f6d652c20697320626567696e6e696e6720 | home, is beginning
| 746f206c6f6f6b206d6f726520616e64206d6f72 | to look more and mor
| 65206c696b6520616e20696d6d656e7365207069 | e like an immense pi
| 6c65206f662066696c74682e20496e206d616e79 | le of filth. In many
| 207061727473206f662074686520706c616e6574 | parts of the planet
| 2c2074686520656c6465726c79206c616d656e74 | , the elderly lament
| 2074686174206f6e63652062656175746966756c | that once beautiful
| 206c616e6473636170657320617265206e6f7720 | landscapes are now
| 636f766572656420776974682072756262697368 | covered with rubbish
| 2e20496e647573747269616c2077617374652061 | . Industrial waste a
| 6e64206368656d6963616c2070726f6475637473 | nd chemical products
| 207574696c697a656420696e2063697469657320 | utilized in cities
| 616e64206167726963756c747572616c20617265 | and agricultural are
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| 20706f70756c6174696f6e2c206576656e207768 | population, even wh
| 656e206c6576656c73206f6620746f78696e7320 | en levels of toxins
| 696e2074686f736520706c616365732061726520 | in those places are
| 6c6f772e204672657175656e746c79206e6f206d | low. Frequently no m
| 65617375726573206172652074616b656e20756e | easures are taken un
| 74696c2061667465722070656f706c65e2809973 | til after people s
| 206865616c746820686173206265656e20697272 | health has been irr
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| 0a3c7020616c69676e3d226c656674223e203c2f |  </
| 703e200d0a3c703e32372e204f7468657220696e | p> 27. Other in
| 64696361746f7273206f66207468652070726573 | dicators of the pres
| 656e7420736974756174696f6e20686176652074 | ent situation have t
| 6f20646f207769746820746865206465706c6574 | o do with the deplet
| 696f6e206f66206e61747572616c207265736f75 | ion of natural resou
| 726365732e20576520616c6c206b6e6f77207468 | rces. We all know th
| 6174206974206973206e6f7420706f737369626c | at it is not possibl
| 6520746f207375737461696e2074686520707265 | e to sustain the pre
| 73656e74206c6576656c206f6620636f6e73756d | sent level of consum
| 7074696f6e20696e20646576656c6f7065642063 | ption in developed c
| 6f756e747269657320616e64207765616c746869 | ountries and wealthi
| 657220736563746f7273206f6620736f63696574 | er sectors of societ
| 792c20776865726520746865206861626974206f | y, where the habit o
| 662077617374696e6720616e6420646973636172 | f wasting and discar
| 64696e6720686173207265616368656420756e70 | ding has reached unp
| 7265636564656e746564206c6576656c732e2054 | recedented levels. T
| 6865206578706c6f69746174696f6e206f662074 | he exploitation of t
| 686520706c616e65742068617320616c72656164 | he planet has alread
| 792065786365656465642061636365707461626c | y exceeded acceptabl
| 65206c696d69747320616e64207765207374696c | e limits and we stil
| 6c2068617665206e6f7420736f6c766564207468 | l have not solved th
| 652070726f626c656d206f6620706f7665727479 | e problem of poverty
| 2e3c2f703e200d0a3c703e203c2f703e200d0a3c | . <
| 703e32382e204672657368206472696e6b696e67 | p>28. Fresh drinking
| 20776174657220697320616e206973737565206f | water is an issue o
| 66207072696d61727920696d706f7274616e6365 | f primary importance
| 2c2073696e636520697420697320696e64697370 | , since it is indisp
| 656e7361626c6520666f722068756d616e206c69 | ensable for human li
| 666520616e6420666f7220737570706f7274696e | fe and for supportin
| 6720746572726573747269616c20616e64206171 | g terrestrial and aq
| 75617469632065636f73797374656d732e20536f | uatic ecosystems. So
| 7572636573206f66206672657368207761746572 | urces of fresh water
| 20617265206e656365737361727920666f722068 | are necessary for h
| 65616c746820636172652c206167726963756c74 | ealth care, agricult
| 75726520616e6420696e6475737472792e205761 | ure and industry. Wa
| 74657220737570706c696573207573656420746f | ter supplies used to
| 2062652072656c61746976656c7920636f6e7374 | be relatively const
| 616e742c20627574206e6f7720696e206d616e79 | ant, but now in many
| 20706c616365732064656d616e64206578636565 | places demand excee
| 647320746865207375737461696e61626c652073 | ds the sustainable s
| 7570706c792c2077697468206472616d61746963 | upply, with dramatic
| 20636f6e73657175656e63657320696e20746865 | consequences in the
| 2073686f727420616e64206c6f6e67207465726d | short and long term
| 2e204c617267652063697469657320646570656e | . Large cities depen
| 64656e74206f6e207369676e69666963616e7420 | dent on significant
| 737570706c696573206f66207761746572206861 | supplies of water ha
| 766520657870657269656e63656420706572696f | ve experienced perio
| 6473206f662073686f72746167652c20616e6420 | ds of shortage, and
| 617420637269746963616c206d6f6d656e747320 | at critical moments
| 74686573652068617665206e6f7420616c776179 | these have not alway
| 73206265656e2061646d696e6973746572656420 | s been administered
| 776974682073756666696369656e74206f766572 | with sufficient over
| 736967687420616e6420696d7061727469616c69 | sight and impartiali
| 74792e20576174657220706f7665727479206573 | ty. Water poverty es
| 70656369616c6c79206166666563747320416672 | pecially affects Afr
| 696361207768657265206c617267652073656374 | ica where large sect
| 6f7273206f662074686520706f70756c6174696f | ors of the populatio
| 6e2068617665206e6f2061636365737320746f20 | n have no access to
| 73616665206472696e6b696e6720776174657220 | safe drinking water
| 6f7220657870657269656e63652064726f756768 | or experience drough
| 747320776869636820696d706564652061677269 | ts which impede agri
| 63756c747572616c2070726f64756374696f6e2e | cultural production.
| 20536f6d6520636f756e74726965732068617665 | Some countries have
| 206172656173207269636820696e207761746572 | areas rich in water
| 207768696c65206f746865727320656e64757265 | while others endure
| 20647261737469632073636172636974792e203c | drastic scarcity. <
| 2f703e200d0a3c703e203c2f703e200d0a3c703e | /p> 
| 32392e204f6e6520706172746963756c61726c79 | 29. One particularly
| 20736572696f75732070726f626c656d20697320 | serious problem is
| 746865207175616c697479206f66207761746572 | the quality of water
| 20617661696c61626c6520746f2074686520706f | available to the po
| 6f722e204576657279206461792c20756e736166 | or. Every day, unsaf
| 6520776174657220726573756c747320696e206d | e water results in m
| 616e792064656174687320616e64207468652073 | any deaths and the s
| 7072656164206f662077617465722d72656c6174 | pread of water-relat
| 65642064697365617365732c20696e636c756469 | ed diseases, includi
| 6e672074686f736520636175736564206279206d | ng those caused by m
| 6963726f6f7267616e69736d7320616e64206368 | icroorganisms and ch
| 656d6963616c207375627374616e6365732e2044 | emical substances. D
| 7973656e7465727920616e642063686f6c657261 | ysentery and cholera
| 2c206c696e6b656420746f20696e616465717561 | , linked to inadequa
| 74652068796769656e6520616e64207761746572 | te hygiene and water
| 20737570706c6965732c20617265206120736967 | supplies, are a sig
| 6e69666963616e74206361757365206f66207375 | nificant cause of su
| 66666572696e6720616e64206f6620696e66616e | ffering and of infan
| 74206d6f7274616c6974792e20556e6465726772 | t mortality. Undergr
| 6f756e6420776174657220736f75726365732069 | ound water sources i
| 6e206d616e7920706c6163657320617265207468 | n many places are th
| 72656174656e65642062792074686520706f6c6c | reatened by the poll
| 7574696f6e2070726f647563656420696e206365 | ution produced in ce
| 727461696e206d696e696e672c206661726d696e | rtain mining, farmin
| 6720616e6420696e647573747269616c20616374 | g and industrial act
| 697669746965732c20657370656369616c6c7920 | ivities, especially
| 696e20636f756e7472696573206c61636b696e67 | in countries lacking
| 20616465717561746520726567756c6174696f6e | adequate regulation
| 206f7220636f6e74726f6c732e20497420697320 | or controls. It is
| 6e6f74206f6e6c792061207175657374696f6e20 | not only a question
| 6f6620696e647573747269616c2077617374652e | of industrial waste.
| 20446574657267656e747320616e64206368656d | Detergents and chem
| 6963616c2070726f64756374732c20636f6d6d6f | ical products, commo
| 6e6c79207573656420696e206d616e7920706c61 | nly used in many pla
| 636573206f662074686520776f726c642c20636f | ces of the world, co
| 6e74696e756520746f20706f757220696e746f20 | ntinue to pour into
| 6f7572207269766572732c206c616b657320616e | our rivers, lakes an
| 6420736561732e3c2f703e200d0a3c703e203c2f | d seas. </
| 703e200d0a3c703e33302e204576656e20617320 | p> 30. Even as
| 746865207175616c697479206f6620617661696c | the quality of avail
| 61626c6520776174657220697320636f6e737461 | able water is consta
| 6e746c792064696d696e697368696e672c20696e | ntly diminishing, in
| 20736f6d6520706c616365732074686572652069 | some places there i
| 7320612067726f77696e672074656e64656e6379 | s a growing tendency
| 2c20646573706974652069747320736361726369 | , despite its scarci
| 74792c20746f20707269766174697a6520746869 | ty, to privatize thi
| 73207265736f757263652c207475726e696e6720 | s resource, turning
| 697420696e746f206120636f6d6d6f6469747920 | it into a commodity
| 7375626a65637420746f20746865206c61777320 | subject to the laws
| 6f6620746865206d61726b65742e20596574203c | of the market. Yet <
| 693e2061636365737320746f2073616665206472 | i> access to safe dr
| 696e6b61626c6520776174657220697320612062 | inkable water is a b
| 6173696320616e6420756e6976657273616c2068 | asic and universal h
| 756d616e2072696768742c2073696e6365206974 | uman right, since it
| 20697320657373656e7469616c20746f2068756d | is essential to hum
| 616e20737572766976616c20616e642c20617320 | an survival and, as
| 737563682c206973206120636f6e646974696f6e | such, is a condition
| 20666f7220746865206578657263697365206f66 | for the exercise of
| 206f746865722068756d616e207269676874733c | other human rights<
| 2f693e2e204f757220776f726c64206861732061 | /i>. Our world has a
| 20677261766520736f6369616c20646562742074 | grave social debt t
| 6f77617264732074686520706f6f722077686f20 | owards the poor who
| 6c61636b2061636365737320746f206472696e6b | lack access to drink
| 696e672077617465722c2062656361757365203c | ing water, because <
| 693e74686579206172652064656e696564207468 | i>they are denied th
| 6520726967687420746f2061206c69666520636f | e right to a life co
| 6e73697374656e74207769746820746865697220 | nsistent with their
| 696e616c69656e61626c65206469676e6974793c | inalienable dignity<
| 2f693e2e205468697320646562742063616e2062 | /i>. This debt can b
| 65207061696420706172746c7920627920616e20 | e paid partly by an
| 696e63726561736520696e2066756e64696e6720 | increase in funding
| 746f2070726f7669646520636c65616e20776174 | to provide clean wat
| 657220616e642073616e69746172792073657276 | er and sanitary serv
| 6963657320616d6f6e672074686520706f6f722e | ices among the poor.
| 2042757420776174657220636f6e74696e756573 | But water continues
| 20746f206265207761737465642c206e6f74206f | to be wasted, not o
| 6e6c7920696e2074686520646576656c6f706564 | nly in the developed
| 20776f726c642062757420616c736f20696e2064 | world but also in d
| 6576656c6f70696e6720636f756e747269657320 | eveloping countries
| 776869636820706f737365737320697420696e20 | which possess it in
| 6162756e64616e63652e20546869732073686f77 | abundance. This show
| 732074686174207468652070726f626c656d206f | s that the problem o
| 6620776174657220697320706172746c7920616e | f water is partly an
| 20656475636174696f6e616c20616e642063756c | educational and cul
| 747572616c2069737375652c2073696e63652074 | tural issue, since t
| 68657265206973206c6974746c65206177617265 | here is little aware
| 6e657373206f662074686520736572696f75736e | ness of the seriousn
| 657373206f662073756368206265686176696f75 | ess of such behaviou
| 722077697468696e206120636f6e74657874206f | r within a context o
| 6620677265617420696e657175616c6974792e3c | f great inequality.<
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