"The reign of God proclaimed by Jesus is present and yet to come.  Signs of its presence are evident in people's efforts to restore God's creation and live in harmony with the Earth and all creatures,..." - Catholic Bishops of the Columbia River Watershed

"It is obvious that in the long run, the excessive use of nature will bring about disaster, even the extinction of humanity." - Daoist Faith Statement

"On a number of occasions in the ecclesiastical year the Church prays that God will protect humanity from natural catastrophes: earthquakes, storms, famine and floods. But today we see the reverse. On 1st September the day devoted to God's handiwork, the Church implores the Creator to protect nature from calamities of human origin, calamities such as pollution, war, exploitation, waste and secularism." - Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I: Message on the Day of Prayer for Creation 1994

"The absolute destruction of any species of animals or plant by man cannot be justified; nor should any be harvested at a rate in excess of its natural regeneration." - Environmental Protection in Islam (part 5 of 7): The Conservation of Basic Natural Elements - Plants and Animals (1)

"...the accelerated loss of biodiversity, the destruction of natural habitats, the pollution of and damage to eco-systems, and the general environmental erosion, damage and degradation, not to speak of the wide scale oppression suffered by many of the world’s inhabitants, are all from the manifest signs of corruption and villainy in the earth." - The Creation of an Environmental Conscience (part 4 of 4): God’s Green Earth

"Courageous choices that can re-create a strong alliance between man and earth must be made before it is too late.” Pope Benedict XVI

"We all see that today man can destroy the foundation of his existence, his Earth... Our Earth is talking to us and we must listen to it and decipher its message if we want to survive," - Pope Benedict XVI in Lorenzago Di Cadore, Italy 2007

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This attitued towards our environment leads to "... a distorted use of nature that disfigures it and endangers the equilibrium.  And it does not stop even with the threat of ecological disaster, ..." - His Holiness Pope John Paul II Vatican City (CWN)

"When man disobeys God and refuses to submit to his rule, nature rebels against him and no longer recognizes him as its 'master', for he has tarnished the divine image on himself." - His Holiness Pope John Paul II Solicitudo Rei Socialis (1988)

Concerning mankind's attitude towards nature, "humanity has disappointed the divine expectation.  Above all in our time, man has unhesitatingly devastated wooded plains and valleys, polluted the waters, deformed the earth's habitat, made the air unbreathable, upset the hydrogeological and atmospheric systems, blighted green spaces, implemented uncontrolled forms of industrialization, humiliating the earth, that flower-bed that is our dwelling."

"The most profound and serious indication of the moral implications underlying the ecological problem is the lack of respect for life, ..." - His Holiness Pope John Paul II for the Celebration of the World Day of Peace

 "Uncontrolled exploitation of the natural environment not only menaces the survival of the human race, it also threatens the natural order in which mankind is meant to recieve and to hand on God's gift of life with dignity and freedom." - His Holiness Pope John Paul II to the Participants in the Symposium sponsored by "Nova Spes" International Foundation

"The United Nations Environment Program warns, I'm told, that we are facing the most massive wave of extinction in 65 million years. This fact is profoundly frightening. It must open our minds to the immense proportions of the crisis we face." - The Dalai Lama

"Peace and the survival of life on earth as we know it are threatened by human activities which lack a commitment to humanitarian values. Destruction of nature and natural resources results from ignorance, greed and lack of respect for the earth's living things. " - The Dalai Lama

"... the stage has now been reached where she [Mother Earth] can no longer accept our behaviour in silence. The problems caused by environmental disasters can be seen as her response to our irresponsible behaviour. She is warning us that there are limits even to her tolerance." - The Dalai Lama

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