Editor,
Earth care is the most pressing ethical, moral and spiritual issue of our time.
Human population is growing at an unsustainable rate. Global temperature is increasing to dangerous levels as we burn more carbon fuels.
Water tables are falling. Agricultural land area is diminishing. Forest area is shrinking. Ocean fisheries are collapsing. More plant and animal species are in danger of extinction.
As a follow-up to Earth week, St. John's Anglican Church has invited all local churches to participate in a gathering to discuss why people of faith should care about the environment and to seek ways of working together on environmental issues.
The meeting takes place on April 29, beginning at 7 p.m.
In every faith tradition, the Earth is sacred. We are all called to "stewards of creation."
If churches have nothing to say about what is happening to God's creation, then I believe we have more than an environmental crisis. We have a spiritual crisis!
David Dranchuk
Squamish
