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Going on vacation must not be an occasion to relax one’s commitment to saving energy and protecting the environment, the Vatican said.
Tourism can have “a serious environmental impact owing, among other factors, to the immoderate consumption of energy resources” and an increase in pollution and waste, said a message from the Pontifical Council for Migrants and Travelers.
The message, released Wednesday by the Vatican, was written in preparation for the observance Sept. 27 of World Tourism Day, an event promoted by the United Nations World Tourism Organization and supported by the Vatican.
The theme for the day is “Tourism & Sustainable Energy: Powering Sustainable Development.”
While acknowledging that people are becoming more aware of their responsibility to care for the earth, the message said it is also true that people risk setting aside their ecological sensitivities while on vacation “in a search for certain comforts to which we believe we are entitled, without always reflecting on their consequences.”
“It is necessary to cultivate the ethics of responsibility and prudence and to ask ourselves about the impact and consequences of our actions,” the message said. [more]
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This morning, after Mass, and at Adoration, the words of scripture came to me, “may their swords be turned into plowshares.” And I thought how beautiful the earth would be if there were no more guns and all humankind had a greater respect for the beauty of creation.
I am so happy we have a Green Pope in Benedict and that the Vatican is warning against the damage we can and do to the enviornment.
The global warning folks are right after all. St Francis of Assisi, patron of the enviornment, pray for us.
Tony, Before you divert much needed resources chasing global warming rainbows, let’s 1) reduce real toxic emissions to the air and water, and 2) take care of the poor and hungry. All of the GW mitigation plans I have seen to date, except nuclear power, cause the price of electricity to jump much higher and become more scarce. As this happens, it will harm those first and most who can afford it the least. I join you in prayer, emploring St. Francis of Assisi, patron of the environment, pray for us – all of us.