Jane Goodall - "Change is happening."

"To be clear, the main problem is not population growth.... It is one of three main problems – the other two are our greedy lifestyle, our reckless burning of fossil fuels, the demand for meat, poverty – and, of course, we must also tackle corruption."

So writes Jane Goodall.  Population growth + Greedy lifestyle + Corruption.  Those are the three be challenges that present us with opportunities for growth.

This morning I read, as I so often do, the daily meditation that comes from Richard Rohr. Here is a section: The Daily Meditations theme for 2021 is “A Time of Unveiling.” I’m convinced we are living in such a time—when reality is being revealed as it is. Systems of evil have become both more brazen and banal, our sense of “normal” has been upended, and yet in the midst of it, God continues to invite us to deeper transformation. 

Putting these two messages together, I arrive at the need for the integration of environmentalism and spirituality.  The challenge is being unveiled.  We have to tackle the problems of population growth, and that will be very difficult to do. Greedy lifestyles?  Yes.  Corruption?  Tied right to greed.  Yes, all three have to be unveiled as we transform from living separately and greedily, to living in communion and with reverence or life.  How? Take a look at LOVING MOTHER EARTH, my book.