We believe that our planetary future is radically jeopardized by economic competition and growth unrestrained by a sense of limits about our place in the whole. Our love for our children and our children's children requires us to raise serious questions about the level and methods of production and the wasteful style of consumption in the United States and other affluent nations and people.

We affirm that a responsible, global economic system must distribute goods more equally and must recycle more effectively.

We look for sustainable development and transparent, participatory decision making.

We affirm the use of technologies which cooperate with the non-human roots of life on earth, instead of polluting and destroying them.

Our Call

We seek to cultivate attitudes of sacred covenanting among peoples and between humanity and the non-human creation.

We call upon all members and instrumentalities of the United Church of Christ to display courageous leadership in:

+ modeling ecologically responsible life-styles;

+ developing a communal spirituality able to connect persons creatively to the one, good creation of God; and

+ advocating for economic and technological change so that our earth has a green and sustainable future of just peace for all.

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