At the opening of a national Environment Week that was launched by the Fiji Department of Environment and the Pacific Conference of Churches at the Suva Civic Auditorium on Sunday Pacific Conference of Church’s Environment advocate, Peter Emberson said the theme was powerful in the sense that it would encourage people to reflect and think about the part they have played in the destruction of the environment.
“This year’s theme is a call to people from all walks of life, irrespective of creed, ethnicity, political leanings, to reflect on “our mindless plunder of the earth”
Mr Emberson said the theme challenged people to commit to combined efforts to address the root causes of environment degradation in Fiji.
“This theme urges all human beings to respect, care and protect all of creation. It is also a call to recognition that greed at many levels, self-centeredness and a belief in unlimited growth have brought exploitation and destruction on earth and its creatures,” he said.
Mr Emberson said PCC believed that people should realise that the climate change threatening the environment in Fiji was linked to the greed and irresponsible approach towards planet Earth.
“Excessive consumption of fossil fuels, the logging of trees, unsustainable mining, the pollution and plunder of our environment and oceans compounds us as people who depend on a healthy environment.”
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The Fiji Times ONLINE