Global Warming/Climate Change
Environmental justice is the recognition that environmental degradation disproportionately harms those who are poor and marginalized, even while they derive less benefit and have less control over how our resources are used. These concerns are especially true with global warming/climate change. As weather patterns change, causing drought in some areas and flooding in others, poorer peoples lack the resources to respond to these disasters and bear the brunt of suffering when they happen.Our spiritual values call us to act on the personal, local, and national
levels to adopt practices that will reverse global warming/climate change, and to do so in ways that are just and equitable.
New: For Earth Day!
Sunday, April 22nd is Earth Day. Get your whole congregation involved in a letter writing campaign to advocate for effective and just climate change legislation. The Take Action page lists resources to help you with your campaign.
If you need more information on global climate change legislation, check out the Background Information page.
For more information, contact environment @ uua.org.
Last updated on Tuesday, April 8, 2008.
