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The ecumenical community envisions a world which is secure and flourishing,

where the well-being of humans and all other living creatures is cherished, supported and maintained in a harmonious balance;

where peoples and livelihoods prosper and the health of the Earth Community is nurtured.

Justice and equity must be at the heart of any sustainable economic, social or environmental system supporting Earth Community. Air, water, land and energy sources are part of the necessary environment to sustain life.

An ecological perspective concerns the Earth itself as an integral part of God’s wondrous Creation.

Ecological justice is that which respects, seeks to preserve, and advocates for just relationships among all living things. It concerns the future of all life upon this planet, the condition of the natural world and our human impact or footprint upon it.

Ecological sustainability implies a more holistic way of seeing the world as inter-connected and inter-dependent across time, where human societies are understood as not distinct and superior to the rest of nature, but part of it. Indeed, the future of generations to come, and even human survival as a species, depends on a thriving natural world.

Sustainable communities are those which support and nurture equitable relationships both within the human family and also between humans and the rest of the ecological community. They require a just and moral economy where people are empowered to participate in decisions affecting their lives, where public and private institutions are held accountable for the social and environmental consequences of their activities, and where the Earth is honoured rather than exploited or degraded.