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In the last few decades, man has chosen a life-style that has resulted in massive pollution of the earth’s biosphere—soil, rivers, oceans, and atmosphere have been poisoned. The problem is truly international. As the pope stated in his message for the World Day of Peace (January 1, 1990): “In many cases the effects of ecological problems transcend the borders of individual States; hence their solution cannot be found solely on the national level.”—L’Osservatore Romano, December 18-26, 1989.
Man’s indifference to his future contrasts with God’s concern for the earth, which, after all, is his creation and property. (Isaiah 45:18) Is a clean earth possible? If so, how and when? Our cover series answers these questions.