I am a very eco-friendly Catholic! I love God’s beautiful planet. I think that population is not so much a problem as poor Stewardship, like the above poster stated. We can all do our small part, such as recycling, lowering consumption (in all arenas of life), cloth diapering, cutting down on road trips, etc… you don’t have to do all of these things in concert, but all efforts are meaningful.
I think that we, as a society, need to rethink ourselves and what is important in life. Having the biggest house, flashiest car, or the ‘most toys’, is so deeply ingrained that most of us don’t even realize these subconscious desires. Even if we don’t think we strive for these things, we might do it in small ways… the better job, not so that we can better care for our family, but so that we can ‘upgrade’ the TV… less hours at home, not to spend more time with the kids, but to get the next model car up.
I am not saying that ‘everyone’ fits the example from above, but I believe that in some small way we have all been ‘sold’ on the bigger, supposedly better lifestyle.
sigh. It’s an ideology problem, not a population control problem.
