Each year, from September 1, the Global Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, to October 4, St Francis of Assisi Day, many Christians designate these weeks as the Season of Creation. The theme this year is: To Hope and Act with Creation. In anticipation of the feast day of St Francis, whose love of nature and animals is well known, we give special attention to biodiversity.
Quotation for your Meditation
Humanity is part of a vast evolving universe. Earth, our home, is alive with a unique community of life. The forces of nature make existence a demanding and uncertain adventure, but Earth has provided the conditions essential to life’s evolution. The resilience of the community of life and the well-being of humanity depend upon preserving a healthy biosphere with all its ecological systems, a rich variety of plants and animals, fertile soils, pure waters, and clean air. The global environment with its finite resources is a common concern of all peoples. The protection of Earth’s vitality, diversity, and beauty is a sacred trust.” The Earth Charter
Suggestions for Personal Action
The Center for Biological Diversity believes that the welfare of human beings is deeply linked to nature — to the existence in our world of a vast diversity of wild animals and plants. Because diversity has intrinsic value, and because its loss impoverishes society, we work to secure a future for all species, great and small, hovering on the brink of extinction. We do so through science, law and creative media, with a focus on protecting the lands, waters and climate that species need to survive. We want those who come after us to inherit a world where the wild is still alive.
You can receive free updates on their work to preserve biodiversity, support their various actions by signing onto petitions to Congress and other organizations, or make a financial contribution to their work. Take a look at the Center’s website. *(https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/action/alerts/).
*Any organization to which a donation can be given is first vetted on the following website https://www.charitynavigator.org/. For example, Center for Biological Diversity received a 4 Star rating which is the top rating.