Participate
Churches, synagogues and religious organizations are making statements about forests and becoming active on issues of forest conservation. Why? Because the Scriptures, as well as both Jewish and Christian theology, indicate that everyone is called to care for creation.
In response to this often difficult obligation, many religious denominations and para-church organizations have issued declarations about responsibility for forests. Over several gatherings, our own organization formulated a national declaration entitled "Responsibility for God's Forests". A summary of that declaration is included in our Library >
Christians and Jews from every background collaborated to write this statement. At every juncture, the touch of divine inspiration moved us forward. The core of the declaration is a call for an end to cutting of old growth forests and an end to commercial cutting on public lands. An important concern of all participants was justice for forest workers and healthy rural economies. For this reason the call includes a redirection of tax-payer subsidies away from industrial interests and toward forest restoration, including job retraining to aid reforestation.
Just because member organizations have articulated religious responsibility for forests and issued a call does not stop the cutting of forests any more than religious calls to abolish slavery ended that practice. Healing requires people who support this call to join RCW and voice support. In other words, we need your help in this great work of saving forests!
There are many things you can do. A list of Options > is included at this site. The single most important thing anyone can do is help launch a word-of-mouth, chain reaction for forest protection by presenting the RCW campaign to at least three other people (each of whom will do the same, and so on). That way, we can take a powerful step toward healing forests and ourselves.
