{"id":2399,"date":"2024-02-08T15:52:11","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T15:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stpeters-yeovil.org.uk\/?page_id=2399"},"modified":"2026-03-19T16:20:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T16:20:15","slug":"eco-church","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.stpeters-yeovil.org.uk\/?page_id=2399","title":{"rendered":"Eco Church"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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St Peter’s Church and the Environment<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We are not separate from the environment God created.  We are all part of it and share our DNA with everything on the planet.  For instance, did you know we share 70% of our DNA with bananas?  But we have treated our home like a sweet shop to be plundered and consumed to the extent that we have now created an environment that is hostile to us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, species of animals, birds, insects and plants are becoming extinct, and large parts of the world can no longer sustain daily life for humans.  So those people are migrating round the world in huge numbers seeking a new place to live, creating a refugee crisis for the rest of us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are fires, floods, pandemics, and wars over ownership of land containing precious resources of metals minerals chemicals to support modern day ways of life like mobile phones, batteries etc. causing more destruction of our planet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How do we react?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Anxiety?<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s a lot to worry about and some ways of coping with it all are to pretend it\u2019s not happening, or to worry and feel hopeless.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Or Action?<\/h5>\n\n\n\n