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 Monday, April 13, 2009

Renewal

By Diana Hsieh @ 1:01 PM

Here's a scary but potentially useful resource on religious environmentalism: the documentary Renewal. Here's how the film's web site describes the project:
Across the nation, people of faith are standing up for the environment. Evangelical Christians are fighting mountaintop removal, a coal mining process that is decimating Appalachia. Muslims are supporting sustainable farming. Jews are helping children experience the bond between nature and spirituality. Interfaith Power and Light is mobilizing people of all faiths in a religious response to global warming.

For the first time, the combined energy of these diverse activists is the driving force behind a feature-length documentary, entitled RENEWAL. Veteran film producers Marty Ostrow and Terry Kay Rockefeller have crisscrossed the country to capture these exciting stories of people whose passion and deep moral commitment are making a difference in a time of grave ecological threats.

The RENEWAL Project has been designed to make the documentary and its inspiring stories available to people and organizations who want to be a part of this growing movement to protect life on our planet and reverse the damage that humans have done to the environment. Learn how you can get involved today!
You can view a trailer on their web site. (Via Ari Armstrong.)

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Monday, April 13, 2009 at 20:06:36 mst
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Name: Jeff Montgomery
E-mail: jamontgom(at)hotmail.com
URL: http://funwithgravity.blogspot.com/

Although phrases like "reverse the damage that humans have done to the environment" have become commonplace (among those sympathetic with environmentalism), it pays not to forget what an incredibly loaded statement it is.

First, it blanks out the overriding fact that humans have greatly improved life *for humans*, and that many of the changes we have brought to the planet are good *for us* or are probably worth the cost *for us*.

Second, the phrase "environment" defines a preponderance of the Earth's surface as a no-touch zone for humanity, or at the very least as not subject to property rights or anything "tainted" by the hand of man. So basically, we are evil and the Earth is not ours. It's like original sin all over again. Yuck.

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