We educate for environmental justice by first clarifying and deepening our own comprehension of these insights: that every creature has the right to be; the right to its habitat; and the right to make its own contribution to all of life. We believe that the world‑wide attack on ecology has become, in reality, an assault on the poor and a form of environmental racism. We use the Earth Charter, the works of Orbis authors and other Maryknoll resources to educate for eco‑justice in its fullest meaning, and we promote the Earth Charter as a basis for advocacy.
We hope to pay closer attention to U.S. environmental policy in response to the World Summit on Sustainable Development and build on Maryknoll experience at a grassroots level. We support the Kyoto Protocol and other efforts to encourage rich countries to promote lifestyles that are just and sustainable. We advocate for U.S. military clean‑up of bases in Vieques, Panama, the Philippines, and South Korea.
We advocate for “food sovereignty,” and continue to participate in process of defining Christian framework and principles with which to determine the safety and use of genetically modified foods.
- Video: Planting a future/Sembrando un futuro: The agroecological alternatives of the Nuu Saavi people to desertification in the Mixteca Alta
- The Precautionary Principle
- Sign the petition to cap carbon, August 2010
- Letter in support of
Clean Limits and Energy for America's Renewal (CLEAR) Act, S.2877
- Faith-Ecology-Economy, an MOGC project
- A call to integrate faith, ecology and the global economy, a new sign on statement (link to the website of the Faith-Economy-Ecology coalition)
- Global economy imperils Earth, humanity -- a statement from the Maryknoll community, September 2009
- Excerpts from Maryknoll's reflection paper on global climate change (September 2009)
- Global climate change: The most critical challenge in the 21st century -- Reflections from the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns (May 9, 2007)
- Renewing the ground: A call for faithful stewardship of energy resources on God's lands: An open statement to governing bodies, land managers, and concerned citizens
- Climate change resources
- Catholic Social Teaching on stewardship of creation
- The Story of Stuff
- Is bottled water better? June 2007