How I love the burgeoning Green Christian connection.  I find it very exciting that Christians (even the Pope) now are paying attention to science when it comes to the issues of our depleting natural resources and climate change. Check out this link to an article covering the Catholic Church’s first even eco friendly youth rally:

http://www.msn.msn.com/id/20548340/

Check out this quote:

“Intentionally wearing green vestments, he (the Pope) spoke to a vast crowd of mostly young people sprawled over a massive hillside near the Adriatic city of Loreto on the day Italy’s Catholic Church marks it annual Save Creation Day.”

Is the Pope himself intentionally forming a link between “Creation day” and our depleting natural environment? Is he also drawing a preventative link to international policy? I think religious right wingers in the US are going to have no choice but to look at their carbon indexes after following the Pope’s suit.  And I love that this is a youth rally- now a trend is officially being set for young people regardless of religious affiliation as far as the environment is concerned.

And the rally really did put its money where its mouth was by including books printed on recycled paper and backpacks made of recycled materials. But no one sets a better example than the Pope himself, who has made a true commitment to living “green” in his personal quarters:

“Under Benedict and his predecessor John Paul, the Vatican has become progressively “green.” It has installed photovoltaic cells on buildings to produce electricity and hosted a scientific conference to discuss the ramifications of global warming and climate change.”

No longer are green activists stereotyped as radicals-- but as people of all religious affiliations that have an appreciation for the beauties and importance of our natural environment.