Professor Richard Buggs discusses Christianity and the environment
Human degradation of the natural environment is a great tragedy of our time. One of its major drivers is selfishness, leading to over-consumption and waste. Despite growing concern about the environment, much of modern society is reluctant to forgo convenience and consumption for the long-term good of the planet.
People find it easy to signal environmental virtue by giving up disposable coffee cups, but harder to give up holiday air travel. It is easy to ask a government to tax petrol, but harder to resolve an ensuing ‘yellow vest’ protest from the people hit hardest.
