For human beings to destroy the biological diversity of God’s creation; for human beings to degrade the integrity of the earth by causing changes in its climate, by stripping the earth of its natural forests or destroying its wetlands; for human beings to contaminate the Earth’s water, its land, its air, and its life - these are sins. For “to commit a crime against the natural world is a sin against ourselves and a sin against God.”
Patriarch Bartholomew