Explain how followers of Christianity may put these teachings into practise in a practical way in order to help preserve the environment.

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Explain how followers of Christianity may put these teachings into practise in a practical way in order to help preserve the environment.

Nowadays there are many Christian charities such as Greenpeace that aim to look after the creation God has given us.

However, it could be argued that Christians have not always been concerned with environmental issues.  Some people in fact, blame Christianity for giving people the impression that they have the right to do whatever they like with the world because of the biblical teaching that people should rule over the other species in general:

“Have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that move upon the earth” – Genesis 1: 28

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In general, the church has not widely encouraged people to be more aware of environmental issues.  It is only in resent decades that Christians have been aware of the damage to the world that we could be responsible for; issues such as the disintegration of the ozone layer and global warming.  It is for this reason that charities have been set up to try and preserve the integrity of the world around us.  They oppose the use of motorised petrol vehicles, destruction of the rainforest and dumping of nuclear waste.  This, in its most extreme form, is based on ...

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