Religion and the Environment

I read the article "Religious environmentalism as a vital contribution to sustainability" by Anne White of University of Calgary for this assignment in interdisciplinary subjects. In this article, Anne White discusses the spiritual and other reasons for why humans do not treat Earth as we should. The main reason is because we are a self-serving people by nature, as described in most world religions. We all like to make things more centered the individual as opposed to the community as a whole. As outlined in most world religions, we need to shift the focus from ourselves to the world around us. I tend to agree with the conclusions that Ms. White reaches because I too believe that the world is too focused on the individual and we need to make a drastic change to save our planet.