{"id":1012,"date":"2022-04-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:3000\/on-earth-day-step-outside-and-remember-why-this-movement-matters\/"},"modified":"2023-11-16T18:10:42","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T18:10:42","slug":"on-earth-day-step-outside-and-remember-why-this-movement-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.interfaithamerica.org\/article\/on-earth-day-step-outside-and-remember-why-this-movement-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"On Earth Day, Step Outside and Remember Why This Movement Matters."},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n American Civic Life<\/span>\n

On Earth Day, Step Outside and Remember Why This Movement Matters.<\/h1>\n
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Ibrahim Abdul-Matin<\/address>\n <\/div>\n

April 21, 2022<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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I have been reading the latest offering from Fazlun M. Khalid<\/a>, founder of the Islamic Foundation for Ecology and Environmental Sciences. His recent book, “Signs on the Earth: Islam, Modernity, and the Climate Crisis<\/a>,” is a must read. In it he asserts that: “Alarm Bells are ringing, presaging an irreversible human-induced climate change threatening the world-wide collapse of ecosystems. Previously ignored and marginalized, faith communities are now emerging as significant contributors to the restoration and protection of the biosphere” <\/p>\n

His comments echo how I feel at this moment. People of faith need to step up and be the conscience that the world desperately needs. Fazlun notes, “We now exist in soulless secularized spaces, concealing the reality that we are trapped in an irresistible undertow of debt and hedonism aimlessly driving us through oceans of consumerism.” His observation begs the question of the faithful: How are we showing up in this moment? <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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