The parts that talk about environmental justice are the ones entitled Pollution, waste, and the throwaway culture (Francis 16). These texts assert that many of the activities that human beings get involved in leads to pollution and hence the degradation of our biodiversity. This is a situation that has led to numerous deaths. Such deaths do not mind the age, gender, race, social class, or religion of an individual because people from all sorts of life have suffered problems that are associated the massive pollution. All these are as a result of human activities that they involve in, such as transport, industrial fumes, and the use of chemical compounds such as fertilizers, fungicides, insecticides, herbicides and agro-toxics.
I agree with the assertion given by the text due to the fact that it is a precise reflection of what is taking place in the society and what needs to be done to make things better. People should be involved in changing the throwaway culture, regardless of their age, gender, race, social class, or religion. What is a concern is that people have developed the attitude that it is the duty of other people to bring the culture to an end, forgetting that they also contribute to pollution of the environment in some way. Such a blame game is not sustainable. It is until the human generation realizes that it is an individual responsibility to protect our biodiversity. As such, a lot has been said about what needs to be done towards the protection of the environment. However, there has not been any formula yet through which all the members of the society regardless of their differences, may come together and come up with strategies that will enable them collectively preserve the environment.
Works Cited
Francis. Encyclical Letter Laudato Si' of the Holy Father Francis: On Care for Our Common Home. Vatican Web Site, 2015.
