CTEWC Book Series
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The book is a manual for collectives seeking to overturn the devastating impact of plastic pollution, and it offers scientific analysis, ethical insights, and moral appeals.
Protecting the vulnerable and the planet demands lifestyle changes as well as national and international commitments to reduce plastic production, use, and disposal.
The Declaration “Our Shared Responsibility to End Plastic Pollution, Protect Human Health, and Advance Social Justice for All” raises awareness of plastic pollution’s threats and fosters commitments to address it.
Local initiatives join international efforts to address the urgent plastic pollution crisis. A global treaty and its legally-binging implementation would strengthen the efforts of states, foundations, and civil society.
In facing the challenges of plastic pollution, universal responsibility, which is the real source of happiness, is needed.
Plastic pollution challenges us. Earth is a gift; we should be grateful. To preserve the environment, we should change attitudes and behaviors and collaborate with scientists and the whole society.
It is urgent to repair the world—Tikkun Olam—working responsibly to heal the planet and be good stewards of creation.
Guided by Evangelical commitments, this chapter proposes a moral roadmap to address the global plastic pollution crisis, which is the fruit of the author’s decades-long experience.
Overview of UNEA Negotiations on an International Legally-Binding Instrument to Address Plastic Pollution.
Key elements characterizing an ethical approach informed by Catholic social thought focus, first, on personal and social engagements; second, on political and economic dimensions; third, on technological and critical approaches.
The plastics crisis suggests the responsibility to enact a preferential option for the poor lies exclusively with governments. Catholic social thought broadens our understanding here and suggests practical paths forward.
By retrieving the original meaning of plasticity, the author explores six ethical challenges and proposes five tactics which could inform ethical decisions and actions.