Ecological Integrity According to Laudato Si’ As A Way Of Addressing the Environmental Situation in Mazabuka Zambaia (Southern-Africa)
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2019
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Tangaza University College
Abstract
The culture of consumerism and the struggle for economic emancipation today
have led to deep ecological consequences. The current epoch in many parts of the
world seems to pay little attention to the environmental impacts brought by various
models of production and life-styles. Bearing that in mind, this paper explores the
implication of ecological integrity according to Laudato Si’ in combating the
environmental crisis in Mazabuka-Zambia.
In this essay, the researcher intends to discus the teaching of “Laudato Si” as
having fundamental insights to promoting ecological integrity. On one hand, the paper
shall present the environmental situation in Mazabuka and, on the other hand, it shall
present possible ways of addressing the problem while drawing insights from the
teaching of “Laudato Si”. Before that, the reasons for the choice of the topic, the
objectives and the research methods are cautiously demonstrated. In addition to the
above, it has to be mentioned that the treatise is based on personal reading, experience
and a careful observation of the rampant ecological predicament affecting the larger
community of life in Mazabuka.
Laudato Si’, as it gives a detailed account on the promotion of ecological
integrity, is indeed a call for every person living on Earth to reflect with great
conscious, on the way humanity is shaping the future of the planet. In its depth, the
document invites the human family to inculcate the spirit of caring for our common
home; which is, the totality of the earth. Having reflected deeply on the situation of our
mother earth, on 24th May 2015, an Encyclical letter “Laudato Si’ – On the Care for
our Common Home, was issued by the Holy Father Pope Francis. With regard to its
importance and concern for the well-being of humanity, and the rest of reality, the
letter therefore, stands significant to addressing the environment situation in
Mazabuka-Zambia.
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Ecological Integrity, Environmental Situation