Historical roots of our ecological crisis

Lynn White, argues that Orthodox Christianity is responsible for environmental degradation, since the beginning of time. A brief historical description of how the environment was degraded is emphasised in order to show the transition from the christian dogma in the medieval time to the scientific dogma of today. Lynn White further explains how the west influenced the world in terms of medicine, religion, technology and even agricultural method, which have all contributed to environmental degradation. The dominance of Science and technology as the mastery of nature in the 20th century explains how the Christian's dogma about the nature has gotten passed on. In order for this mentality to change, the best remedy would be to adopt a religious environmental friendly approach to our ecological crisis, the same way Saint Francis the spiritual revolutionary in western history had practiced in the past.

reference: http://www.americamagazine.org/content/article.cfm?article_id=11604