[Jeff Chandler]

Recycle

Some recycling is economical and some is not. To endorse "recycling" as a general concept is senseless.

compost heaps, dump the chemicals and bring on a more organic way of raising crops is good as well

Of course, chemicals must be used responsibly, but to disparage their use is to ignore economic reality. Periodic starvation has been the norm since the beginning of humanity, yet modern agricultural techniques have completely eliminated starvation for hundreds of millions of people worldwide. Feel-good wishful thinking has not.

[mlizzy]

I absolutely think organic gardening and recycling are two great ways to help save the earth. The pope didn't really elaborate on his message, and I realize chemicals have produced more food, albeit lower quality in regard to nutritional positives, which in turn causes dis-ease, which in turn ... and so on, and so on ...

Christ didn't mean for us to dump a bunch of chemicals on His earth and expect wonderful pluses to come from it. If that's feel good wishful thinking, you'll have to bring it up with Our Creator. I've always felt a greener existence is a more Godly existence. Eaten both ways for numerous years, organic foodstuffs are tastier, more nutritious, and (if you're knowledgeable in organic gardening, which can easily be taught) easy to produce, even on a big scale.