Social equity
Review the quotes below along with the folder on Social Determinants of Health (SDOH), and consider the issues of justice and environmental equity. For your reflection, choose one or two of the resources to focus on. Reflect on spirituality, poverty, and environmental health equity – what lessons have you learned in this course on how these perspectives and issues are related? How will you contribute to environmental health equity in your future professional activities?
Provided are some various spiritual perspectives on the environment (below), but you may choose a spiritual perspective (s) from your belief system for your reflection.
Requirement: Length 1 page; References APA style;
Christian Biblical perspective: Psalms 24, 1-2
“The earth is the LORD’s and all it holds, the world and those who dwell in it.
For he founded it on the seas, established it over the rivers.”
Environmental Health: an Islamic perspective
World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean. (1997). Environmental health: an Islamic perspective. http://www.who.int/iris/handle/10665/119577
Catholicism: (Pope Francis, On Care for Our Common Home [Laudato Si…], nos. 49, 91). May 24, 2015)
“Concern for the environment thus needs to be joined to a sincere love for our fellow human beings and an unwavering commitment to resolving the problems of society.”
Ten Jewish teachings on the environment: http://www.greenfaith.org/files/Ten%20Jewish%20Teachings%20on%20the%20Environment.pdf
Buddhism: His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet
“Thus we share a sense of universal responsibility for both mankind and nature.
Many of the earth’s habitats, animals, plants, insects and even microorganisms that we know as rare my not be known at all by future generations. We have the capability and the responsibility. We must act before it is too late.”
Excerpt from My Tibet by H.H. the Fourteenth Dalai lama: Thames and Hudson Ltd., London, 1990 (p 79-80).
https://www.dalailama.com/messages/environment/universal-responsibility
Unitarian Universalist Association: Climate and Environmental Justice; https://www.uua.org/environment
