RELIGION AND SCIENCE MUST WORK TOGETHER IN FAVOR OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT

:Environmental issues are on the agenda around the world; however, many conservative governments have developed erratic, inadequate, or even counterproductive policies on these issues. These governments typically have broad support from particular religious groups, reinforced by the dissemination of misinformation about environmental threats, especially through the Internet. It is proposed that, in order to establish sound environmental policy, science must have religion as an ally, so it must be demonstrated that religious texts indicate the need to harmonize with nature, especially in Christian belief groups. Science can make evidence-based information on environmental threats available, and religion can make its force and social energy available to help to mobilize appropriate environmental policy.