“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Gen. 1:20

“God saw that it was good.” Gen. 1:21

“…the land is Mine…” Leviticus 25:23

Tropical rain forests – covering only 7% of the total dry surface of the earth – hold over half of all plant and animal species. - NASA 2005

“An area of tropical forest large enough to cover North Carolina is deforested each year.” - NASA 2005

“The Lord is good to all; he has compassion on all he has made…” Psalm 145:9 “The Lord is righteous in all his ways and loving toward all he has made.” Psalm 145:17

Different uses of the land have different effects on a rain forest. When a shade grown coffee or chocolate farm is abandoned the forest can grow back in as little as 20 years. It could take centuries for the forest to reclaim an abandoned banana plantation. NASA 2005

Job 12:7 But ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds of the air, and they will tell you…

Romans 1:20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities – his eternal power and divine nature – have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.

His eternal power… being understood from what has been made…

There is virtual unanimity among scientists that we have entered a period of mass extinction not seen since the age of the dinosaurs… CNN August 23, 2002

Our native Orca populations in Puget Sound are declining. “We just don’t know what is going on.” - John Ford, Marine Mammal Scientist at the Vancouver Aquarium

“Estimates indicate that up to 137 species disappear worldwide each day. NASA 2005

Unmanaged primitive and commercial clearing for agriculture, and unmanaged commercial logging - feeding world demand for tropical hardwoods - account for most of the depletion of the worlds tropical forests. NASA 2005

God’s invisible qualities… being understood from what has been made…

How will people of this world see God, revealing Himself in His creation? Where will people hear God’s still, small voice?