Opinion

Climate change affects the poorest the most, what can you do about it in this 'Season of Creation'?

By 2023-09-06T08:30:00

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Writer Naomi Bosch shares her ideas for marking the 'Season of Creation' which is between September 1, the Day of Prayer for Creation, and October 4, the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of ecology.

Anna Temoi lives in Buncoma County in rural Kenya. Just like millions of women around the globe, she used to rely on an indoor stove fire for cooking. As she cooked for her family, smoke would fill the house. “There was black soot hanging all over, sometimes it would fall in food”, she said in a video by the Green Belt Movement.

According to the World Health Organization, the world loses 6.7 million people every year from complications related to air pollution, directly related to inefficient cooking and lighting. On the other hand, the high demand for firewood for cooking spurs deforestation and leaves the soil vulnerable to erosion. This, in turn, worsens climate change.

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