Greenpeace may no longer be going door to door, but
another group continues its long-time canvassing, often stressing
environmental issues. It distributes millions of copies of its
material in about 60 languages, including Pidgin, Hiligaynon and
Zulu. The July 8 issue asked on its cover: “Who Will Save Our
Animals?,” with a story inside that talked about the accelerated
rate of extinction (three per hour), the “biological health of the
planet,” and ecological vandalism (the firing on the pelican
rookery on the Peron Islands, off Australia). The Aug. 22, 1997,
issue discussed “The Water Crisis: A Global Problem,” and the
effects of population growth, pollution and international tension
over use of rivers, citing the Audubon Society, David Day’s The
Doomsday Book of Animals, Harvard biologist Edward O. Wilson, and
others. While the information is science-based and wide ranging,
the conclusion of many of these articles is anything but mainstream
environmentalism. They say that if you want to share in the
rehabilitation of the earth, “Then please learn what God requires
of you by studying the Bible.”
The group is the
Jehovah’s Witnesses, and the publication is Awake! If they don’t
come to your door, contact the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society
of New York Inc., 25 Columbia Heights, Brooklyn, NY
11201-2483.
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Who will save our animals?.
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