A Conservationist’s Observation

Discipleship is important because our faith is not grown simply by learning more about God. Conservationist Cara Daneel explained that environmental education experts found that “psychologists have difficulty explaining a clear relationship between ‘pro-environmental attitudes’ and ‘pro-environmental behavior.’” In the face of massive coral reef destruction that would wreak havoc on important ocean ecosystems, education was able to change people’s beliefs about the importance of conservation,...