As a devout adult pagan I have to do a lot of research and reading to understand the history of my faith. Oddly enough pagan religions, the early ones anyway, didn't do a lot of recording or book writing. Still, it is true that early religions, pre-monotheistic faiths had a clear relationship with the environment that modern faiths do not. If you believe that the world is alive, that the Divine is found in all things then it is impossible to not be an environmentalist. As a reflection of my deep faith in the Divine Feminine I try to reduce our waste, to promote healthy living and to respect the bonds that unite me, my family and all of the rest of life on this planet. We're all family and Mother wants us to get along.

The "Environment" in some faiths is the form of the Divine. Caring for the creation is as devout an act as praying, going to temple or walking around and around a big black rock. Some of the pagan faiths use modern physics to explain the interconnectedness of all things. It has been argued that Quantum physics confirms many of the oldest pagan beliefs. To view all of creation as part of the Divine means, too, that we, our bodies and minds, are part of the environment and as we care for ourselves, we care for the Deity, because from some viewpoints we are the Divine manifested in form. In other words the air, soil and water of this planet is part of our physical form. Looking at the sub molecular level, beyond the bosons and quarks most of the universe is apparently empty. At that level it is impossible to detect the edge of our bodies, the boundaries of a tree. It's all energy, all vibration. So on the level of walking around and picking up trash, stopping toxic waste dumping and the like it's just us taking care of ourselves, just like Mom and Dad would like us to. The Yahwehists have this commandment: "Honor thy father and mother." and to the pagan the Mother is the Earth and the Father is the spark of life. There can't be any religions worthy of the name that declare it okay to destroy what we have been given.