Local civil society can and must contribute to tackling issues of global importance, says Pope praising Fishing for Plastic initiative.

“There is no time to lose: We received the earth as a garden-home from the Creator; let us not pass it on to future generations as a wilderness.”

Let ours be a time remembered for the awakening of a new reverence for life, the firm resolve to achieve sustainability, the quickening of the struggle for justice and peace – Pope Francis.

"Laudato Si is an astonishing document - there is no longer any excuse for people not knowing about this issue”: author and environmental activist Bill McKibben.

Fresh water exemplifies philosophy of Ubuntu: mutual interdependence for collective survival.