Pope Francis wrote his Encyclical Laudato Si as a worldwide wake up call to help humanity understand the destruction that man is rendering to the environment and his fellow man. To paraphrase:

“….. So what we all need is an ‘ecological conversion’, whereby the effects of our encounter with Jesus Christ become evident in our relationship with the world around us. Living our vocation to be protectors of God’s handiwork is essential to a life of virtue; it is not an optional or a secondary aspect of our Christian experience”