Tenth International Conference on Religion & Spirituality in Society

Abstract

The duty of conserving the environment has, in the past, been regarded as a job that is exclusively reserved for the environmentalists alone. This paper observes that there is no particular individual human being or group of human beings that is only endowed with the obligation of conserving the environment. Rather every person or groups of persons irrespective of their culture, race, creed or level of education is/are obligated to do this noble duty. African cultures in particular and the environment have been perceived by most people as being mutually exclusive, that is, they cannot have a common ground. This paper observes that African cultures perceive the environment as a religious and a human endeavour, an attitude that can be instrumental in conserving the environment.