Are We Destroying the Oceans?

Are We Destroying the Oceans?

The collapse of our oceans will spell disaster for all life on this planet, warns eco theologian Fr Sean McDonagh. In 2021, Rosamond Naylor an American economist who focuses on global food security and sustainable agriculture calculated that the amount of fish...
COP28: Humans are Putting Life on Planet Earth Under Siege

COP28: Humans are Putting Life on Planet Earth Under Siege

Ahead of COP28 in the United Arab Emirates, Columban missionary Fr Sean McDonagh calls for binding forms of energy transition. Recently, an international group of scientists published a report in the magazine BioScience saying that “the Earth’s ‘vital signs’ are the...
Life Under Siege

Life Under Siege

Instead of pursuing war and the slaughter of thousands of people around the world we should be focused on the impact humans are having on the planet, writes Fr Sean McDonagh. Each day on our television screens hundreds of millions of people from all parts of the world...
Plastic Oceans

Plastic Oceans

As the oceans teem with plastic, Fr Séan McDonagh calls for a ban on single use plastic and for a change in the way plastics are produced and used. We need to recognise the extraordinary damage plastic poses to our oceans. Dame Ellen MacArthur is a record-breaking...