Diseases of affluence

Quakers committed, at Canterbury, to sustainability. Mandy Moore believes that they should make stewardship of their own bodies a top priority.

by Mandy Moore 2nd March 2012

I am not against sustainability – far from it. The wanton and ongoing rape, pillage and plunder of our planet disturbs me deeply. What agitates me, though, is that, when we think about sustainability, we tend to overlook one of the most important aspects of stewardship – stewardship of our own bodies.