It is now nearly ten years since the release of the encyclical letter, Laudato Si’, on the care for our common home by Pope Francis on May 25, 2015 – yet the world is still experiencing serious threats due to unsustainable use of natural and environmental resources. In the Encyclical, Pope Francis decries that we human beings have mistreated the environment such that it now risks becoming a desolate waste.

«Francisco, ¿no ves que mi casa se derrumba? Anda, pues, y repárala». Cuatro consejos que pueden ayudar a que los emprendedores creen empresas sostenibles, basado en los resultados de mis investigaciones.

Extreme poverty continues to persist in the world. High barriers to quality healthcare, a weakening job market, and political instability are some factors that attribute to this, but there is also the consideration that due to intrinsic systemic discrimination, those caught in a cycle of poverty will remain in that cycle indefinitely, regardless of the socio-economic safety nets that are made available to them.

Before presenting an answer to the question in this article's title, we start by showing the origins of "eco-efficiency". The concept was born in the late 1980s and gained more relevance in the 1990s. Ecoefficiency means "the efficiency with which ecological resources are used to meet human needs" (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, OECD (1998)).

Almost a year has passed since the first EoF Summer School in Gubbio. As we are awaiting the next one and preparing for the meeting in Assisi, let me use this opportunity to look back and remember. 

There are not two separate crises, one environmental and the other social, but rather one complex socio-environmental crisis (LS.139). Given the complexity of the matter, an integral approach is required for the solution and attention of the problems as well as for taking care of nature.