By Masika Agatha | A Song Once Sung in Green | November 08, 2025
A Song Once Sung in Green
In the ancient days, green was everyone’s song the color of life, beauty, and belonging. Humanity lived in harmony with nature: forests and rivers were friends, and the earth was cherished as a sacred gift. People believed deeply in what we now call Mother Nature, and every effort was made to keep her healthy, vibrant, and whole.
When Progress Turned Away from Creation
Today, the melody has changed. Our attention has shifted toward industrialization, urban growth, and endless construction, often forgetting the delicate balance that sustains life.
Across Uganda and East Africa, we witness the results: prolonged droughts, desertification, floods, and declining biodiversity.
Industrial fumes have weakened the ozone layer; wetlands are vanishing under concrete; and forests, our natural lungs, are falling to the axe.
“The songs of the birds that once echoed through the trees are fading, and the silence of the forests cries out to us.”
As Pope Francis reminds us in Laudato Si’, these wounds of creation are also wounds of humanity.
A Question for Our Generation
What kind of world shall we leave to those who come after us?
This question, urgent and moral, calls each of us to take responsibility for the earth entrusted to our care.
The challenge is not merely scientific or economic, it is spiritual.
To care for creation is to respond to God’s love and to show love for our neighbor, especially the poor, who suffer first from the effects of climate change.
Sowing Hope, Acting Together
We are not helpless. As the current generation, we can lift one another up and give back to Mother Nature her strength.
• Plant trees through afforestation and reforestation, for trees absorb carbon and renew the air we breathe.
• Protect wetlands and forests, safeguarding the habitats of birds, fish, and other creatures that reveal God’s glory.
• Encourage clean technologies, like catalytic converters in factories, to reduce harmful emissions.
• Promote education and ecological awareness, so that our schools and parishes become green communities of faith.
Conversion of Heart
More than programs or projects, what we need is a conversion of heart—a new way of seeing creation as a brother and sister, not a possession.
“The Creator does not abandon us; He never forsakes His loving plan or repents of having created us.” — Pope Francis, Laudato Si’
When we act with gratitude, humility, and reverence, the earth begins to heal.
Our small acts—planting a tree, conserving water, saying no to waste—become prayers for a renewed world.
United for Climate Action
Let us stand united for climate action, drawing strength from faith and from one another.
May our commitment echo through our schools, parishes, and families, until once again the world sings in green, the song of life restored, the song of hope.
About the Auther
Masika Agatha is a student environmental and member of the Laudato Si’ Club at Nyakasura School, Uganda. Find out more about their Club activities.
