Eco-spirituality as a Response to Climate Change in Nigeria

Abstract

The goal of this paper is to propose eco-spirituality as a remedy to the challenge of climate change. Climate change is primarily caused by  human beings. Therefore, to tackle this problem it is important to change the lifestyle of humans. This change in lifestyle is already  described in a concept known as eco-spirituality, which is the awareness that human activities impact other inhabitants of the universe.  The problem is that some people in Nigeria are ignorant of eco-spirituality and some individuals who possess the knowledge do not put it  into practice. This research is based on the theoretical framework of eco-spirituality. The qualitative research method was employed to  explore how change of human lifestyle can alleviate the impacts of climate change. The researcher utilized the descriptive method of  analysis to interpret the data gathered from secondary sources, such as books and online scholarly articles. The research findings  demonstrate that an adequate awareness of the interconnectedness between human beings and other components of the ecosystem  should result in a change in lifestyle that will decrease the human activities that exacerbate climate change.