In Ghana, plastic waste is not an abstraction. It is in the drains that flood the market, in the waterways behind the church, in the smoke when someone burns a pile behind the house.
You cannot sing about the God who made the world and then treat the world as someone else’s problem. At least, we cannot.
The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it.
— Psalm 24:1
The earth is not a backdrop
Worship is not only what happens with our voices. It is also what we do with what we have been given — including the land, water, and air our neighbours depend on.
That is why creation care sits alongside Gospel outreach and artiste development in our constitution, rather than at the end of a list of nice things to do when funding allows.
Music travels further than a leaflet
A workshop can teach a household to separate waste. A song can make the habit stick, and can reach the neighbour who would never attend a workshop.
We are not naive about this. A song does not collect the plastic. But it changes what people think is normal, and normal is where habits live.
What this looks like in practice
Trained volunteers teaching in churches and schools. Sorting bins where people actually gather. Music and content that name the problem without turning it into a slogan.
It is slow, unglamorous work. It is also the kind that lasts.
