Includes bibliographical references.

Editorial. Ecology and poverty : cry of the earth, cry of the poor / Leonardo Boff and Virgil Elizondo -- I. Some problems. The present socio-economic system as a cause of ecological imbalance and poverty / Julio de Santa Ana -- Ecological consciousness in Amazonia : the indigenous experience / Berta G. Ribeiro -- Sacred earth : Mesoamerican perspectives / Sylvia Marcos -- II. A theological reflection. The cry of the earth? Biblical perspectives on ecology and violence / Christoph Uehlinger -- Spirituality of the earth / Julia Esquivel Vels̀quez -- Liberation theology and ecology : alternative, confrontation or complementarity? / Leonardo Boff -- Some premises for an eco-social theology of liberation / Jos Řamos Regidor -- III. New horizons. Towards a new paradigm of production : from an economy of unlimited growth towards one of human sufficiency / Bastiaan Wielenga -- Ecology from the viewpoint of the poor / Eduardo Gudynas -- Principles for a socio-environmental ethic : the relationship between earth and life / Charles Richard Hensman -- The theological debate on ecology / Rosino Gibellini.