I propose initial amendments to advance environmental stewardship and sustainability: Amendment 1. The United States affirms that the environment is a gift to everyone, and in our use of it we have a responsibility towards the poor, towards future generations and towards humanity as a whole. Our duties towards the environment are linked to our duties towards the human person. The ecological question accompanies the problem of consumerism. The United States condemns the wanton consumption and throwaway culture by which humanity exploits the resources of the Earth in an excessive and disordered way. It abhors the arbitrary use of the Earth, by which peoples attempt to subject it without restraint, as though it did not have its own requisites and prior purposes. The United States commits itself to eradicating the pernicious effects of climate change and leading the nations of the Earth in ensuring a clean, robust, sustainable environment for future generations. We must spare no effort to free our citizens, and above all our children and grandchildren, from the threat of living on a planet irredeemably spoilt by human activities, and whose resources would no longer be sufficient for their needs. Congress shall have power to enforce the provisions of this article by appropriate legislation. Amendment 2. Non-human animals are also endowed with dignity, sentience, and rights (What are these rights?). No State, business, public entity, or private citizen shall violate the natural rights of these creatures, nor subject them to cruel, degrading, or exploitative treatment or living conditions. Congress shall have power to enforce the provisions of this amendment by appropriate legislation. Other rights of Nature?