Never worry about anything.
-- Phil 4:6, ISV
If you are a Christian in the world today, I think you have a mission, we all do. And that mission is to rely on God's goodness and to take hope from it. That mission is to both act and speak with hope. If you have no hope, get on your knees, confess your lack thereof, and ask God to supply what you need - for He will.
Is your approach to environmentalism a positive one? If it is, it's probably based on hope in God's ability to overcome any disaster (real or imagined) caused by man. Are you using the same doom and gloom tools the secular world is using to motivate your fellow man? I question whether you are using evil methods to achieve good results.
Don't get me wrong - there are plenty of historic and prophetic places in scripture where the outlook for the world is grim. But no matter how ugly things got (or are destined to get), God is always at the helm. He always has a purpose. That purpose is always capital 'G' Good.
My hunch is if you're down in the dumps on the state of the environment or trying to get others to be to motivate them you are ultimately depending on the goodness of people, not God.
The goodness of God never disappoints.
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