. >> to hear john rousch tell it, the idea of protecting our earth began with the one who was there in the beginning. >> when you think about the first chapter of genesis, the first couple of chapters of genesis, you really have a plan of god, that god was the god of life. >> out here in the heart of appalachia under the vast blue eastern kentucky sky, it is hard to separate god from the glory of nature. >> as we walked through here, there's such a biodiversity and interdependence on the life structures. whether it's a little ant or a little spider, a tree, a shrub, all these things are integrated together. >> does this have to do with faith? >> it sure does, because we are part of nature. >> rousch learned to approach that when he arrived in appalachia 45 years ago to work with the region's poor. >> after a while i started to look over their shoulder, and i would see the mountains in the background. it slowly made a change in me. i could still see the person, but i could now see the person in a context. the context -- the context of the beauty of creation. i'm sorry. i'm really passio