Environmental Stewardship is an approach to the earth and its resources that attends both to the demands of human freedom and flourishing and to the Biblical call for human beings to exercise caring "dominion" over creation. Environmental stewardship affirms that freedom, human flourishing, and the integrity of creation are principles that are not only compatible but also dynamically related.

Cornwall Declaration on Environmental Stewardship

The Cornwall Declaration , signed by thousands of people of faith and others of goodwill, states the principles and aspirations of creation-based Environmental Stewardship.

Environmental Stewardship in the Judeo-Christian Tradition Jewish, Catholic, and Protestant Wisdom on the Environment

A book from the Acton Institute and the Interfaith Council for Environmental Stewardship developed by some of the nations prominent religious leaders and scholars.

(Also available from the Acton Book Shoppe )

The Interfaith Stewardship Alliance

The Interfaith Stewardship Alliance (ISA) is a coalition of religious leaders, clergy, theologians, scientists, academics, and other policy experts committed to bringing a proper and balanced Biblical view of stewardship to the critical issues of environment and development. The ISA fully supports the principles espoused in the Cornwall Declaration on Environmental Stewardship, and is seeking to promote those principles in the discussion of various public policy issues including population and poverty, food, energy, water, endangered species, habitat, and other related topics.

Additional resources:

“Carbon Dioxide’s Day in Court” by Jay W. RichardsPh.D.

“Transcendence and Obsolescence: The Responsible Stewardship of Oil” by Jordan Ballor

“Cashing in on Carbon Credits” by Jordan Ballor

“Stewardship and Economics: Two Sides of the Same Coin” by Jordan Ballor

“God and Man in the Environmental Debate” by Jay W. RichardsPh.D.

“Whining is un-American” by Jennifer Roback MorsePh.D.

“Pascal's Blunder: Miscalculating the Threat of Global Warming” by Jordan Ballor

“Of Mice and Men: What it Means to be Human” by Jordan Ballor

“God, Man, and the Environment” by Samuel GreggD.Phil.

“What is Evangelical Environmentalism?” by Rev. Gerald Zandstra

“How Not to Protect the Environment” by Kevin E. SchmiesingPh.D.

“Blaming the Victims: An Ecumenical Disaster” by Jordan Ballor

“What to Do about Water?” by Rev. Gerald Zandstra

“Kangaroo Courts? Litigation and Animal Rights” by Tait Trussell

“The Answer is (not) Blowin’ in the Wind” by Anthony B. Bradley

“Creativity, Property, and Patents: Lessons from GM Food” by Samuel GreggD.Phil.

“Preserved Garden or Productive City? Two Competing Views of Stewardship” by Jordan Ballor

“Dominion and Stewardship: Believers and the Environment” by Samuel GreggD.Phil.

“The EPA Preaches the Green Gospel” by Phillip W. De Vous

“Energy Abundance—Bane or Boon to Human Health?” by Tom Randall

“Green Politics Gets Personal” by Phillip W. De Vous

“Sustainable Development - Is it Sustainable?” by Phillip W. De Vous