A lesson in stewardship

American Quaker Drew Miller writes about the importance of basic environment stewardship

There’s a lot of talk these days about saving the environment and going green. I’ll join it, but not to declare any new high budget plan in saving the world or a great scientific discovery that will cut down on emissions and bring an end to global warming. These are good and needed, but if you look at my math and science report card from high school it will all make sense.  What I will suggest will probably be boring, unromantic, annoying to think about and certainly not culturally hip. I am talking about simple, everyday stewardship and what I learned from my Rwandan host family who could not accept the disposal of a toothbrush.

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