#stewardship

[wachinyeya]

CA Redwoods to Be First National Park Co-Managed with a Native American Tribe That Used to Own it https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/ca-redwoods-to-be-the-first-national-park-co-managed-with-a-native-american-tribe-that-used-to-own-it/

questionable headline aside this is good news

The Yurok will be the first Tribal nation to co-manage land with the National Park Service under a historic memorandum of understanding signed on Tuesday by the tribe, Redwood national and state parks, and the non-profit Save the Redwoods League, according to news reports.

The Yurok tribe has seen a wave of successes in recent years, successfully campaigning for the removal of a series of dams on the Klamath River, where salmon once ran up to their territory, and with the signing of a new memorandum of understanding, the Yurok are set to reclaim more of what was theirs.

#good news #environmentalism #science #canada #redwoods #yurok #save the redwoods league #not really land back #but still a good step #nature #stewardship #indigenous #indigenous land stewardship #environment #conservation #animals #trees #forests

[kahuna-burger]

Just putting some thoughts down without reblogging from any specific post of the thread that inspired it...

When I became a mother, I knew that I didn't agree with the idea that parents own their children and have complete rights over them as such. But at the same time, I didn't think my son owned himself, because he was not mentally or emotionally competent to be autonomous and wouldn't be for some time.

What I decided, and continue to believe is that children are "owned" by their future adult selves and that as a parent I was in a position of stewardship over my son, on behalf of that future adult. (The term trustee would also work to some extent.) I had the power to make decisions for him, and even overruled his wishes on many (emotionally exhausting) occasions, but that power came from a place of responsibility, not privilege. And those decisions had to be made based on his interests as a future independent adult.

#parenting #stewardship #thinky thoughts #personal #but also #sociology

[pratchettquotes]

LORD, WE KNOW THERE IS NO GOOD ORDER EXCEPT THAT WHICH WE CREATE...

Azrael's expression did not change.

THERE IS NO HOPE BUT US. THERE IS NO MERCY BUT US. THERE IS NO JUSTICE. THERE IS JUST US.

The dark, sad face filled the sky.

ALL THINGS THAT ARE, ARE OURS. BUT WE MUST CARE. FOR IF WE DO NOT CARE, WE DO NOT EXIST. IF WE DO NOT EXIST, THEN THERE IS NOTHING BUT BLIND OBLIVION.

AND EVEN OBLIVION MUST END SOME DAY. LORD, WILL YOU GRANT ME JUST A LITTLE TIME? FOR THE PROPER BALANCE OF THINGS. TO RETURN WHAT WAS GIVEN. FOR THE SAKE OF PRISONERS AND THE FLIGHT OF THE BIRDS.

Death took a step backward.

It was impossible to read expression in Azrael's features.

Death glanced sideways at the servants.

LORD, WHAT CAN THE HARVEST HOPE FOR, IF NOT FOR THE CARE OF THE REAPER MAN?

Terry Pratchett, Reaper Man

#DEATH #azrael #the auditors #reaper man #discworld #terry pratchett #appeal #bargaining #hope #mercy #justice #empathy #morality #ethics #care #meaning of life #stewardship #power #if we do not care we do not exist #what can the harvest hope for #for the sake of prisoners #and the flight of birds #long quote

[olowan-waphiya]

The Afro-Brazilian community of Quilombo de Bombas in São Paulo state has welcomed a court ruling ordering the state to issue it with a land title to its ancestral territory located inside a state park.

The ruling is historic because it’s the first time this kind of traditional community whose ancestral territory overlaps with a state protected area will receive a title.

Government agencies involved in the process have acknowledged that quilombo inhabitants, known as quilombolas, have historically tended to be among the best environmental stewards in the country.

Despite the win, most of the nearly 500 quilombos throughout Brazil remain officially unrecognized, with only one in eight quilombolas living in formally titled territories.

#indigenous #brazil #quilombolas #stewardship #south america #native american #environmentalism

[blistermonster]

#stewardship #nature #naturecore #conservation #nature art #nature's best hope #tree #trees #rock #rocks #fields #meadow #flowers #cottagecore #naturalist

[apilgrimsprogress]

#o #the mountain goats #book of deuteronomy #i'm crying #stewardship #Youtube #music

[noaasanctuaries]

Today, we celebrate Make a Difference Day!

Check out our inspiring Ocean Guardian students engaging in hands-on environmental stewardship projects-

NOAA Ocean Guardian Schools strive to protect and conserve their local watersheds, national marine sanctuaries, and the ocean. Under the program, PreK–12 schools propose and implement a school- or community-based stewardship project, spanning five program pathways: Watershed Restoration, School Garden/Habitat, Energy and Ocean Health, Marine Debris, and 6Rs (Rethink/Reduce/Refuse/Reuse/Recycle/Rot).

Does your school want to make a difference and help protect the ocean and environment for future generations? The 2024–2025 Ocean Guardian School application will be available to download from our website by April 1, 2024. Stay tuned for more updates!

#Stewardship #Environment #Education NOAA Education #ForTeachers #ForStudents #earthisblue #noaa #ocean #nature #science #national marine sanctuary #conservation #make a difference #make a difference day

[apenitentialprayer]

To unthinkingly destroy species is vandalism. It assumes that they have no value except the price we put on them and the use we put them to. There are crude practical dangers in destroying plant and animal species. [… But m]ore significantly, there must be a respect for the fact of nature, for species as they are, as created by God. By their enjoyment of their own lives they show gratitude to their creator, they sing the song of creation. By our pollution and profane destruction we show our ingratitude. In our forgetfulness of nature, we forget our own nature, the earth from which we were formed. God did not create whales so that we might destroy them.

David Albert Jones, O.P. ("Do Whales Have Souls?")

#Christianity #Catholicism #extinction #environmentalism #conservation #stewardship #creation

[momentsbeforemass]

“Mine”

(by request, my homily from earlier today)

If you were going to summarize the Gospel we just heard [the parable of the wicked tenants, linked at the end], how would you do it?

For me, it comes down to one word – “mine.”

What we see in today’s Gospel is ugly. And it is nothing other than the end product of “mine,” the most dangerous idea our species has ever come up with.

When I say “mine,” I mean all mine.

Not just me first. It’s not enough that I win. You have to lose.

Taken to its natural conclusion, that is where “mine” ends up.

We’ve all seen it happen, maybe even in our own families. When mom dies. And one of the kids says “mine” about something in the estate. Something that mom left to someone else.

Whether it’s been a long time coming, or it’s a complete surprise, as that estate plays out you get to see a side of someone you thought you knew. A part of them that is truly ugly. And one that has no room for anyone else.

That is “mine” in action.

Or maybe you’ve lived it.

You worked there for ten years. You’re a top performer. Nobody does the job as well as you do. And everyone knows it.

When the chance for a promotion opened up, you were the obvious choice.

And then they gave it some kid who hadn’t even been there for a year.

That was your opportunity! You put in the time. No one was more qualified than you. It was yours. You deserved it. You were robbed!

That is what “mine” feels like.

And that is what we see playing out in today’s Gospel. “Mine” has gotten its claws into the tenants. And once it starts, it doesn’t stop.

That’s why it keeps ramping up, and why it gets completely out of hand. So that they can finally say “mine” – about the vineyard.

The thing is, the parable stops before “mine” is done having it’s way with the tenants.

If the owner hadn’t stepped in, if the tenants had taken over the vineyard?

“Mine” would have kept going. And they would have turned on each other, until only one of them was left to say “mine.”

Because that is how “mine” works. “Mine” means all mine.

It’s not enough that I win. You have to lose.

Taken to its natural, unavoidable conclusion, that is where “mine” ends up.

If you want to know what can destroy the strongest bonds of family, love, and friendship, this is it.

If you want to know what can separate us from God, this is it.

If you want to know what got us tossed out of the Garden, this is it.

“Mine” is the original sin.

And you’re thinking, “That’s not me, my sister was the greedy one when mom died. Besides, I’ve never beaten up a messenger, much less killed someone. None of this applies to me, right?”

I wish.

What Jesus is showing us is where “mine” ends up. But that’s not where it starts.

For most of us, it usually starts in disguise. And you and I are the ones camouflaging it.

We disguise “mine” in all kinds of ways. But whether we clothe in the language of success. Or power. Or influence. Or wealth. Or anger. Or even fear. They’re all just different ways of saying “mine.”

And no matter how we disguise “mine” at the beginning, if we let “mine” get its claws into us, this is where it ends up.

So, what can we do about it?

First, we’ve got to be honest about our limitations. You and I both know that we can’t just tell ourselves to not do something. And then pretend like that’s going to work.

If nothing else, we’ve been through enough Lents, where we’ve tried to give up even the most trivial things, to know better.

If we’re going to keep “mine” from sinking its claws into us, you and I need to do something. We need a concrete, positive way to respond.

This is what discipleship and stewardship are all about. How?

Discipleship is practical. It’s accepting Jesus as your Lord and Savior. And then? Actually living like Jesus is your Lord and Savior.

As our diocesan synod put it, discipleship means making “a conscious, firm decision, carried out in action,” to be a follower of Jesus Christ – no matter the cost to yourself. It’s “a committed approach to living a Christian life within the Catholic Church.” That’s the official stuff.

What it really means is being who you are, as a Christian.

And stewardship? It’s how we put discipleship into practice. In every part of our lives. From how we treat ourselves, to how treat others. From how we use the influence that we have, to how we use the things that we have.

It’s living out who you are, as a Christian.

So, how do you and I do that?

I’m going to tell you something you already know. This is not easy.

And it’s not a one-and-done. This is something that has to be done over and over.

In every interaction. In every decision. In every action.

In every day. In every hour. In every thing.

If you’re serious, here’s the roadmap. From C.S. Lewis,

Give up yourself, and you will find your real self. Lose your life and you will save it.

Submit to death, death of your ambitions and favorite wishes every day and death of your whole body in the end. Submit with every fiber of your being, and you will find eternal life.

Keep back nothing. Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours.

Nothing in you that has not died will ever be raised from the dead.

Look for yourself [say “mine”], and you will find in the long run only hatred, loneliness, despair, rage, ruin, and decay. But look for Christ and you will find Him, and with Him everything else thrown in.

Sunday’s Readings

#Mine #Who you are in Christ #God #Jesus #Catholic #Christian #Church #C.S. Lewis #Discipleship #Stewardship #Living the Faith #Moments Before Mass

[kolyviahrosette]

I made a basic little charcuterie board for my husband, his sister, and her husband the other day! I'm not a pro by any means, but I wanted to put together a tasty assortment for everyone. The board included:

green grapes

beef summer sausage

gouda cheese

muenster cheese

pretzel crisps

pita crisps

55% raspberry dark chocolate

88% extra dark chocolate

It was fairly simple and cheap to assemble. We paired it with a light pink wine, and there was plenty of leftover cheese and meat to assemble some personal charcuterie snack plates throughout the week. I hope this can inspire other women to create something tasty for their loved ones. 🤍

#hospitality #nurture #charcuterie #charcuterie board #southern hospitality #homemaking #homemaker #biblical homemaking #biblical marriage #biblical womanhood #biblical wife #traditional gender roles #traditional wife #traditional marriage #traditional values #family values #traditional family values #biblical values #serve others #womanhood #traditional femininity #femininity #stewardship

[officialyourdailyinspiration]

"We cannot give God anything; for everything is already His, and all we have comes from Him. We can only give Him praise, thanks, and honor." - Martin Luther

#God #stewardship #devotion #money #Martin Luther #Christian Quotes

[wachinyeya]

The Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation, Resighini Rancheria, and Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community designated the first ever Indigenous Marine Stewardship Area (IMSA) in the U.S. along the northern California coast.

The tribes plan to steward nearly 700 mi2 (1,800 km2) of their ancestral ocean and coastal territories from the California-Oregon border to Little River near the town of Trinidad, California.

As sovereign nations, the tribes say they’re not seeking state or federal agencies’ permission to assert tribally led stewardship rights and responsibilities; rather, they want to establish cooperative relationships recognizing their inherent Indigenous governance authority.

The tribes aim to restore traditional ecological knowledge and management practices that sustained the area’s natural abundance before colonial disruption.

#!!!! #good news #science #environmentalism #nature #environment #animals #conservation #indigenous people #california #stewardship #indigenous peoples #usa #climate change

[moonhedgegarden]

Are you interested in cleaning up your local community with friends? New FREE post!

#pagan #spiritual healing #healing #nature #spirituality #paganism #earth #self care #earthporn #mother earth #mother nature #pantheist #nature devotee #nature worship #stewardship #love #community #kofi

[purpleweredragon]

Let's consider the connections of food, Christianity & climate change.

Free online event - Wed, 25 January 2023, 19:00 – 20:30 GMT

#uk #climate change #food security #agriculture #christianity #stewardship

[greengramps]

Hi I'm Terry

I'm an Alaskan ecologist who wants a positive future for the world, especially for young people like my granddaughter (@themostpurpletree), who suggested that I blog about this.

I will be posting about things we can do to make the world a better place for people and nature. It's not that hard!

#climate change #environment #nature #optimistic future #stewardship

[apilgrimsprogress]

Tread lightly! All the earth is holy ground

~ Christina Rosetti

#o #christina rossetti #stewardship #all the world #x