Earth Stewardship: My Rebel Take | Cade Shadowlight

By Cade Shadowlight

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I grew up on my grandfather’s farm—school, chores, running wild in the woods. Mud between my toes, woods as my backyard. That’s where I learned to love nature. Not from some preachy environmentalist guilt trip—those clowns push carbon taxes and shut down farms while calling kids a plague. My grandfather tended his land because it was his, not because some suit told him to. Freedom, not red tape, kept it alive.

I call it Earth Stewardship—my stand to protect what matters: clean water, air, food, and wild spaces. Genesis 2:15 says we’re here to “work and watch over” the Earth—use it, guard it, no worship or waste. That’s my root. Not in-your-face Bible-thumping—just how I see it.

What It Means

Humans come first—we need to eat, live, thrive (Genesis 1:28). But nature’s not trash—it’s got value (Genesis 1:31). Earth Stewardship balances both under one rule: it’s ours to tend, not own (Psalm 24:1). No paving it over, no starving for it—just practical care.

• Clean air.
• Clean water.
• Clean food.
• Open spaces—both us and wildlife.
• Diversity of species and habitats.

How It Works

No utopia BS—real moves:

• Agrarianism: Small farms, family businesses, local food, no corporate/bureaucrat chokehold.
• Sustainable farming: Permaculture, regenerative agriculture—less runoff, better soil.
• Gardens everywhere: Backyards, cities, communities.
• Food that’s real: Less chemicals and GMOs, more recognizable.
• Forestry that lasts: Cut smart, replant smarter.
• Energy: Efficiency’s key, nuclear if it’s real, solar for homes, wind for farms—not Big Tech's nightmare grids.
• Wild spaces: Parks, greenways, wetlands, mountain forests—keep ‘em, fix ‘em.
• Native species: Protect what’s here, restore what’s fading.

This isn’t theory. Regenerative agriculture protects soils, cleans rivers—less muck, more fish. Forests and oceans breathe better with smart cuts and care. Parks and greenways give deer and hikers room. Local agrarian roots grow clean food—biodiversity tags along.

Why It Matters

The Earth’s ours to tend—Genesis 2:15 isn’t poetry, it’s a job. Not trashing it, not bowing to it. Plant a garden, clean a creek, show your kids the woods—quiet, real and free.

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Natural History (DK Definitive Visual Encyclopedias) is a "beautiful guide to Earth's wildlife and natural history, including its rocks, minerals, animals, plants, fungi, microorganisms and more!" I own this book and love it - beautiful and informative. The pictures below are of my copy. (Amazon link)