Stewardship: Utilization Of The Natural World

Stewardship is one of the concepts that emerged during the ancient civilizations. This was a period marked by slavery where a steward acted as a slave. During this time, a steward was held responsible for their master’s assets and was mandated to ensure safety of the owner’s property as well as the people around. Slaves did not own property; hence, their ethics entailed being committed and loyal in caring for something that belonged to someone else who had higher ranks than them (Harris, 2006; Mulvaney, 2011).
A steward can be viewed today as a person who is focused on playing a positive role in the world such as caring about human culture, earth, or nature that does not belong to them ; hence, leading societies or communities towards a more sustainable future. Therefore, modern environmental oriented stewardship is an ethic that helps in guiding actions that ultimately are beneficial to people and the natural world. Such ethics that aspects such as owning of land are temporal since the land will remain even after people die and other people will end up owning it. It can be applied in various levels from individuals to firms, governmental, and non-governmental …show more content…
Generally, stewardship deals directly with ways in which sustainability