Genesis 2:15
“Yahweh God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate it and to keep it.”
This verse from the book of Genesis describes the initial role of humanity in the created world. It comes after God forms the man and places him in the Garden of Eden, a place of abundance and life, before the introduction of Eve or the story of the forbidden fruit.
What responsibility does this ancient description of 'cultivating and keeping' suggest for how we engage with the world's resources today?