Whose responsibility is the environment

Question 1

What is the important quote from Genesis?

Answer 1

1:28 - ‘God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”’

Question 2

What does stewardship mean?

Answer 2

The idea that believers have a duty to look after the environment on behalf of God

Question 3

What does dominion mean?

Answer 3

Dominance or power over something; having charge of something or ruling over it

Question 4

What does ahimsa mean?

Answer 4

Not killing; respect for life; never being violent, not hurting others

Question 5

What is the Bhagavad Gita?

Answer 5

A book in Hinduism

Question 6

What is the shiva?

Answer 6

The god of destruction

Question 7

What does Tikkun Olam mean?

Answer 7

It means repairing the world

Question 8

What is one of the ways Jews try to heal the world?

Answer 8

By having a sabbatical year - a year where they are meant to let the land lie fallow, so that natural ingredients in the soil can be replenished and better harvests can be expected