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Four Generations in the Future: Another Look at Samuel’s Prophecy

January 10, 2025 No Comments

This season, as I celebrate the promised arrival of our Savior here on earth, I also practice anticipation of His promised return. When I spend time with my family, I want to more thoughtfully consider the legacy I’ll leave them. As I write out my resolutions and seek the spirit’s guidance, I’m trying to think further ahead into the future: five years into the future, thirty-five years, and perhaps four hundred years. Will what I do today bring a curse to those who come after? Can my actions instead be a blessing?

Small and Simple Things: Earthworms

June 25, 2024 No Comments

Earthworms are remarkable burrowing invertebrates and native worms play a vital role in maintaining the soil in their habitat.

Rescuing Fabric Scraps for a Noble Cause

May 23, 2024 No Comments

AS A QUILTER, I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN FASCINATED by how simple small scraps of cloth can be sewn together to make something larger and more beautiful. It intrigued me how several individuals can come together to accomplish a big project.

Where Have You Gone?

May 6, 2024 No Comments

LDSES member Marie Blanchard shared the following poem with us. In it, she reflects on the water scarcity and drought in her home in the West.

Digital Stewards Using OceanHero

March 29, 2024 No Comments

By Brooke Paligo By 2050, there will be more plastic than fish in the ocean according to a 2016 report

Discussing Earth Stewardship at EuroSeminar in Rome

September 19, 2023 No Comments

Sixty young Latter-day Saint academics attending the 2023 EuroSeminar learned about perspectives on earth stewardship and discussed ways to contribute

Inca Landscapes: An example of spirituality and stewardship

June 29, 2023 1 Comment

By Lisa Aedo Over the years, I have often wondered what it is that gives rise to different cultures and

Planting Mangroves In The Philippines

April 7, 2023 1 Comment

Earlier this year, Latter-day Saint Earth Stewardship started its first chapter in Asia: LDSES Philippines. Since that time, our members in the Philippines have been hard at work planting mangroves.

The Hand Which Plants Flowers: Finding Him In Wildflower Photography

March 28, 2023 No Comments

Like wildflower identification has fostered a deeper understanding of my Heavenly Father, studying any of God’s creations offers the opportunity to learn of Him and further appreciate His work. To those who have the desire, I encourage building enthusiasm in nearby nature to obtain these blessings. I recommend following these steps as a guide:

Bishop Waddell Invites Action To Restore The Great Salt Lake

March 17, 2023 No Comments

Latter-day Saint Earth Stewardship (LDSES) celebrates today’s address from Bishop W. Christopher Waddell of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Presiding Bishopric at the University of Utah Stegner Symposium on the Future of the Great Salt Lake.

Global Recycling Day-Q&A With Glass Roots Recycling

March 16, 2023 No Comments

To celebrate Global Recycling Day, LDSES asked Glass Roots Recycling, a recycling service based in Provo, Utah, to answer some questions about how they got started and how to recycle glass.

New Inland Northwest Group

March 1, 2023 No Comments

We are excited to announce the addition of another local chapter: LDSES Inland Northwest!

There Shall Be A Record Kept Among You

March 1, 2023 No Comments

As we spend time enjoying and appreciating God’s creations, we open ourselves to the possibility of having testimony-strengthening experiences that deserve to be recorded. Even if nothing apparently significant happens, President Wilford Woodruff counseled, “Should we not have respect enough to God to make a record of those blessings which He pours out upon us?”

BYU “Y Talk” Love

February 15, 2023 No Comments

Last fall we partnered with BYU Sustainability in support of a student led effort to discuss stewardship.

You’re Ready To Start On Your Environmental Journey! What Now?

February 7, 2023 No Comments

For many people, becoming interested in environmental topics inspire a deep desire to do something, but the need for action seems so vast that it seems almost impossible to decide where to begin. This post will cover three aspects of starting on your journey:

New Local Group In Northern California

February 3, 2023 No Comments

We are excited to announce a new chapter of Latter-day Saint Earth Stewardship in Northern California.

New Local Group In The Philippines

February 2, 2023 No Comments

Latter-day Saint Earth Stewardship has officially reached the Philippines!

Here is a introduction to Anthony Cama, the chair of LDSES Philippines. Anthony and his co-chairs have a lot of exciting things planned for this group!

“OUR EARTHLY STEWARDSHIP”

October 2, 2022 No Comments

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints reaffirmed and clarified the importance of the human family’s stewardship of the Earth today at its October session of the 192nd General Conference.

LDS Earth Stewardship