Does the Torah Speak About Environmental Conservation?
A reoccurring concept in Torah thought is respect for the world and life as G-d created them spiritually, ethically, and physically. The world was intended to be used but sensibly. We are supposed to interact with nature as responsible adults not as wasteful children. The Midrash, a book of literary teaching from the Torah, says the following: The Holy One, Blessed Be He, took the first person, passed before all the trees of the Garden of Eden, and said, “See my works, how fine and excellent they are. All that I created, I created for you. Ponder this and do not corrupt or desolate my world; for if you do, there will be no one to repair it after you.
