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“Tending to Eden: Environmental Stewardship for God’s People”
Scott Sabin

Posted on April 6, 2010
by Lee Erickson

 “… If you have traveled abroad to underdeveloped countries and your heart has broken for the people and their lands, Tending to Eden will replace your sense of futility with hope and inspire you to act.

In the book’s foreword, Brian McLaren says it well: “Reading a book doesn’t change the world any more than writing one does. But when writers and readers are informed and inspired, they can take action together, and when that happens, change isn’t just possible; it’s inevitable.”

Tending Eden is not going to bog you down with sad, sad stories that are more than you can bear, even though there is no end to how many Scott could have shared with his readers. Instead of painting one bleak word picture after another of the worst case scenarios and fixate on symptoms of things gone terribly wrong, Scott has chosen to inspire us and focus our attention upstream to identify causes and discover creative, sustainable solutions.

As Scott asked his questions, it became increasingly clear to him that “people need trees”, plain and simple. Without trees there is soil erosion, lack of water, failing economic and ecological systems, poverty and chronic hunger. Reforestation plays a critical part in the restoration of every form of life on planet earth.