Where in the Bible does it say to take care of the earth?

Answer 1

In the Old Testament book of Genesis chapter 2 verse 15 it says: The Lord God put the man in the garden of Eden to care for it and work it. Man is to work the garden and care for it. Man has to be careful not to worship the earth. In recent times man has begun to worship the creation and not the creator. But man still has the responsibility of good stewardship. 28And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. The verses above are sometimes referred to as the dominion mandate and this also includes responsibility to care for the earth and all that is in it. Contained in this is the necessity of learning as much as possible about how to manage the earth sustainably, since, if there is no environment left to manage the mandate is void. Thus man is not given this mandate, which has never been revoked, in order to destroy or exploit the earth in a destructive way, but for the good of both himself and the earth as a whole.

This is really an enlargement of the specific job given to Adam in relation to Eden as mentioned above. It applies the idea also of caring for the earth to the whole earth for all of time.