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ECO-JUSTICE AND STEWARDSHIP: AN URGENT DISCOURSE IN OUR 
CONTEMPORARY WORLD

By
1. Okafor, Uchenna Nkiru; okoyeuc@gmail.com  08061109811

2.Chigbata, Chinedu Paul; nedupaul17@yahoo.com 07039363848
3. Anukwu, Kenneth; revkenanukwu@gmail.com 08033246967;

Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam, Anambra State.

Abstract
an does not exist in a vacuum, thus sustainability of our dwelling place (our environment) Mbecomes a crucial necessity. Sustaining our environment through intentional calling 
therefore becomes a responsibility, a life style and not just a response or a mere task. This 

is very imperative and should sink in our mind because the future generation will definitely live in the 
world that we shaped for them through our actions. Man has different roles to play within creation 
and towards other creatures, since God created the world and on the sixth day of creation, handed 
everything he created to man to have dominion. Unfortunately, man has not done enough in carrying 
out this divine mandate and exercising his authority over creation. Many cases of man's genuine 
stewardship are found on varying areas of human endeavour. Unrealistically, in environmental 
issues, man has really missed out in being good steward in ensuring an environment fit for human 
habitation. As a matter of fact, more than natural disasters, man's activities have to a great extent 
become a clog in the wheel to ecological advancement and sustainability. Ecological crisis have 
become a reality in today's world. There are varying issues of pollution, deforestation, scarcity of 
resources, extinction of animals and plants, depletion of ozone layer, global warming/climate 
change, etc. All these are grievously affecting human life adversely, thus, there arises a concerted 
action to safeguard the environment and human life at large. This looming danger has led to the 
emergence of eco- theology, eco-justice and stewardship. This concern is the observed state of 
affairs that has warranted the need to explore the meaning of eco-justice and stewardship, its 
interplay, man's duty towards the environment and some biblical injunctions on man's duty to his 
environment. Finally, man's action that threatens the ecosystem will also be discussed and solutions 
will be proffered. It has been observed that most of the ecological crisis that occurs is an upshot of 
man's indifferent attitudes towards the preservation and sustainability of the environment.  The 
method adopted in this study is the historical and phenomenological approach.

Keywords: Ecology, Justice, Eco-justice and Stewardship.

1.0   Introduction
Man is endowed with great intellectual reasoning and vast responsibilities. Humans are at the centre 
of affairs on earth in every dimension. Logically, man exists and sustains his existence in the 
environment in which he dwells, as a result, the stewardship of man in his environment is not to be 
taken for granted, because the environment is actually man's life support scheme. It is quite 
perturbing that different activities of man have proved man's lack of stewardship towards his 
environment. The abuse of nature by man through his multi-faceted activities has become a bane to 
environmental sustainability and the actualisation of eco-justice. The sooner that man becomes 
aware of his call for service, then, the closer we save the future generation from partaking in the 
menace we are already causing. A call to stewardship warrants that man has to be keenly attentive to 
his environment. The greenhouse effect is a threat to global warming and has resulted to a grave 
negative impact on climate change. Varying amount of waste of different capacity has exceeded the 

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ecology's capacity to absorb them. E-waste, solid wastes, nuclear waste are on increase daily. A lot of 
pollutants make the soil, environment, seas, etc., uninhabitable: posturing great danger to its 
inhabitants; man and animal alike. Human life and its sustenance are highly dependable on 
environment for its survival; more pitiful is the future of our children and their own generation. 
Therefore, ecological justice and stewardship necessitate full participation, responsible 
involvement and inclusion of all and sundry for the realization of justice. This is therefore a call to 
work in the restoration of creation. The need for eco-justice and responsible stewardship simply 
upholds the reality that humanity is inseparable from healthy relationship with and within the 
ecosystem.
 
2.0. Key Terms Defined 
Stewardship 
Worell and Appleby (2000) states that Environmental Stewardship as an area of research has gained 
prominence relatively recently and has been recognised as a relatable confluence of socio-cultural 
norms and ecological sustainability which is crystallised into practice and conservative strategy. 
Thus, it is imperative that it must be acted out with all efforts and determination for the good of man. 
Williams (n.d.) stewardship means managing the property of another on his or her behalf. Faithful 
stewardship requires managing the property of another according to that person's will and pleasure. 
Stewardship is a way to build resilience, to increase civil engagement and to create partnerships 
between government and community (Baker, 2014). The practice of stewardship creates more 
environmentally responsible citizens, expands the capacity of management organisations by 
redistributing the responsibility of environmental monitoring and maintenance to the average 
citizen (Berry 2006). Similarly, Welchman (1999) is of the view that the term stewardship bears a 
moral core, providing a path for people to characterise their relationship towards nature as one of 
right or wrong actions or an ethic of care. 

Justice
According to the Wikitionary the free dictionary (2022), Justice is derived from the Latin 
word iustistia which means righteousness and equity, iustus which means just, or ius which 
means right. It simply means giving to each person what is his right. The 202nd General 
Assembly, Presbyterian Church (1990), avows that Justice today requires participation, the 
inclusion of all members of the human family in obtaining and enjoying the Creator's gifts for 
sustenance. Furthermore, Justice also means sufficiency, a standard upholding the claim of all to 
have enough to be met through equitable sharing and organised efforts to achieve that end.  In the 
legal dimension, Ahamba (1990), defines justice as “the principle and process by which man is 
assured the things that belong to him. In other words, justice consists in giving every man what he 
deserves. Justice can therefore be looked at objectively, subjectively and institutionally. 

Ecology 
Collins online dictionary (2022) defines ecology as the study of the relationship between plants, 
animals, people and their environment, and the balance between these relationships. The word 
ecology was coined from the Greek word "oikos" which means 'house', and “ ” meaning 'study logía
of'. (Wikipedia the free encyclopedia 2022). It is the study of the relationships between living 
organisms humans physical environment, including , and their . Ecology is the science of the 
interconnectedness of life and existence. Margaret (2019) states that, a healthy person and the social 
morality, economics, politics and finance are all intermeshed with the well-being of the 
environment. Going further, eco-justice means the well-being of all humankind or a thriving earth. It 
began as a movement during the 1970s. It includes social justice, participation in decision making 
and sustainable use of natural resources.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/-logy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biophysical_environment


3.0 Eco-Justice and Stewardship: An Interplay 
In the words of John Calvin (1509 – 1564) 

Let him who possess a field, so partake of its yearly fruits that he may not suffer the 
ground to be injured by his negligence, but let him endeavour to hand it down to 
posterity as he received it, or even better cultivated. Let him so feed on its fruits that 
he neither dissipates it by luxury, nor permits it to be marred by neglect. Moreover, let 
everyone regard himself as the steward of God in all things which he possesses. Then 
he will neither conduct himself dissolutely, nor corrupt by abuse those things which 
God requires to be preserved... The creating is quite like a spacious and splendid 
house, provided and filled with the most exquisite and the most abundant furnishing. 
Everything on it tells of God. 

The above words of John Calvin greatly illustrate the very background of the state affairs under 
discourse. Eco Justice and stewardship is basically intertwined. Eco-justice (ecology and justice) 
means ecological health and wholeness together with social and economic justice. It means the well-
being of mankind on a flourishing earth. Man's stewardship to the eco-system is a yardstick to the 
attainment of ecological justice. Man is therefore spurred and encouraged to carry out his calling as 
co-creators with God. Moral responsibility is therefore required to answer this call of stewardship. 
Their crime of moral irresponsibility with regards to the call of stewardship is predicated upon the 
fact that ecological crisis is greatly in increase and these are not dissociated with the acts of man. In 
the natural quest for development, capitalism, explorations etc., the environment faces a lot of 
degradation. This leads us to the next session of this write- up 'A Call for Stewardship'. 

3.1 Why Environmental Stewardship is Pertinent 
Environmental stewardship calls for ecological consciousness and conscience. If we realise that 
man is greatly interconnected with other creatures, then we would embrace stewardship to the 
environment in its totality; since being good steward entails special care towards what is entrusted to 
one. Then, man needs to show love towards the creature cultivating the land with care, hunting the 
forest with mercy and love, drilling with concern, navigating in the sea with caution, disposing 
wastes with every sense of decency and care for posterity, while having restoration and sustainability 
in our mindset at all times. God entrusted creation to man's care, thus, how we relate to creation is a 
matter of stewardship. Therefore, the land is held in trust by man. It is inherently required that man 
must maximise production and return. There cannot be a social justice without ecological justice. 
Stewardship sees the rest of nature a gift from God and humans as tiller and caretakers of the earth. 
Recycling, reducing, reusing, preservation, saving, healing, caring gives a better expression of the 
term. Man's appreciation for the earth's creator (God) should spur man into protecting the 
environment. God's plan allows for human flourishing, thus allowing man to participate alongside 
with God, by consciously caring for the systems that were designed by God. Thus, good stewardship 
appreciates the beauty of creation, honours the creator and participates keenly in sustaining the 
creatures. Towards the ecosystem, man therefore needs to be responsible in the use and protection of 
the natural environment through conservation and sustainable practices. Such sustainable practices 
include implementing energy and water efficiencies, avoiding oil spillage, pipe bunkering, 
reduction of gas emission and reduction of other waste materials and hazardous materials we 
generate. It will be beneficial to man to use resources that biodegrade, in other word reducing waste 
through recycling. Good stewardship hence warrants that humanity must at all times be 
conscientious on matters of stewardship towards the ecosystem and put in every effort in sustaining 
and protecting the ecosystem. 

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3.2 Stewardship as a divine Mandate
Aside these, it is clear that stewardship is a call and a duty as seen in some biblical passages. The book 
of Genesis illustrated this fact. God created the world and invited human beings to “have dominion” 
(Gen 1:26) or “till and keep the garden” (Gen 2:15). Most obvious, in Genesis 1(vs. 29-30) - See, I 
have given you every plant yielding seed that is upon the face of the earth, and every tree with seed in 
its fruit, you shall have them for food. And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the air, and 
to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given you every 
green plant for food (vs. 29-30). God handed over everything he created to man.
In other words, When he created the world, God set aside a unique place, the Garden of Eden, and 
placed in it the first man, Adam (Gen. 2:8—15). God instructed Adam to cultivate and guard the 
Garden (Gen. 2:15)–to enhance its already great fruitfulness and to protect it against the 
encroachment of the surrounding wilderness that made up the rest of the earth. Having also created 
the first woman and having joined her to Adam (Gen. 2:18—25), God commanded them and their 
descendants to multiply, to spread out beyond the boundaries of the Garden of Eden, and to fill, 
subdue, and rule the whole earth and everything in it (Gen. 1:26, 28). Both by endowing them with 
his image and by placing them in authority over the earth, God gave men and women superiority and 
priority over all other earthly creatures. This implies that proper environmental stewardship, while it 
seeks to harmonise the fulfilment of the needs of all creatures, nonetheless puts human needs above 
non-human needs when the two are in conflict. And hence, man must answer this divine call.
Also, In Jeremiah, (12:4; 14:4-6), Prophet Jeremiah notes that creation and creatures suffer the 
consequences of human disobedience: 

How long will the land lie parched and the grass in every field be withered? Because those 
who live in it are wicked, the animals and birds have perished. . . . The ground is cracked 
because there is no rain in the land; the farmers are dismayed and cover their heads. Even the 
doe in the field deserts her new born fawn because there is no grass. Wild donkeys stand on 
the barren heights and pant like jackals; their eyesight fails for lack of pasture. 

Thus, it portrays clear acts of wickedness for man to ignore this mandate to stewardship. In addition, 
 the Encyclical laudato Si (2015) which has the subtitle: "On care for our common home".  In it, the 

pope critiques consumerism and irresponsible development, laments on environment degradation 
and global warming, and calls all people of the world to take "swift and unified global action. It 
unambiguously accepts the scientific consensus that changes in the climate are largely man-made 
and states that "climate change is a global problem with grave implications: environmental, social, 
economic, political and for the distribution of goods. It represents one of the principal challenges 
facing humanity in our day" and warns of "unprecedented destruction of ecosystems, with serious 

 
consequence for all of us" if prompt climate change mitigation efforts are not undertaken.
The encyclical highlights the role of fossil fuels in causing climate change. "We know that 
technology based on the use of highly polluting fossil fuels – especially coal, but also oil and, to a 
lesser degree, gas – needs to be progressively replaced without delay.
In Laudato Si 67- the Pope states thus, we are not God. The earth was here before us and it has been 
given to us.... although it is true that we Christians have at times incorrectly interpreted the scriptures, 
nowadays we must forcefully reject the notion that our being  created in God's image and given 
dominion over the earth justifies absolute domination over other creatures....each community can 
take from the bounty of the earth whatever it needs for subsistence, but it also has the duty to protect 
the earth and to ensure its fruitfulness for coming generations.

4.0 Instances of Man's lack of Stewardship and Its Effect towards Eco-Justice
Ecological crisis, no doubt, has become a reality in our world today. It is observable that most of the 
ecological crises are caused by human activities. They are effects of lack of stewardship of mankind 
towards the ecosystem. Ecological crises of our time include the abuse of nature, overpopulation, 

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greenhouse effects which are the major causes of global warming, etc. These shall be discussed 
below. 

1. Water: Humans are making excessive demands upon and doing reckless damage to the 
lakes, streams and oceans. Poorly planned and inefficient irrigation systems waste water 
depletes aquifers and cause soil degradation from water logging. Oil spillage, industrial 
discharge and agricultural run-off contaminate the lakes. Pitifully, as rivers reach coastal 
areas, the estuaries are polluted, with great injury to aquatic life. The residues from pesticides 
seep into underground water. The sands and the bays and the great oceans themselves suffer 
from the outflow, and from the spilling and dumping of oil, garbage, toxic chemicals and 
radioactive waste (A report adopted by the 202nd General Assembly 1990 of Presbyterian 
Church U.S.A). The effects of these are grave. They are injurious to health and as a result 
many children especially in the third worlds lose their lives yearly because of the diseases 
bred or spread by water. When the rivers are polluted, aquatic animals that inhabit therein are 
injured. Again, the oceans and bays suffer outflow and it causes flooding in the surrounding 
environment.

2. Global Warming: The greenhouse effect occurs when the earth's atmosphere traps solar 
radiation with the help of gases in the atmosphere such as carbon dioxide, water vapour (the 
clouds). Methane, nitrous oxide, ozone, and various chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) that allow 
incoming sunlight to pass through but absorb heat radiated back from the earth's surface 
(Onyeabor, (2014) p. 1). This trapping of heat at the earth's surface and causes the global 
average temperature to increase. It is the biggest of all environmental dangers. Carbon 
dioxide (CO2) is by far the largest component of these gases. Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), 
methane, and nitrous oxides, however, have been increasing rapidly in concentration. All 
these causes' disruptive effects on agriculture. And its effect on oceans is disastrous because 
when water warms it causes a rise at the sea levels leading to the flooding of the coastal areas 
and coastal cities, thus many people become environmental refugees. This leads to the 
melting of snow caps and the rising of sea levels. Unpredictable weather patterns and early 
maturation of crops which produces low yields becomes the effect.

3. Depletion of Ozone Layer: Ozone layer prevents the entry of Sun's harmful ultraviolet  
radiations from reaching the earth's surface. Industrial use of chemicals like CFC's in 
refrigerators, and aerosols damage the ozone layers. The CFC's on reaching the ozone, splits 
the ozone molecule to form oxygen, as a result reduces the amount of ozone which becomes 
weak and cannot prevent the entry of UV rays. The effect is massive as it causes sunburn, 
cancer of the skin and cataract of the eyes. It causes genetic disorders and reduces the 
productivity in the seas and forests. 

4. Species Extinction: Confronted with claims that anywhere from 1,000 to 100,000 species 
are going to extinct per year and that many or most of the extinction is caused by human 
action (May, 1995). The above claim was rebutted by the Heyward and Stuart. They held that 
"Known extinction rates (worldwide) are very low. Reasonably good data exist only for 
mammals and birds and the current rate of extinction as mammals and birds and the current 
rate of extinction as mammals and birds (as some authors suggest, although others will 
dispute this). Then, if the total number of species in the world is say 30 million, the annual 
rate of extinction would be some 2,300 species per year. This is a very significant and 
disturbing number but it is much less than most estimates given over the decades. None of 
this means that there are not particular species that are, in fact, endangered and that can 
benefit from careful conservation efforts. But as field ecologist Martin (2000) points out, 
when monetary values are more fully aligned with other human values, the institutional 
arrangement allows for the maximisation of both values.

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5. Waste: Waste is of different categories and it is more rapidly growing in our contemporary 
world.
Electronic waste:   Electronic gadgets are widely used, easily get obsolete and most times 
improperly discarded and these are hazardous to the environment at large. Onyeabor (2002 – 
2010) states that electronic waste if not treated properly becomes a major source of toxins 
and carcinogens since they contain different chemical elements and most of them are 
plastics and are flame retardants because of halogen added to the plastic resin which makes it 
difficult to be recycled. As a result, uncontrolled burning and disposal can cause 
environmental problems such as pollution of different categories. Hazardous Wastes: The 
problem of hazardous wastes is largely a problem of synthetic chemicals most of which are 
toxic. The greatest risks come from pesticides and a broad range of chemicals used in 
industrial processes. Similarly, the disposal of radioactive wastes from nuclear weapons 
production, nuclear energy plants, hospitals, universities, and research centres is also a bane 
to eco-justice. 
Solid Wastes: Humans consume a lot and almost everything we consume generates waste. 
Discarding these wastes poses a lot of challenges. Some build incinerators which are not 
without its effects. It is the process of burning wastes after segregating the recyclable 
materials. The risky effects are that the fumes and residue of ash is injurious to health and it 
produces toxic gases which cause air pollution. 

6. Pollution: Most human and industrial activities discharge some unwanted substances in the 
environment. Pollution may be air, water, land or noise. The contamination of the water 
bodies by the discharge of pollutants directly or indirectly into them. This pollution of water 
can be natural or by human activities, excessive use of fertilisers and pesticides lead to 
eutrophication which causes water pollution. This leads to the death of aquatic animals. The 
degradation of soil by substances that change the quality of the soil is land pollution. 

7. Desertification: Desertification has serious consequences on available water resources. 
Long-term drought could adversely affect the level of upper ground water and stream 
flows, as well as the underground water. They also affect the level of large lakes, thereby 
affecting riparian access as in Lake Chad, which has receded beyond the borders on 
Nigeria (NAP, 2000). 

As a result of the demand for wood for construction, building, fuel, fishing industry and other uses, 
the removal of trees, shrubs, herbaceous plants and grass cover from the fragile land of the Sahel will 
continue to accelerate the degradation of the soil to desert like conditions. Also, overgrazing leads to 
degradation (Okoye and Ezeonyejiaku, 2010). Cultivation of marginal areas is one of the causes of 
dissertation. In periods of higher than normal rainfall, people tend to extend farming activities into 
the marginal areas. Irrigation cropping can turn land into desert if not properly designed and 
managed as a result of waterlogging salinization or alkalinisation (Lopez – Bermodez, 1995).
Closely related to the above, Eisler (1987) writes that the population crisis:

lies at the heart of the seemingly insoluble complex of problems futurist call the world 
problemalique. For behind soil erosion, desertification, air and water pollution and all the 
other ecological, social and political stresses of our time lies the pressure of more and more 
people on fertile land and other resources of increasing numbers of factories, cars, trucks and 
other sources of pollution required to provide all these people with goods and the working 
tensions that their needs and aspirations fuel (p.29). 

The words of Eisler prove that all these problems directly affect man and the environment at large.

5.0 The Way Forward
1. Sustainability: Sustainability is the capacity of continuous existence. Eco-justice 

sustainability therefore implies that ecosystems are functioning effectively which allows 

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that all inhabitants may continue to thrive or exist. It therefore necessitates that there exist 
stability of all natural systems. Although it may not be possible for man to eliminate the 
impact he makes on nature, lightening such impact is possible and this shall be the goal. Thus, 
the key word to embrace is sustainability. In other words, as regards eco-justice, all hands 
must be on deck. We can build good sewage systems, avoid wastage of water, plant trees, 
grow gardens, compost leaves and kitchen scraps, recycle trash, having in mind the 
restoration of God's creation.

2. Justice Mindset: Having a mindset of justice is quite imperative in this discussion. Justice 
simply means giving each other, his or her due. In other words, it entails participation in the 
full realisation of eco-justice. This cannot be achieved except man to whom the environment 
is being handed over, makes effort to carry out just actions that will spare the environment 
from greater harm. Justice must come to play. Man must give back to the environment its due. 
To organise and act for stewardship and justice, means to demand and enact a more 
democratic and equitable share of nature's sustenance, together with serious respect for 
nature's limits. 

3. Carbon Tax: Odinkonigbo (2011 – 2012) laments that gaseous substances are intentionally 
flared by oil companies and therefore suggests that carbon tax should serve as a veritable 
instrument for regulating environmental pollution. If carbon tax is introduced, the activities 
of oil companies will be regulated and controlled in that the companies themselves will assist 
in checkmating their excesses and further bear the cost of the negative externalities that they 
generate. The fact remains that carbon tax may not bring a total end to gaseous emissions but 
it will make companies accountable for their activities. 

4. Adoption of Some International Laws: Onyeabor (2002 – 2010) suggests that the 
stipulations of Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous 
Wastes and their Disposal be adopted, which entered into force on the 5th May, 1992. His 
suggestion is predicated on the findings of 2007 Basel Action Network (BAN) in conjunction 
Basel Convection Regional Coordinating Centre (BCRCC) which released the result of the 
research it conducted in Nigeria. The result which released that about 500 containers of used 
electrical/electronic equipments enter Nigeria every month. Each container contains about 
800,000 computers and more than 50% were used computers, while 25 – 75% were 
completely junks which were either burnt or dumped carelessly. (Emeje, 2007). 

The preamble to the Basel Convention stipulates thus;
i.  To trans-boundary movements of wastes should be reduced in to a minimum 

consistent with their environmentally sound management. 
ii.  Hazardous wastes should be treated and disposed of as close as possible to their 

source of generation. 
iii. Hazardous waste generation could be reduced and minimised at its source. 
Onyeabor further suggests that legislating against e-waste is a necessity in Nigeria except for 
The Harmful Waste (Special Criminal Provisions) Act Cap 11, LFN 2004, there is no other 
current legislation on e-waste. Besides, the above act does not target e-waste specifically 
rather it applied generally to any substance that qualifies as a harmful or hazardous substance 
pursuant to the provisions of its Section 15.

5. Application of Criminal Penalties on Defaulters: All these hazardous wastes are harmful 
to the environment and poses great harm to man. Thus, the threat of such harm is more serious 
than mere administrative disobedience. Thus Onyeabor (2012), advocates that government 
through laws can prove that someone has acted unlawfully in and caused or threatened such 

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harm, and therefore an effective system should have criminal sanctions in place to address 
the situation. 

6.0 Conclusion
God's creation is one whole and man is at the centre of all creatures.  With healthy relations restored 
between God, human beings, human communities, and nature, solidarity will be achieved; the 
environment will be more friendly to man and habitable for man. The environmental crisis is just 
one out of the many of global social problems. The worldwide problems require the development of 
a sustainable relationship with the nature. Thus, Eco-justice is elementary to all other issues of 
justice and it means our conscious rediscovering of the fullness of the meaning of our vocations in 
the stewardship of all of life. It is thus an adventure in faith, difficult, yet also rewarding. Our various 
talents and gifts should be utilised in our call to stewardship

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