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Owning nothing while caring for everything, like the universe's most responsible babysitter.
means The careful, responsible management of something entrusted to you rather than owned by you — resources, land, money, or an institution held in trust for others.
from From Old English 'stigweard,' literally the keeper of the 'stig' (a hall, sty, or household) and 'weard' (a guard or warden — a cousin of 'ward' and 'warden'). The steward was the one who minded the house while the lord was away, eventually rising to manage great estates and royal kitchens. Add the suffix '-ship,' which marks a state or office (as in 'friendship' or 'lordship'), and you get the condition of being the keeper — the duty of guarding what isn't yours to keep.
- old roots
- From Old English for keeper of the hall or pigs
- ship suffix
- Means a state, not an actual seafaring vessel
- royal job
- A steward once ran the entire medieval household
- chess link
- Steward families literally became royalty, like Scotland's Stewarts
- core idea
- Tending what outlasts you for those who come next
patagonia inc — company that donates 1% of all sales to environmental nonprofits since 1985
land trust alliance — network of 1,200+ local land trusts protecting 28 million acres across the us
jane goodall institute — founded 1977, jane goodall trained thousands of roots & shoots youth leaders in environmental stewardship