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*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_Century 15th century]

*Date: [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_Century 15th century]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1 : the office, [[duties]], and obligations of a steward

*1 : the office, [[duties]], and obligations of a steward

Historically, '''stewardship''' was the [[responsibility]] given to household servants to bring [[food]] and drinks to a castle dining hall. The term was then expanded to indicate a household employee's [[responsibility]] for managing household or domestic affairs. Stewardship later became the responsibility for taking care of passengers' domestic needs on a ship, train and airplane, or managing the [[service]] provided to diners in a restaurant.  

Historically, '''stewardship''' was the [[responsibility]] given to household servants to bring [[food]] and drinks to a castle dining hall. The term was then expanded to indicate a household employee's [[responsibility]] for managing household or domestic affairs. Stewardship later became the responsibility for taking care of passengers' domestic needs on a ship, train and airplane, or managing the [[service]] provided to diners in a restaurant.  

The term continues to be used in these specific ways, but it is also used in a more general way to refer to a [[responsibility]] to take care of something owned by someone else. Stewardship is an [[ethic]] that embodies [[cooperative]] [[planning]] and management of [[environmental]] [[resources]] with [[organizations]], [[communities]] and others to actively engage in the prevention of loss of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewardship habitat] and facilitate its recovery in the interest of long-term [[sustainability]] (Fisheries and Oceans Canada - 'Stewardship in Action' program)

The term continues to be used in these specific ways, but it is also used in a more general way to refer to a [[responsibility]] to take care of something owned by someone else. Stewardship is an [[ethic]] that embodies [[cooperative]] [[planning]] and management of [[environmental]] [[resources]] with [[organizations]], [[communities]] and others to actively engage in the prevention of loss of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewardship habitat] and facilitate its recovery in the interest of long-term [[sustainability]] (Fisheries and Oceans Canada - 'Stewardship in Action' program)

According to the EPA, Environmental stewardship is the [[responsibility]] for [[environment]]al [[quality]] [[shared]] by all those whose [[actions]] [[affect]] the [[environment]]. To be a steward; and or [[act]] in steward to an object, is known as stewardness. A good example of environmental stewardship is group called [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manitoulin_Streams_Improvement_Association Manitoulin Streams Improvement Association] located on Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada. They bring landowners, farmers, fisherman and the general [[public]] [[together]] in a [[community]] driven [[initiative]] to [[rehabilitate]] [[streams]],  [[rivers]] and creeks for the sake of [[water]] [[quality]] and the fisheries resource on Manitoulin Island and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Lakes Great Lakes].

According to the EPA, Environmental stewardship is the [[responsibility]] for [[environment]]al [[quality]] [[shared]] by all those whose [[actions]] [[affect]] the [[environment]]. To be a steward; and or [[act]] in steward to an object, is known as stewardness. A good example of environmental stewardship is group called [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manitoulin_Streams_Improvement_Association Manitoulin Streams Improvement Association] located on Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada. They bring landowners, farmers, fisherman and the general [[public]] [[together]] in a [[community]] driven [[initiative]] to [[rehabilitate]] [[streams]],  [[rivers]] and creeks for the sake of [[water]] [[quality]] and the fisheries resource on Manitoulin Island and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Lakes Great Lakes].

[[Category: Ecology]]

[[Category: Ecology]]