Craig D. Galli

CRAIG D. GALLI {[email protected]} earned his B.A. and M.A. from Brigham Young University and his J.D. from Columbia University. He practices environmental and natural resources law in Salt Lake City. Craig and his wife, Lark Evans Galli, enjoy sharing the wonders of nature and beauty of God’s creations with their four daughters and grandchildren. Craig also authored “Building Zion: The Latter-day Saint Legacy of Urban Planning,” BYU Studies 44, no. 1 (Winter 2005): 111–36; and “Stewardship, Sustainability and Cities,” in George B. Handley, Terry B. Ball, and Steven L. Peck, eds., Stewardship and the Creation: LDS Perspectives on the Environment (Provo, Utah: BYU Religious Studies Center, 2006), 43–59.

Enoch’s Vision and Gaia: An LDS Perspective on Environmental Stewardship

Articles/Essays – Volume 44, No. 2

Many faithful Mormons are not familiar with pronouncements concerning environmental stewardship by current and former Church leaders because such teachings typically do not receive as much emphasis from the pulpit and in Church curriculum materials as other more core teachings. Nevertheless, the LDS canon of scriptures and the teachings of Joseph Smith and subsequent LDS Church leaders reveal a rich theology pertaining to the origin and purpose of the earth and to our responsibility as stewards over nature’s bounty.