Creation care refers to the responsibility to care for creation. The biblical basis for creation care lies essentially in the fact that all creation belongs to God and He had declared them "very good" (Gen 1:31). Its goodness in the eyes of the Lord requires us to care for it. Additionally, it was God's declared intention that humans were created in His image and "to rule" over creation (Gen 1:26). Caring for creation is, therefore, part and parcel of our responsibility to rule it. Ultimately, of course, creation care is about what we see—the pain or the joy—on Jesus's face when He sees what has come back to inherit of the Earth our Father has left us to care for.
Creation care, however, has a sad side to it. It was, and remains, the least developed area of Christian theology and the most neglected Christian ethical responsibility. Most Christians, in fact, have no inkling whatsover that caring for creation is a fundamental Christian responsibility. We continue to participate in the 'rape' of creation as part of our trade, sports, and everyday living. Preachers—despite the ubiquitous reports in all the public media about environmental pollution, extinctions and global warming—almost never preach on this vital responsibility or encourage the church to conscientiously and actively participate in the effort of stopping the environmental decay and helping to restore it. We continue to spend more time and energies taking about the origin of species than examine our responsibility for the extinction of species, and our responsibility to conserve the earth for His Coming.
Practically, how do we go about creation care? Much have been written on the social media, both secular and Christian, about it, but, in a sense the answer is very simple. Creation care is about what you say in response to the look of pain on Jesus's face when he returns and sees what we humans have done to it, and he shakes his head and asks, "My, my, my! What have you done to what my Father had created very good?"
Resources:
☰ Donald A. Hay, "Christians in the Global Greenhouse," Tyndale Bulletin 41.1 (1990): 109-127. pdf 
☰ Francis W. Bridger, "Ecology and Eschatology: A Neglected Dimension," Tyndale Bulletin 41.2 (1990): 161-185. pdf
☰ Stephen Bishop, "Towards a Biblical View of Environmental Care," Evangel 7.2 (1989): 8-9. pdf
☰Chris Wright, "Creation Care," John Stott London Lecture 2013. Youtube 46mins.
☰ Craig Bartholomew, "The Goodness of Creation and Its Ethical Implication," a Lecture delivered as part of The Creation Project at the Carl F. H. Henry Center, 2018. Youtube 1hr 23mins.
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