From y-intercept
Crunchy granola conservatism isn’t new
It’s simply a return:

The modern politically active conservation movement was born by Conservatives fighting big government projects like the TVA, Lake Powell and the like.

The sixties and seventies saw the transformation of the enviroment from something to be conserved to something that we should worship. The liberals hijacked conservation with the message that big government could save the environment.

Rather like alt-country and folk are often simply authentic country music, which can be very good.

Stewardship of God’s creation is authentic conservatism as is being anti-war.

From Verbum ipsum
On our care of animals