The Earth is our Mother, treat Her with respect

• The Earth-honoring adage. A request the planet would co-sign.
• Bumper-grade vinyl. Made to live outdoors on a moving vehicle.
• Reads in traffic. Short enough to land before the light turns.
• By AzureGreen. From the classic pagan sticker line.

• "The Earth is our Mother, treat Her with respect" bumper sticker, vinyl
• Apply to a clean, dry surface; smooth from one edge to avoid bubbles

Earth-as-Mother is one of humanity's oldest religious ideas, running from ancient earth goddesses through indigenous land ethics into modern paganism's reverence for the living world. The sticker's line distills the whole tradition into a bumper-length ethic: the ground is kin, so act like it. Displayed on a vehicle, of all places, it carries a wink of self-awareness along with its sincerity, which is very much in the spirit of the pagan sticker tradition. It is vinyl and a message, not a working; the respect it asks for is practiced in how you live, and drive.

1. Clean the spot. Vinyl bonds best to a washed, dried bumper.
2. Apply and smooth. Work from one edge to chase out bubbles.
3. Live up to it. The sticker makes the request; the driver keeps it.

• Tree Hugging Dirt Worshipper Bumper Sticker: the same theology, played for laughs.
• Triple Moon Bumper Sticker: the Goddess emblem beside the Mother's request.
• Magical Herbalism by Scott Cunningham: the Earth-honoring bookshelf.

Is it weatherproof?

It is bumper-sticker vinyl, made for rain, sun, and highway miles.

What tradition is the phrase from?

Earth-as-Mother reverence runs through many traditions old and new; the sticker keeps the ethic short enough for traffic.

Will it come off later?

With patience and warm soapy water, like all its kind.