Rick Steves believes that travel can make the world a better place, and make us better people – and I agree.
Travel has a way of grounding us in reality. It forces us to step outside our day-to-day routines and into the raw, unfiltered world.
We protect what is ours: MY land, my house, my family, my country, my culture. But when it comes to nature our perspective is external: THE planet, the forest, the ocean, the air, the trees.
This mindset is the crux of our problem. We’ve distanced ourselves from the very thing that sustains us. We protect what we consider “mine” but treat the Earth as something separate, something external, something that’s not our responsibility.
Ask not what we require from the Earth, ask what the Earth requires from us. The Earth provides us with so much — the air we breathe, the water that nourishes our body, the soil that grows our food. The… Read More »What does the Earth require of us if we want to continue to live on it?
This statement reveals a grim irony: the systems designed to nourish and heal us are often disjointed and counterproductive. The industrial food system prioritizes profit over nutrition, inundating us with processed, chemically-laden products that contribute to chronic illnesses.
Sustainability has evolved through a series of focal points: deforestation, the ozone layer’s recovery, melting ice caps. Each issue has commanded global attention at one time or another, reflecting the dynamic challenges of environmental stewardship. Today, however, the narrative is… Read More »Escaping Carbon Tunnel Vision: Seeing the Bigger Picture in Sustainability
If we don’t make time for the planet’s wellness, we’ll be forced to make time for its illness. You may have heard the phrase, “If we don’t make time for our wellness, we’ll be forced to make time for our… Read More »Making Time for the Planet’s Wellness: A Collective Responsibility