What happens when we allow ourselves to fall back in love with the world?

For many people it may feel obvious why we need to protect the earth and prevent run-away climate change and species extinction. Yet it may not be so clear as to how changing our relationship with the natural world is just as pressing – if not more so – than any environmental activism. When we take time to notice how incredible the natural world is, to understand and witness how the thriving of nature enables the thriving of ourselves, our appreciation of the importance of earth-care naturally grows. It’s hard to ‘stop and smell the roses’ in a culture that continues to celebrate ‘doing’ over ‘being’ and being in domination over nature, rather than being in relationship with nature. And yet when we start to see ourselves as part of nature, and allow ourselves to feel genuine connection with the more than human world, everything changes.

In this episode we talk about the inconvenience of earth-care and what it means to rewild ourselves, regenerate our thinking and reconnect with the whole of life.

We reference the following:

It's a wonderful world - David Attenborough (BBC video)
Is it time to reassess our relationship with nature? Open University (video)
Incredible Edible (movement /website)
Birds of paradise mating dance (BBC video)
Why is environmentalism failing - Morgan Phillips (TedX Talk)}
Wilding - Isabella Tree (Book / film)
Nature Connection activities - ThoughtBox (free resources)
Earth in mind - David Orr (book)

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