We are a team, a group of
people, who view the environment as an interconnected organism of which we are
not separate but a part of. There is no differentiation between all living
things: trees, rivers, animals and humans. We are all one interdependent
organism.
The global problems and
challenges we are facing are infinitely interconnected and co-dependent,
therefore our solutions and actions must be enacted in an interconnected
manner. There are numerous causes, many campaigns and organizations aiming to
encourage change, which includes ending deforestation, planting trees,
eliminating pesticides and healing our planet.
Nature does not behave independently. It works in unison with all its elements. Working independently to transform our planet is like trying to playing a violin without strings. Communities of businesses, organizations, people and projects must begin to connect resources and skills to passions and projects.
Human beings tend to think of the natural environment as
something distant and apart from us and our daily lives. We get in our
cars or in planes, and we travel long distances for a dose of "the great outdoors,"
or a "breath of fresh air." Once we're back home, we hear about
environmental devastation, and we're so sad to know "what's going on down
there," "what a mess they're making," that at this rate, that
place will never be the same."
Here's what we're missing. When we devastate the
natural world, when we fill the rivers with our refuse, and rip the forests
limb from limb, we don't need to go so far to experience the aftermath.
To see the real toll we're taking on the natural world entrusted to us… we need
only look within ourselves. The well being of the planet creates our own
level of well being. How many of us know someone who fought and perhaps, lost a
battle with Cancer? How many of us know a child with Asthma? Our environment is
truly what makes up our bodies, our health and our well being. The connection
between human health and the health of the natural world is palpable.
With each species wiped out by our relentless onslaught across this life and
this planet, with each forest clear-cut and burned, our bodies, our cells, the
very molecules we're made of thrum in protest.
Our lives are interconnected with the planet. In fact, forests are like the lungs of the Earth — inhaling carbon dioxide and exhaling oxygen that we all need to survive. Destroying forests releases more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere each year, than all of the planes, trains, cars, trucks and ships — combined. People all over the world — from rural communities to the biggest cities — are affected by global deforestation.
Forests need our protection. Every acre of forest lost in a faraway place will affect you, me, and everyone else. What is lost "there" is truly felt "here."