TURN IT
AROUND!

As the saying goes, "Alam takambang jadi guru" - nature is a teacher. There are many life lessons that nature teaches us, such as always being humble (the rice is getting fuller, the more it bends down), never give up (a river that continues to flow...

To change the world for a better planet we must change ourselves - our own behaviors, thoughts, and ways of being. And this can only be achieved through environmental education. We need to mentor the next generation by equipping them with ecological...

My non-human teachers teach me to respect the habitat of each being, the need to have a home where to live in peace and safety, to be free, to have good health. Empathy is a quality that we must develop as much as possible to understand other human a...

My ancestors taught me that distance is no great hurdle to kindness and love. When one decides to be gracious, one can transcend time and earthly boundaries. ...

We have six to ten years to take action before it is too late to reverse any of the damage our planet has suffered....

A good book has the power to change the global conversation, reshape social ecosystems, and heal our Earth. Print publishing is a sacred practice in building accessible blueprints for seeding equitable, liberatory, and just futures. How can we nurtur...

To deny the current state of our planet and society is to deny making proactive solutions and taking necessary steps towards our survival....

Humans often think in an anthropocentric way considering only what is best for an individual human, in a given moment. We build over environments and corral animals to suit our needs. This has led us to the brink of planetary disaster. The future...

I have a friend who comes from one of the sacred lands in West Java. From him, I have learned how people from modern communities like mine have been displaced and disconnected from nature. I believe that humans can thrive together by re-learning thin...

Facing an uncertain future, I find hope and resilience in my family. My mom and I talk about everything and when we talk I feel inspired and she warns me and teaches me a lot because she has been through a lot and she doesn’t want me to make th...

Educate us with love, teach us to love. Love influences everything that surrounds us. Eliminate the capitalist protocol that has us tired and stressed, that has other species endangered and extinct....

We really need to learn about climate because we need to know what dangers will come. We can't underestimate the climate. For example, when there is very heavy rain that doesn't stop for days, it can signal floods or landslides....

Just the thought of the sun rising afresh the next day gives me hope and excitement about what the future holds....

Nature as an ecosystem of life on this earth has a very important role for all living things on it. If there is damage to nature, it will directly affect all living things....

I find hope in our ability to adapt to the challenges that we may face down the road. I am excited that we always have a chance to turn it around and witness a more inclusive and sustainable future!...

We are living through a social and environmental crisis, which is rooted in systemic inequities. Young people are confronted with this every day. We can’t achieve the change necessary for our survival by using the same systems that got us here in t...

Leaders in the Global North need to make room for the Global south to create sustainable societies by doing so themselves. The responsibility of climate change is often shifted to China and India, even though Australia, Canada and USA - along with ma...

The real threat to human existence is humans. Humans have a tendency to take more from nature than they offer and to take nature for granted. It is mankind’s deficiency in empathy and the inability to listen to and feel the world around us that sha...

Every living being teaches us something, we just have to pay attention and interpret it properly....