THINK LESS ABOUT BUILDING AND DEVELOPING LAND
We need you to think less about building and developing land, and more about growing and protecting environment. We want to continue seeing the animals that you got to see when you were a child. We want to stroll around the garden, hand pick few vegetables an...
Click to ContinueEVERY LIVING BEING TEACHES US TO COEXIST WITH THE WORLD
Every form of living being teaches us a way to love life, with its difficulties and affinities. They show us the result of millions of years of solving problems. Everything is already solved, our architectures, designs and psychologies need to look outside to...
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Every living being teaches us something, we just have to pay attention and interpret it properly....
Click to ContinueNO SITUATION IS PERMANENT
In times of hardship and uncertainty, I find my hope by affirming that no situation is permanent. I try as much as possible to keep my head held up high and try again when I fail. I believe in perseverance and this makes me work harder to achieve the life I want. Hope a...
Click to ContinueI FIND HOPE IN UNITY
I find hope in unity. The more united we get, the easier it will be to address any problems we face. Many hands, many brains together can make a lot of difference and create change. ...
Click to ContinueWILLINGNESS TO QUESTION
There must be a willingness to question what it means to have a “good life.” It’s frustrating that so many people still very much define a good life in terms of how much they can buy, how lavishly they can live, how many things they can own. But really, so many pe...
Click to ContinueCHANGE OUR LIFESTYLES
Our lifestyles must change if we want to leave a livable planet for future generations. ...
Click to ContinueTHINK ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
The challenge before us today is to begin to think about sustainability through the lens of environmental health. The environment is a primary concern, not an afterthought. No human technology can fully replace “nature’s technology,” perfected over hundreds of mil...
Click to ContinueACTS OF LOVING KINDNESS
Hope comes from acts of loving kindness, from slowing down and resting. Let rest be our ultimate resistance in a world that’s moving too fast towards self-destruction....
Click to ContinueTHE THOUGHT OF THE SUN RISING
Just the thought of the sun rising afresh the next day gives me hope and excitement about what the future holds....
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I admire bees so much that my desire is to become one of them — from their flight, which is a real enigma, to the funny way they buzz while filling their little bodies with pollen. But what I admire the most is that they form hives and carry out a true teamwork. Withi...
Click to ContinueRESPECT THE HABITAT OF EACH BEING
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 and non-human beings....
Click to ContinueEARTH IS A GIFT
The trees they teach me That to breathe It means you need To not just take but give That the Sun Is life’s sustenance And the Earth Is his gift to us The animals They speak to me In languages more sophisticated Than our own chattering They see signs in...
Click to ContinueWe are guests on this planet
We are guests on this planet. We come, live for several decades, and then leave. We are supposed to leave the things the way they are for our next generation. We can enjoy and revel in this beauty but we are not supposed to change and destroy it....
Click to ContinueHUMANS AND NATURE ARE CONNECTED
Remember that humans and nature are connected. If you make a decision against nature, you’re doing something against yourself too....
Click to ContinueWALK ON THE LAND WITH LIGHT STEPS
Walk on the land with light steps. When there is no space for the indigenous person on the land, there will be no space for any human being. Listen to the Original peoples, take care of the land as you would take care of your mother, do not take anything from it without...
Click to ContinueRESILIENCE
Resilience. Nature shows us the ability to recover after being damaged or destroyed. We always see how it strives to survive: the small plants and flowers that emerge after devastating floods, the forests that regrow after fires, the trees that lift the pavement with th...
Click to ContinueNATURE AND EDUCATION ARE CONNECTED
Nature and education should be intricately connected. Education is about living a good life, and it is nature that provides us with the bare necessities for our life. Hence, an education drifting away from nature seems to be of little value and relevance....
Click to ContinueCHANGE CULTURAL CUSTOMS
The environment can only be protected if we generate a change in our cultural customs, and at the same time, this change can be achieved if we begin to educate from the youngest generations. Because ultimately we educate the little ones and they educate the ad...
Click to ContinueTWO COMMON SAYINGS USED IN MY FAMILY
There are two common sayings used in my family. They are the lessons from my ancestors: 1. जो प्राप्त है, वो पर्याप्त है (Whatever we possess, is what is enough) 2. ये दुनिया चलती बुरी ...
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