Re-membering our connection with the rest of nature

eco– comes from the Greek word oikos, which means home, and that home is what we always want to center, protect, and grow. That takes multiple forms: Ecosystem is all the relationships in our home. Ecology is what we know and understand about home. Economy is not money or markets, but how we manage the resources of our home. And ecological... See more

Think about rituals each season to celebrate the arrival of spring or the harvest, think about rituals of gratitude and abundance each day to remember where our food came from or who was involved in cultivating the earth.

Ecological belonging is living in an ongoing interconnected relationship with ourselves, each other and our broader natural... See more

Ecological Belonging is an emerging idea centered on developing a new narrative around how we connect ourselves to the world.

We start with a simple question: “ How do we live? ”

We are inviting people to remember , renew and reweave the stories, rituals and practices that root us in a deep interconnectedness between ourselves, our communities, our... See more

we could seek out ways to coordinate our days with the biological rhythms where we live. Observing isn’t enough, because kinship time is time made together; we must let wild clocks adjust our sense of connection, particularly where their rhythms are becoming disordered. In practical terms, we might discover this sense of time in ritual.

positive emotional connections to nature increase our affinity toward it which research has shown contributes to willingness to protect the environment, especially in adolescents.

we have to move away from the intellectual towards the experiential.

Rebuilding our philosophical connection to nature has the largest potential to drive a societal transformation toward sustainability but it is also likely the most difficult connection to change. This is because it demands not only a shift in deeply entrenched and nuanced cultural narratives but also a fundamental transformation in individual... See more

There are some simple and impactful actions that organizations and individuals alike can take. These actions can be grouped into five types of human-nature connections, originally identified by Interdisciplinary Sustainability Scientist Christopher Ives and colleagues in their 2018 article Reconnecting with Nature for Sustainability. They are:

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