Protecting our Planet

We do not protect what we simply know. From the Head.
We protect what we feel connected to. From the Heart.

So perhaps connection is where we need to begin.

We slow down. We notice. We listen. We feel the ground beneath our feet. We allow nature to become part of our lives, rather than something out there that we are somehow responsible for saving. And now I mean all us - working for the Planet through our sustainability profession.

Because caring for the Earth does not grow simply from being told that we should protect it. It grows when we begin to feel that we belong to it.

This is also part of the reason why the stories of Sóla are coming into the world.

Through her journey, we meet the Earth through the eyes of a child:

• with curiosity, 
• joy and wonder. 

Sóla reminds us of something simple that we adults can easily forget: to notice, to feel and to connect before we rush to fix.

When we find our connection with the Earth again, caring for it becomes more natural.

And perhaps from there, we can begin to work with the Earth, rather than only for it.