Bending the Curve
Regenerative practice is simply taking care of nature and the earth, so that nature and the earth can take care of us.
An early evening twilight walk over Beacon Fell had me sitting, listening and reflecting on a Tawny Owl ‘woo’ conversation. A pair of owls, one to the north in Bleasdale, the other to the southeast, were holding a 'twit twoo' conversation. Was it a mundane “hi “conversation or a more profound climate exchange of woes?
I was reminded of Joanna Macy’s Council of all beings and how we would converse with nature in such a council, or at least have a better understanding of an owl conversation. Aware of the fading light, a title from an Erland Cooper track came to mind asking Do Birds Dream?
Bending the Curve
These were all good questions and reflections on what it means to be nature and the consequences of failing to reverse diversity loss or Bending the Curve by 2030.
Since my days in secondary school we have lost over 70% of biodiversity species, and the UK, despite all of our sustainability and environmental practices over many decades, remains one of the worst performing countries in the world on biodiversity.
Regenerative practice is simply taking care of nature and the earth so that nature and the earth can take care of us. If we don’t bend the curve and become nature-positive by 2030, all the sustainability efforts on carbon, waste or energy will be in vain.
Within the built environment, the UK biodiversity net gain is a start, but only a start. We need to go deeper into the values of who we are, and what our organisations and projects truly stand for.
And then this morning a radio quote of the day for Monday 20th of January. In what could be an auspicious day for nature with Trump’s inauguration threatening to weaken nature through a series of executive orders. It also marks Blue Monday when collectively we may feel the bite of spending too much over the Christmas holidays.
A quote from Joy Adamson of Born Free fame:
“Wildlife is something which man cannot construct. Once it is gone, it is gone forever. (we) can rebuild a pyramid, but (we) can't rebuild ecology or a giraffe.”
Note: This post has been updated for ‘resurfacing’
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