Our personal worlds have been physically reduced to a much smaller radius than most of us have ever experienced. This has altered our perception of our surroundings, and it has personally made me highly aware of the natural world I am greeted by when I leave my home:...

We like to detach ourselves from this planet, from its systems, and structures instead of seeing ourselves as embedded in it as all other beings are. Placed at the tip of an ego-driven pyramid of our own construction, we believe that our ultimate importance and...