Spring is the season of potential: new beginnings, new intentions, and movement towards renewal and abundance. The river is thawing, vegetation is growing, animals are stirring, and people are starting to make way for the new by cleaning away the old and decayed. In short, we are entering the season of restoration.
The pace, intensity, and scale at which humans have altered our planet in recent decades is unprecedented. We have dramatically transformed waterways and landscapes through agriculture, logging, mining, and the extreme burning of fossil fuels, all of which have had drastic impacts on vital ecosystems, public health and well-being.
So what can be done to counteract and even reverse the worst of these effects? We can transition away from ecologically devastating lifestyles, ways of governing, and social relations, and begin the work to restore the damage that has already been done.
Restoration embraces the interrelationships between humans, animals, and natural systems, to engage all sectors of society, and enable full and effective participation of local, Indigenous, and disenfranchised communities.
Examples of restoration include re-wilding landscapes, changing diets to match the seasons, rediscovering non-electronic forms of play, using public transit rather than cars, holidaying closer to home, buying local and shortening the supply chain, and encouraging families to get outdoors and be more active, re-engaging with the natural world.
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