The most profound truth about climate change and nature’s decline is this: our survival and the planet’s are inseparable. Yet, humanity often acts as though we are separate from nature. We behave as if we are above it, beyond it, or even exempt from its rules. This illusion is the root of the crisis.

For billions of years, nature has been a silent architect. It crafts the systems that sustain life. Nature purifies water, creates oxygen, and cycles nutrients without asking for anything in return. Yet, in a short period, we’ve disrupted these systems. We have forgotten that we are not their masters but their beneficiaries.

The profound irony is that we exploit nature in the pursuit of wealth. As we chase growth and so-called progress, we unravel the very foundation of those aspirations. Here’s what we need to remember: The natural world doesn’t need us to survive. However, we are utterly dependent on its balance for our existence.

The most humbling thought, then, is this: If we could see the Earth not as a resource, but as a relationship, we would understand. Caring for it is not just about saving the planet. It’s about saving ourselves. And in that realisation lies both the problem and the hope. The problem is that we’ve been blind to this truth for too long. The hope is that awakening to it is still within our reach.

Simon.

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