The Space to Begin Again
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There is some good climate news coming out of Canada this summer.
Across the country, projects are underway to restore forests, wetlands and natural
landscapes — including millions of new trees and the rebuilding of wetlands that
can absorb excess water, provide homes for wildlife, and help protect the land
through increasingly unpredictable weather.
But what caught our attention wasn't simply the number of trees being planted.
It was the idea behind it.
Sometimes the best way to help something recover is to give it what it needs to
restore itself.
A wetland already knows how to hold water. A forest knows how to create shade,
protect its soil, and support an astonishing community of life. Nature has been
adapting, recovering, and beginning again for a very long time.
Our job isn't always to take over.
Sometimes it is to protect what is there, replace what has been lost — and then
give nature room to do what nature does.
There might be a lesson in there for us, too.
As summer begins its slow turn toward fall, perhaps restoration doesn’t have to
mean another thing on our to-do list.
Perhaps we need some space as well.
Space to pause. Space to regroup. Space to restore.
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