We need acts of restoration, not only for polluted waters and degraded lands, but also for our relationship to the world. We need to restore honor to the way we live, so that when we walk through the world we don’t have to avert our eyes with shame, so that we can hold our heads up high and receive the respectful acknowledgment of the rest of the earth’s beings.

~ Robin Wall Kimmerer

Giant Sequoia Grove, Yosemite – photo by Jairo Rene Leiva, bigstockphoto.com