The earth and all its life forms and processes are sacred. We belong to them and they to us – we are kin. We should, therefore, act lovingly, reverently, and respectfully toward them. We must not unnecessarily injure these beings and processes when we take from them what we need to live. The key to contemporary earth-based spirituality and ethics is, therefore, a felt sense of “connection,” kinship, and loyalty to earth, her life forms, and living systems.

~ Bron Taylor

Arches National Park – by KR Backwoods Photography – used with permission