Imagine spending a thousand lifetimes caring for these lands only for billionaires to exploit them in an instant – the same way colonists exploited the people.

Is it possible to decolonize our way of thinking about the natural world? To decolonize our thoughts and actions might prove difficult, but may one day prove vital as we attempt to preserve and protect the environment and the rich biodiversity that gives life to this planet.

We can try all we like to live within modernity, safe and spoiled, but I suspect we pay a price beyond a depletion of resources. Our humanity is rooted with the trees. We chose to other ourselves from the rest of the Earth and this will prove to be a folly of man.