“The way we see the world shapes the way we treat it.

If a mountain is a deity, not a pile of ore;

if a river is one of the veins of the land,

not potential irrigation water;

if a forest is a sacred grove,

not timber;

if other species are our biological kin,

not resources;

or if the planet is our mother,

not an opportunity –

then we will treat each one with greater respect.

That is the challenge,

to look at the world from a different perspective.”

-David Suzuki

Artist- John Kenn Mortensen