In spite of our growing number of projects, investments, departments and commitments to protect and restore nature, there is a growing gap between ambition and action. The heart of the issue, as David Suzuki puts it, is that 'we've come to think we're so smart, we're at the top of the pyramid and everything below is for us.' As a result, we have an ingrained habit of trapping our care for nature into silos ' be it a Sustainability Team, Government Ministry or Indigenous communities; making this a responsibility of a set few to study, think about and act upon. We see protecting nature as an item on our to-do list, often below immediate economic goals ' thinking this is the most essential priority for our existence. One way we can conceptualize this is as 'weak sustainability.' The World Health Organization estimates more than 13 million deaths annually are due to avoidable environmental causes. Polluted air, water and soil is harming human health and rising temperatures, for example,...
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