OneBubble.Earth

As a kid, I was struck by the vastness of the world; never even reaching the far boundary of the forest by our family home. Later, came a realisation of the very finite limits of our planet. That sense has been reinforced by the journeys I have made.

Since the industrial revolution we have been hacking away at our planet. We averted our eyes for decades but now at least the problems are in focus. What comes next is critical. We either reign in our impact and sail towards a more hopeful future, or steam ahead towards catastrophe.

We each inhabit a bubble - a personal bubble. And then there are the bubbles of our peer groups and other "tribes". These affiliations provide us with a sense of security, but they also foster a delusion of independence: We overlook our wider kinship. Our group gaze falls short of the real horizon. We imagine ourselves as distinct from the natural world. As such, when we look nature in the eye, we fail to comprehend her suffering, and we fail to recognise ourselves.

There is hope. Our common blind spot can become our common bond. We can act with compassion, coherency and coordination to protect our foundering vessel, our one bubble, Earth.