For nature

Today is “world environmental day”, and I couldn’t let it pass.

In this current situation, I have been more directly connected with the supply chain of my food. I looked for local suppliers of flour, eggs, fruits and vegetables - essentials that we have come to expect to be in continual supply and easy reach. I love visiting farmers' markets and I really hope this new habit continues. It helps us to support our local community and to reconnect with the source of our foods - both the people behind them and of course, the role nature has to play in providing this nourishment.

The foods we eat, the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the climate that makes our planet habitable, all come from nature. We cannot talk with conviction about human health if we do not consider these factors - our environment – it is the outer world that speaks to our inner world. If we do not look after that, then how do we expect to maintain human health?

We are ripe for a paradigm shift in health, and in society. One in which we consider the planet and all its many human and non-human inhabitants as stakeholders. The further we depart from nature in our social and technological lifestyles, the more disorder and disease we face. The planet is a finite resource. We must nourish it, as we nourish ourselves.

This is our home, and our choices will help to create our future. #worldenvironmentday #ForNature, of which we are all part