Renewing our relationship with nature is vital to our continued coexistence, and the desire to preserve the environment is a next step. We all need to be concerned about reducing our carbon footprint, which means taking action. This section is full of practical examples and how-to’s for changing our habits and lifestyles: recycling, reducing food waste, reusing plastics, and repurposing just about everything. Gardening, the local food economy, awareness of our wild neighbors, gentle footsteps that do not disturb the insects, birds, plant life…all of it.