Nature Connection Path Step 1

verb. to reflect on your ties to this planet and what you think about it.

Rethink Earth:

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About Step 1

We depend on Earth for our substance, sustenance, and survival. Acknowledging this with an up-front commitment to embrace Earth is a new approach to Nature connection, one that motivates us to give it our best shot.

In this step, you’ll explore your relationship with Earth by looking through the design gallery. Each design offers a positive way to relate to Earth and Nature and gets you thinking about why daily life doesn’t. Then choose to embrace Earth and symbolize it by selecting a design and an item to print it on. Afterwards, watch the video and use its simple mantra when you go outdoors.

Design gallery:

browse through the designs and their descriptions to understand what it means to embrace Earth, then choose one that symbolizes it best for you.

D-1

Express your feelings for Earth in symbols then congratulate yourself, because it’s a little bit radical to think of Earth as an object of our affection, even though nothing's more deserving. Max. size 11”x4”.

D-2

Boldly embrace Earth as our life-giving home in a hostile universe by choosing to opt in and engage with it, instead of acting like it’s just an inanimate backdrop to our lives. Max. size 5.5"x5".

D-3

Choose this simplified version of the Earth slider button for embroidered products and remind yourself to never take our planet for granted. However crazy it sounds, that's the status quo view. Max. size 4"x2.4".

D-4

How else would you honor Earth than by getting to know its masterwork, Nature? Sometimes, we just need to be told to do something to make it happen in the face of relentless cultural pressure to do otherwise. Max size: 4"x12".

D-5

Is your relationship with Earth like a gray button turned off? Make it bright and starry by embracing Earth and Nature and recognize their central importance to all of us, no matter what we think. Max. size 8"x8".

D-6

If you’re a fan of irony it’s hard to beat modern man’s need to visit space to realize Earth is incomparably precious, all the cringier because indigenous cultures have known it all along. Max. size 10"x7".

D-7

We all like cute, so why not view Earth as alive and full of infectious optimism? Because it's hard to have a relationship with what society views as just natural resources or the environment. Max. size 8"x8".

D-8

Contemplate our total dependency on Earth with humor and tactfully suggest we ought to embrace it since there aren’t any viable alternatives for our survival. Max. size 11"x3".

Get yourself back to the garden bumper sticker

D-9

What if there was still a Garden of Eden? News Flash… there is, and it’s our living Earth. Decide to embrace it instead of obsessing on mythical places, long gone times, and other planets. Max. size 11" x 3".

D-9

Take comfort and find peace by aligning with something bigger than yourself and the day-to-day distractions: being mindful of Earth and the universe brings order and meaning to the chaos of modern life. Max. size 11"x 11".

DaVinci's Vitruvian man with elemental symbols and Earth

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Celebrate the fact that you’re an elemental subset of Earth. This version of DaVinci's Vitruvian Man shows the elements in Earth's crust and the human body arranged in order of abundance, solid evidence we’re inextricably linked. Max. size 12" x 11.3".

D-12

Put embracing Earth into your own words with honesty and reflection. Not your problem if it feels awkward, it’s our messed up cultural norms. Black text with white glow to show up on any solid background. Max. size 11" x 11".

D-13

Provide an image of something natural you love, we'll put it in this format so you can remember you're part of it. In fact, contrary to popular opinion you’re attached to everything on Earth. Max. size 11" x 11".

Earth with list of ways we are tied to it.

D-14

Tell it like it is: here are some of the biggest ways we are tied to Earth and we should be grateful. Now did you see anything about the economy on this list? Max. size 10"x 10".

Cootie catcher for embracing Earth and Nature

D-15

Remember being put on the spot to choose by a friend with a cootie-catcher? Here you have a choice to go with the status quo or opt in for a new, more realistic perspective on Earth and Nature that recognizes their power and vulnerability. Max. size 11"x 11".

D-16

Can you look past the labels society pins on us and focus on what's truly important? With the help of comic invertebrates you’ll be able to embrace this precious Earth with pride. Max size: 5"x10".

D-17

Change your focus on land and Nature from the lens used by colonial settler and consumer culture to that shared by the world's indigenous cultures. How you perceive things makes a world of difference. Max. size: 12"x7".

Products to help you:

each of these useful items will help you create a meaningful symbol for embracing Earth. Select one to be printed with your chosen design, and you'll have a symbol that's far more significant than regular Nature merch because of the awareness and commitment it represents. Without these, you'll have trouble connecting with Nature and miss out on its many benefits.

Embracing Earth outdoors:

watch this one-minute clip and start repeating its mantra when you notice something or someplace natural. Do it enough,and you'll free yourself from ideas of separation we pick up from modern culture. When you feel closer to Earth, you'll want to know it better and be ready for the next step.

Video

Are you ready to master Nature's basics?

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Land Explained

Design gallery:

Cut-out Stickers in varied sizes

Eco Tote Bag

Unisex Staple T-Shirt

Unisex Eco Raglan Hoodie

Products to help you:

Embracing Earth outdoors: