Remember when we did that a few years back? Many of us are doing it again, now.

For me, the pivot has been from working with youth to begin iGiveTrees, to illustrating a book offering real life lessons about a child’s visit to an elder’s garden. It is gently noticing that prior climate change mitigation goals are history. Present reality for so many people on this planet is about adaptation to what is already happening now, much less what it will be for people who are growing up in this environment of screens and AI teaching them — whatever.

These young people were homeschooled and have grown up to be empowered young adults who are very aware of the challenges ahead. Yet, they are wise and fully functional.

But what about the little people, who are being raised by devices in their strollers and schoolrooms? Are we going to let them slide into a Virtual Reality where they lose interest in the real world surrounding them?

We have a window of opportunity as loving HUMANS to intervene. Our book project is one drop in an ocean of potential to influence families to LOVE nature, and play with it as a dear friend, as I once did.