Bioneer, It would not be breaking news to suggest that modern society needs to repair its relationship with the natural world. The rationales for this necessary shift are myriad, from ethical and moral obligations to our fellow planetary inhabitants to literally existential concerns for many species (including our own), including the very real possibility of over-cooking our only home in the not-too-distant future. The question is: How? How do we begin to heal and restore our relationship with the rest of the web of life?
There are many answers to this essential question and this week we share three different approaches – Respect, Knowledge, and Partnership.
Naturalist Lyanda Fern Lynn Haupt explores the “infinity of living intelligences,” by way of time spent raising a starling in her home. Legendary explorer, scientist and “Arbornaut” Dr. Meg Lowman describes bringing an entire class of mobility-limited students high into the forest canopy over half a decade to support cutting edge research. And journalist Ben Goldfarb discusses the very real potential for ecological restoration by partnering with the American Beaver, once responsible for shaping the very face of our continent before being trapped nearly to extinction. | 
