“Epecuen” by Irina Werning | Vogue

“I am one with my animals”. The psychological bond between humans and animals appears to have important health consequences.

Pablo and I embarked on a photographic collaboration about nature, climate and biodiversity. Unfamiliar with the term “Climate Change,” he embodies the vital connection to nature we must emulate. Such individuals hold the key to sustainable solutions by using resources in harmony with their needs. Most of the human population, currently 77% and increasing, lives in urban areas and don’t rely on the immediate ecosystem around them but on complex and industrialized processes to provide for their daily needs.

I am not so naive as to think that the uncontrolled technologisation of the modern world will stop or even slow down. But I did learn from Pablo that we need to be more mindful of what this technology has cost us and the vital importance of direct experiences with nature to incorporate them in the education of our children. To defend nature, we must first fall in love with it. To fall in love with it we must experience it.”

Vehicle sales are used as an indication of the strength of consumer spending and optimism about the outlook of the economy. Human beings have become the slaves of economy. And nature also has become an instrument of economic growth; a resource to be exploited for the purpose of economic growth.