Anthropomorphism in ecology is often criticized, but personifying the forest as "Gina" serves a critical psychological function. People protect what they love, and they love what they can relate to.
Her grandmother was gone now, three winters past. But the forest remembered her. Elara could feel it in the way the ferns turned their fronds toward her as she passed, in the low hum that rose from the soil when she walked barefoot. The forest had a voice, if you knew how to listen. It spoke in creaking branches and the scuttle of beetles, in the distant cry of a goshawk and the soft collapse of a rotting log returning to earth. But beneath all that, there was another sound—a deep, slow breathing, like a giant asleep in the bedrock. holynatureginaforest
🌎💚 Small actions add up to make a big difference. Here are some simple swaps I've made to live more sustainably: But the forest remembered her