Earth Lessons: An Eco-Storytelling Project

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The legacy of Dr. Jane Goodall’s work and words will live on forever in the many lives she touched🕊️. In 2013, Future For Nature had the great honour of welcoming her as Guest of Honour at our Award Show. “The more I travel around the world, the more horrors I am shown about the damage we have done to this planet. But I have reasons for hope. Which are the amazing human brain, the extraordinary resilience of nature, young people with shiny eyes trying to make the world a better place, and finally the indomitable human spirit, the people who tackle what seems hopeless, but don’t give up and succeed. The award winners I meet, continue to add to my reasons for hope.” - Dr. Jane Goodall

In our world, when someone dies, we do many things.
We bury them. We light candles. We say prayers. We try to make peace.

But in the wild, it is different.
There are no prayers, no candles, no last words.
Only silence. Only nature.

And yet… this little bird stayed.
It did not stay for food.
It did not stay for safety.
It stayed because of love. Because of loss.
Because the heart also lives in animals.

We humans often think emotions belong only to us.
That pain and sadness are only ours.
But nature tells a different story.

Here, on the ground, no one was watching.
No people. No cameras. No crowd.
Still… this bird mourned.

Not with tears.
Not with words.
But with presence. By staying close.

This moment teaches us something.
Even the smallest creatures can carry the biggest feelings.
Even in the wild, the heart knows when it has lost someone. 💔

Climbing up Gobolondlo Mountain....

Mountain Hike for a SustainableFurure #