Aboriginal people are key because they have a different sense of where we belong and how we interact with nature.

Ultimately we need to recognize that while humans continue to build urban landscapes, we share these spaces with others species.

I see a world in the future in which we understand that all life is related to us and we treat that life with great humility and respect. I see us as well as social creatures, and when I began to look back and say, ‘what is the fundamental bottom line for us as social creatures?’I couldn’t believe it because it seemed so hippy dippy, but it was Love. Love is the force that makes us fully human.

But human borders mean nothing to air, water, windblown soil or seeds or migrating fish, birds or mammals.

Our choices at all levels-individual, community, corporate and government-affect nature. And they affect us.

Nature surrounds us, from parks and backyards to streets and alleyways. Next time you go out for a walk, tread gently and remember that we are both inhabitants and stewards of nature in our neighbourhoods.

My earliest memory from childhood is of fishing with my father. And I remember vividly we were in a store, and we were buying a pup tent to go on our first camping trip.