BHUMI SEVA · SERVICE TO THE LAND
Abstract concern for the planet is unsustainable; specific responsibility for a patch of it is not. A balcony, a verge, a stretch of riverbank, a courtyard tree. Tending something real converts a general anxiety into a relationship, and relationships hold when arguments do not. The pairing of term and principle here is the author’s own.
The practice
Adopt something living within walking distance and keep it alive for a year.
A question to carry
Which living thing is measurably better off because I exist?