Life on Earth unfolds through complex, living relationships. Forests, oceans, animals and microorganisms sustain the cycles that make life possible, circulating oxygen, regenerating soils, and shaping climates. Humans are part of these systems, not separate from them. Our lives depend on the integrity of these relationships, even as they exist far beyond us. Yet the natural world is often treated as a resource, something to extract from, convert, and monetize rather ...