With compassion and love, peace will prevail...

Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation. Henry Ward Beecher
Life is an exciting business, and most exciting when it is lived for others. Helen Keller

Compassion is not religious business, it is human business, it is not luxury, it is essential for our own peace and mental stability...Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive. Dalai Lama

If you haven't any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble. Bob Hope

There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up. John Holmes

People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. Maya Angelou

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. Leo Buscaglia

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle. Plato

If there is any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not deter or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again. William Penn

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late. Ralph Waldo Emerson

The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which are all part of one another, and all involved in one another. Thomas Merton

I would rather make mistakes in kindness and compassion than work miracles in unkindness and hardness. Mother Teresa

Suffering and joy teach us, if we allow them, how to make the leap of empathy, which transports us into the soul and heart of another person. Fritz William

Compassion is a foundation for sharing our aliveness and building a more humane world. Martin Lowenthal

A great nation is a compassionate nation. Martin Luther King, Jr.

The greatest degree of inner tranquility comes from the development of love and compassion. The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being. Tenzin Gyatso
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Words and music to “Get Together” by The Youngbloods – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xGxQXmu7Os. Words and music to “Let It Grow” by Eric Clapton - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V069wWEnCys.

David Kaimowitz, Senior Forestry Officer at FAO stated that “We cannot protect forests without Indigenous Peoples. We know that forests do better when indigenous land rights are respected, with lower deforestation rates and carbon emissions. Without them, we cannot win the race to save the planet.”

Read the blog to find out more about how Traditional Ecological Knowledge can support environmental conservation and restoration!

The article is written by Kivi Lydia Vito who belongs to the Sumi Naga tribe and is a member of The Indegenous.

"International environmental law today incorporates the principle that whoever causes pollution and waste of natural resources bears responsibility for the damages, and therefore must pay the price."

On this recent blog post, Najib Saab elaborates on the 'polluter pays' principle and how this issue was raised at the Stockholm Conference 50 years ago.

Who do you think should be deemed responsible to compensate for pollution? But it doesn't seem to be that simple, how can we define who needs to pay whom or for what? Does this principle give a 'licence to pollute' as long as one can pay?

Check out this interesting piece and share any thoughts or questions you may have.

Greening Sydney 2030