Care Literacy for Culture, Nature, and Future

TL;DR

This paper introduces the concept of 'care for nature literacy' to help individuals and communities engage with nature as part of a sustainability agenda.

Contribution

The paper introduces the novel concept of 'care for nature literacy' to support transformative change in how people value and care for nature.

Findings

The relational value of nature as culture/one with nature is central to transformative sustainability efforts.

Caring for nature requires a re-orientation of values and active individual and community involvement.

The concept of 'care for nature literacy' is proposed as a tool to enable meaningful engagement with nature.

Abstract

Within the broader sustainability agenda, an important element relates to the need for a transformative approach to nature. This motivates and is reflected in the Natures Futures Framework. Within this framework, this letter focuses on the relational value of Nature as Culture/One with Nature. This is important yet complex as part of the re-orienting of values to enable truly significant change, and which necessitates individual and community involvement on the value of caring for nature. As a means for understanding and enabling individuals’ potential to engage and contribute, the notion of ‘care for nature literacy’ is put forward.

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