Many people’s initial associations with the word ‘kindness’ would be ‘interpersonal’, ‘society’ and ‘community’. However, kindness to the planet, environment and animal kingdom totally underpins the whole equation. To put it simply, without the planet and the environment, there would be no people, society or community anyway.
Our dear planet is sending us distress signals. Our planet is in crisis. A simple start would be to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Our current level is 392 parts per million and would need to be reduced to 350 in order to help achieve climate safety. This would also clearly be described as an act of kindness in a crisis.
I am a firm believer that kindness can change the world - it can improve our relations with ourselves, each other, the animal kingdom and our planet – it can help us cope with and address the reality that we live in every day. It is with this in mind that I co-founded Kindness Day UK, every 13th November. Our joint goal should be to perform as many acts of kindness, however small or big, to the environment and as often as we can and hope that we can encourage other people to do the same.
Kindness Day UK is a non monetary, humanitarian, independent organisation with the aim of promoting kindness, to people, animals and the planet. For more information, please go to www.kindnessdayuk.com
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