How Does Forest Cover Help Us?


It is worth thinking a bit more about how Forest Cover of the land helps us.


Alone, we are one mind, and with one pair of hands, with access to 24 hours a day.

Ideally, our 24 hours should be shared ...
8 hours for labour and service, but it does not need to be melancholy time
8 hours for play, joy, social, and discovery learning
8 hours for sleeping and dreaming

This rings like the tradition of the three trais, three strains of the Bard
Goitrai for our service and melancholy
Geantrai for our fun and discovery
Sauntrai for our sleeping and dreaming.

But, within our 'do as you are told' culture we put more than 8 hours into labour and service. The other two realms of our life, play and sleep get deprived and suffer.


So, are we damaging the earth through our labours being out of balance with our play and our dreaming?


What would change if our labours and service time gave more priority to Forest Cover?

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