A cell lives inside a body, but the body itself is created by the activity of its cells. One cannot exist without the other because both are participating in the same system together. Human beings and Earth follow that same logic. People affect the environment constantly through thought, movement, technology, construction, and behavior, while the environment affects human beings through climate, biology, resources, and perception. Looking at nature this way begins to change how separation is understood because the line between what is inside and outside starts to lose definition. The same relationship continues repeating through larger scales as well,…

