Issue 88 Let’s Protect What We Love, Together

We are now halfway through what will be remembered as the ‘Decisive Decade’ for climate action—a turning point not just for our biosphere but for the soul of humanity. The stakes have never been higher. We must organize for a just and regenerative future—together.

This issue of The Waggle offers a glimpse of what that future can look like and what it asks of us now. We meet stories of resilience, reinvention, and reconnection: Indigenous forest restoration in the Philippines, children in the UK rediscovering nature through climate education, and the return of a New Zealand parakeet twice considered extinct. But beneath these stories is something more profound—a call to remember why we act in the first place. As George Biesmans reminds us this week, “We protect what we love.” And love, in this moment, must become an organizing principle.

In 2021, I co-authored a collaborative inquiry with the University of Oxford, commissioned by Christiana Figueres, focused on Organising Climate Action. We found that systemic change requires catalytic collaboration—shared narratives, deep trust, and mutual accountability. As our Nexus resource underscores, the solutions needed won’t come from silver bullets but from collective courage and acknowledgment of the true depth of the intersectionalities we face. It's time to step up.

Next week in the UK, an emerging circle will meet to explore how to practice regeneration together, from food and fashion to festivals and friendships. Later in the week, we will join forces with many organisations uniting at the Skoll World Forum to help chart the path ahead and reflect on our current reality, working with artists, historians, and systems-thinkers to discuss how we can bring about a Great Regeneration and foster a climate of compassion & peace. These gatherings reflect what this moment calls for: not isolation, but interconnection. Not control, but shared stewardship.

As we evolve our work, we continue to radically decentralise our approach—welcoming self-organizing efforts and voluntary contributions from individuals everywhere, allowing space for emergence. This movement won’t be owned or controlled; it will be co-created in real-time by all of us, acting in the spirit of generosity and pooling our resources and talents where possible.

This is about protecting what we love—our children, forests, rivers, and the stories that bind us. Regeneration isn’t just technical; it’s relational, spiritual, and deeply human.

This is the moment to waggle.

Let us move as one—like bees pointing to new nectar. Let us align movements in a choreography of care. Let us make peace with each other and with the Earth that supports us. And let us remember: it is still possible, but it requires all of us to be the regeneration. In the weeks ahead, reflect, recommit, and reach out. If you’re in Oxford, come find us. The next chapter of this decade is unwritten—and we must write it together.

With hope and solidarity,

Rajiv