Even though I’ve always thought about our bonds with nature, it was our journey to Hawaii that inspired me to understand things on a deeper level. During our trip, I discovered Aloha Aina, a concept that really resonated with me. And clicked . And how I’m wired is so much different. Learning about Aloha Aina made me understand. It's all about respecting nature and see it as something that is bigger then me. (write about the concept of aloha aina). And then one other thing came on my path which gave me a last push to start this journey and share it with others. A childerns book called “The Wild” by Yuval Zommer. It’s a story about “the wild” that is portrait as a big animal and we live on it. And in the past we lived in balance. Until we started to take more and more and the wild didn’t get anything in return. Until a little boy saw that the wild was suffering and asked shouldn’t we do anything? And the grown ups said “no the wild has enough and it will be okay” . But the boy kept wondering and decided he should speak up for the wild because the wild couldn’t speak. Reading this book to Voss made me realize that I can be that little boy and have an impact. As a mother I want to do this for Voss and Elva. honestly I’m scared for their future. I can see the seasons changing and when we are in Austria I can see the glaciers becoming grey instead of bright white. Will it be save for them? Can they grow old? Can they have grand childern? All of these questions and doubts makes me feel insignifcant (not having any power) and wanted me to look the other way and focus on the now. Until I was reading “The Wild” to Voss and got inspired by a little boy that saw that nature (the wild) can not give anymore if we do not feed (give back) and he decided to stand up and be a voice for nature. And people heard him and got inspired and stood up as well and started to help nature again. This is why it’s called Wilderness Echo. But how can I/ we change? This is where aloha aina and our ancestors come in.

And why not start at the base of it ALL our western view on Nature. Why is it so much different then the indegious view that try to live WITH nature.

When I started my research when I was back home I realized that all over the world Indigenious cultures have a similar view when it comes to nature. Why do I have another view? And did we also have an indigenious nature focused culture? The short answer is yes.