If we are to heal the planet, we must begin by healing birthing.

The quote links ecological repair to the conditions under which human life begins. “Healing birthing” can be read as reforming childbirth practices—medical, social, and spiritual—so that they are safer, less traumatic, and more respectful of mothers, infants, and communities. The underlying claim is that how societies welcome new life shapes values that later govern how we treat the living world: care versus control, relationship versus extraction. In this view, birth is not only a private event but a cultural template; improving it could foster healthier families, more compassionate social structures, and a deeper ethic of stewardship toward the planet.