Anthropology professor Dimitris Xygalatas has spent most of his academic life studying rituals, and has come to believe the reverence that comes with them is the key to preserving our natural environment.
If humans deem rivers, lakes and mountains as sacred, we look after them better - drawing on a deep impulse to protect what we hold as meaningful. And it can work more effectively than formal legislation or economic incentives, according to Dr Xygalatas.
He joins Stacey to discuss how we can reorientate our thinking towards long-term ecological stewardship.
Part of the Tora Coastal Walk goes through regenerating native bush on the farm Photo: Supplied
