As this year limps towards the finishing line, I can hear a collective cheer ricocheting around the world. Safe to say, most of us will be stoked to wave “adios” to 2020 after months of disruption and disaster. Some saw their homes razed in the bushfires, others lost loved ones to COVID, and millions joined the unemployment line as the global recession tightened its grip.
While it’s easy to dwell on the doom and gloom, 2020 has also been the year the world woke up. We saw firsthand how nature can swiftly rejuvenate when we stop bombarding it with pollution; how people power can provoke change with the explosion of the Black Lives Matter movement; and how jumping off life’s ever-spinning hamster wheel can actually aid our wellbeing. We also witnessed…