nature-loving

It’s his nature-loving side, seemingly behind the scenes, driving how he creates and lives.

In late November, I prepared myself for one of the most common pastimes of any nature-loving Californian.

Once a byword for a kind of nature-loving, granola-eating dorkiness, Birkenstock has seen its reputation shift over the last decade, with designer collaborations and prime billing in films such as Barbie.

Given that we’d spent the majority of the past 90 minutes in silence, it felt like the group of mostly strangers had grown surprisingly close, and we headed back to the parking lots in pairs or small groups, chatting with new nature-loving friends.

The document, “Praise God,” was released on the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the pontiff’s nature-loving namesake, and was aimed at spurring negotiators to commit to binding climate targets at the next round of U.N. talks in Dubai.