Start by gently following the pathway of your in-breath, and then your out-breath. Notice how much your breath can teach you about how to balance inner and outer. Continue gently following your breath until your mind becomes calm and receptive. Then read the meditation several times, letting the words enter your consciousness. If you follow this time of focusing on the meditation with a period of stillness, the words will settle in you at a deeper level. Sometimes you may want to return to [the] meditation several times during the day, or work with an especially relevant meditation for several days.

Like all compassion, ecological compassion begins at
home as I plant a garden and compost; conserve water
in my kitchen and bathroom; recycle, reuse, and repair;
and every time I shop with green values. Each of these
is an act of caring for the earth. I commit to at least one
conscious act of ecological compassion every day.

Gail Straub in Circle of Compassion