A story with an unconventional structure that asks "What is your number one priority?"

By trampling the grass as he walks the same route over and over to gather clams, an elderly man makes space for a bounty of primroses to flourish, which allows the moths and other pollinators to thrive. When he dies, the roses and moths follow suit.

A young boy finds a clearing while exploring the wilderness and meditatively observes the nature around him.

A naturalist's boyfriend offers to put her elderly dog down, but he finds it difficult as he thinks about his relationship.

In a near future where environmental collapse has progressed, a young woman and her crush illegally gather shed elk antlers to sell on the black market. Meanwhile, the woman's aging father, fixated on his impending death and consumed by guilt, attempts to square his ecological debts.

Three myths from human groups on other planets describe the origin of humanity, and the necessity of respecting nature.

A group of nine explorers volunteer to survey extreme planets, but they are disharmonious because one of their members is a prickly empath. On their journey, they encounter a planet where the only living things seem to be the plants...until the empath is attacked, and they start to wonder if there is other life on the planet.

When aliens land on a planet new to them, they find a population obsessed with a virtual reality and uninterested in the intense beauty of the natural world around them.

After a city-slicker moves to the country to build his dream home among nature, he meets a mysterious hunter who keeps his passion going. When the hunter stops visiting, the man becomes disillusioned as he waits for his newfound friend to return.

An ex-couple spends the afternoon together catching up in a valley they used to call their own, a month after the man loses his job. He paints, and she watches birds.