Let me paint you a simple image.

A man stands in the dry laterite soil of Gambia.
He holds not a machine, not a drone, but a tool shaped by centuries of survival: a hoe.
With steady hands, he carves a half-moon into the land.
Not a hole, but a gesture. Not just soil turned, but a seed of hope.

That man is me.
In February 2026, I will be there, digging what we call an Earth Smile.

Because the world needs more than climate models.
It needs movement. It needs rituals of repair.
And it needs smiles, in the earth, on the land, and in the eyes of those who refuse to give up.

✦ What is an Earth Smile?

It’s a half-moon shaped microbasin, handdug to catch rainwater.
It revives soil. It holds seeds. It creates microclimates.
It’s old knowledge, refined with new science, the kind of humble intervention that can trigger powerful feedback loops.

More water retention → more vegetation → more evapotranspiration → more clouds → more rain.

Yes, it’s that simple. And yes it’s that powerful.

✦ Why now?

Because the Intertropical Convergence Zone, the ITCZ, is weakening.
The rain belts are shifting. Climate patterns are faltering.
Deserts are advancing. But none of that is irreversible.

We know this: reforestation, rehydration, and rewilding can bring back the clouds.
What we don’t do enough? Act it out.
So I’m not waiting for policy. I’m prototyping the future.
One Earth Smile at a time.

✦ From Provocation to Provotype

This is not a project.
It’s a provotype, a living prototype that dares the world to imagine and build what’s next.

Let’s stop asking: “Can this scale?”
Instead, let’s start showing: “This is what scaling up hope looks like.”

We will document the process. We will measure soil, moisture, albedo, cloud cover.
We will build educational programs in Europe and Africa.
We will involve students, scientists, and storytellers.

And above all: we will grow Earth Smiles, as ecological acupuncture points in a healing landscape.

✦ What we need from Love.tomorrow

We don’t need permission. We need partnerships.
Visibility. Connection. Amplification.

If we can make one Earth Smile go viral, just one,
we can turn a desert into a canvas for climate hope.

So I invite you:
Support this. Fund this. Join us. Share it.
Let’s put shovels where our speeches are.

Because if the Earth smiles again,
that will be the most beautiful sound of the future.

✦ Why a Smile? Why a Butterfly?

The symbol of Love.tomorrow is a butterfly.
And that is no coincidence!

Edward Lorenz introduced us to the butterfly effect:
The idea that the smallest flap of wings in one part of the world can trigger a storm across the planet.

Today, we know it’s true, not just in chaos theory, but in climate action.
One Earth Smile.
One curved gesture of care in the Sahel.
One spark of restoration.

That’s all it takes to begin a Butterfly Forest:
An amalgame of reforestation techniques, fungal networks, hydrological wisdom, and human dignity; united under the living symbol of a butterfly.

This is my provotype.
It’s not a concept. It’s a commitment.
And I’m asking you, Love.tomorrow, and all who carry its wings, to give our project wings.

Let’s start the storm that brings back the rain.