The metaphor of the island has been a fecund source of inspiration across many domains, from More’s Utopia to Darwin’s evolutionary theory. The title “island thinking” proposes a reflection on the pulse of keeping alive natural ecosystems, in their uniqueness of being entirely ‘isolated' from the continental mainland. On the other hand, it addresses the need to rearrange new boundaries in a socio-political environment that seems to increasingly ‘isolate’ forms of being and thinking, preventing forms of communication and interaction between species.