Earthscape, the studio that launched MHCP, had the opportunity in 2001 to participate in a volunteer project to construct playgrounds in the Pakistani town of Drosh, near the Afghanistan border. The project aimed to improve living conditions and provide playing space for children. While working on the project, we observed how the children faced tense social conditions, the threat of violence, and abject poverty on a daily basis. The strange fortune to be working during 9/11 also reemphasized the importance of humanitarian work for our team.Equally impressive to the harshness of their social surroundings was how close the children lived to nature. This relationship played a large role in Herbman’s conceptual development. We wondered would it be possible to use our base in landscaping to build something that would give back to these children, while also connecting people and nature? Thinking about a sustainable program from this perspective is what led to the birth of the Medical Herbman Cafe Project—a series of programs comprised of building the Herbman field, operating an adjoined cafe, and using the proceeds to build playgrounds.Herbman educates visitors about the distance between humans and nature. Herbman is a symbol of the nature and plants that we consume on a daily basis to stay healthy. The project seeks to rethink the relationship between humans and nature, making it a healthy one once again. Proceeds from MHCP are used to fund Herbman’s next trip, with any remaining proceeds used for activities to benefit children such as building playgrounds, as well as other activities to bring good health to the world. While building playgrounds was originally the only legitimate social work we had access to, we are currently expanding our program to a wider variety of social and environmental activities.