How do we address and refer to non-human beings? Relegating trees and canines to the same classification as a metal table, an it: nope, doesn’t feel right. I attended a talk with Robin Wall Kimmerer recently. She proposed ki for our non-human relations, including animals, water, plants, rocks, all that are alive. She termed ki and its plural, kin, as pronouns of the revolution. 
I love that!
Words and language have power. I address this in prior posts on language. I’ve not yet written the third in that series, so let this be a start.
Ki/kin might refer to us all. My trans, queer, non-binary, gender fluid friends often use they/them as pronouns. While the most common choice of pronouns remain either binary she/her, he/him or neutral they/them, might it honor us all to address one another and the natural world as ki/kin? Something to ponder. (My pronouns have been she/her to date).
Have you read Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer, a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation? I highly recommend her book that tells the story of becoming a botanist, and her journey full circle to include indigenous ways of knowing alongside science. It’s an important read, especially for those who are not Original People/Indigenous to North America and wish to be good allies to Original Caretakers of the continent, and to all who wish to be in right relationship with the natural world and foster healthy, regenerating ecosystems.