We need to defend the Earth with the same ferocity we would evoke if it were our home, because it is. We need to defend its inhabitants with the same passion as if they were our family members, because they are. We need to defend our lands, communities and cultures as if our lives depended […]
Community belonging
We have “had to leave places where belonging was most valued, and move to a place where belongings were most valued” Mark Boyle – Drinking Molotov Cocktails With Ghandi
Community and needs
Land as community
“We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.” Aldo Leopold in the foreword to “A Sand County Almanac”
Root and Branch
“There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.” ― Henry David Thoreau, Walden, or Life in the Woods