With an estimated population of nine billion people by 2050, we cannot continue to consume resources at the same rate and maintain our quality of life.

I can't imagine anything more important than air, water, soil, energy and biodiversity. These are the things that keep us alive.

People.. especially people in positions of power.. have invested a tremendous amount of effort and time to get to where they are. They really don't want to hear that we're on the wrong path, that we've got to shift gears and start thinking differently.

Our personal consumer choices have ecological, social, and spiritual consequences. It is time to re-examine some of our deeply held notions that underlie our lifestyles.

What about our children and grandchildren and their children and grandchildren? Do we not want them to live healthy and happy lives?

Japan is a model already to the lie that economic growth is the key to our future. If they can really show an alternative to nukes and fossil fuels, then they will be the poster boy for the renewable energy for the future.

A book is like a single tree in a forest, in that it exists in conjunction with and because of a great many others around it.