If we humans are good at anything, it’s thinking we’ve got a terrific idea and going for it without acknowledging the potential consequences or our own ignorance.

Salmon farming-the placement of large metal or mesh net cages in the ocean to grow fish-was pioneered in Norway in the 1960s. Since then, the industry has expanded to Scotland, Ireland, Canada, the US, and Chile, but is dominated by the same multinational corporations. Wherever it is practiced, net-cage salmon farming is controversial and raises serious environmental concerns.

Conventional economics is a form of brain damage.

For the sake of our health, our children and grandchildren and even our economic well-being, we must make protecting the planet our top priority.

Our choices at all levels-individual, community, corporate and government-affect nature. And they affect us.

If America wants to retain its position as a global power, its president must listen to the people and show strong leadership at this turning point in human history.

Conventional economics is a form of brain damage. Economics is so fundamentally disconnected from the real world, it is destructive.