So we draw lines around our property, our counties, our cities, our states, our countries. And, boy, do we act as if those lines are important. I mean, we go to war. We will kill and die to protect those boundaries. Nature couldn't give two hoots about our national boundaries.

Treaties, agreements and organizations to help settle disputes may be necessary, but they often favor the interests of business over citizens.

The government's desire to expand global trade may be understandable, but we mustn't give away too much. We must tell our elected representatives to at least delay the Canada-China FIPA until it has been examined more thoroughly, and to reconsider the inclusion of investor-state arbitration mechanisms in all trade deals.

What permaculturists are doing is the most important activity that any group is doing on the planet. We don't know what details of a truly sustainable future are going to be like, but we need options, we need people experimenting in all kinds of ways and permaculturists are one of the critical gangs that are doing that.

In nature there is no such thing as waste. In nature nothing is wasted; everything is recycled.

We have much to learn by studying nature and taking the time to tease out its secrets.

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