The global industrial economy is the engine for massive environmental degradation and massive human (and nonhuman) impoverishment.

I thought a forest was made up entirely of trees, but now I know that the foundation lies below ground, in the fungi.

I think a lot of us are increasingly recognizing that the dominant culture is killing the planet.

I no longer see Descartes' statement as arbitrary. It is representative of our culture's narcissism. This narcissism leads to a disturbing disrespect for direct experience and a negation of the body.

No matter what we call it, poison is still poison, death is still death, and industrial civilization is still causing the greatest mass extinction in the history of the planet.

Civilization is not and can never be sustainable.

All we want, whether we are honeybees, salmon, trash-collecting ants, ponderosa pines, coyotes, human beings, or stars, is to love and be loved, to be accepted, cherished, and celebrated simply for being who we are. Is that so very difficult?