We have been too kind to those who are killing the planet. We have been inexcusably, unforgivably, insanely kind.

If your homeland were invaded by aliens who cut down the forests, poisoned the water and air and contaminated the food supply, would you resist?

If we hope to stem the mass destruction that inevitably attends our economic system (and to alter the sense of entitlement - the sense of contempt, the hatred - on which it is based), fundamental historical, social, economic, and technological forces need to be pondered, understood, and redirected. Behavior won't change much without a fundamental change in consciousness. The question becomes: How do we change consciousness?

The big dividing line is not and has never been between those who advocate more or less militant forms of resistance, or between mainstream and grassroots activists. The dividing line is between those who do something and those who do nothing.

Civilization can never be sustainable.

When we realize the degree of agency we actually do have, we no longer have to "hope" at all. We simply do the work.

Within this culture wealth is measured by one's ability to consume and destroy.