A teacher told me this story some time ago: She asked her students to line up in order of how much power they thought they had relative to the others in the class, and they all fought to be last in line. They didn't want to acknowledge that they had personal power.

Hunger is a people-made phenomenon, so the central issue is power: the power of those who make the decisions about what is grown and who, or what, it's grown for.

[Fear] means that we are human beings walking into the unknown, and that we are risking breaking with others for something we believe in.

Individuality doesn't just mean individualism-standing alone. It means developing one's unique gifts, and being able to share them for the enjoyment of oneself and others.

I'm neither an optimist nor a pessimist. I am a dyed-in-the-woo l possibilist! By this, I mean with an eco-mind, we see that everything's connected and change is the only constant.

I had no identity [when I was 27] - I was terrified that somebody would ask me what I was doing, and I would have no answer.

Beauty is created by fellow human beings, and enhanced because they are in relationship with each other.