With organic approaches, women - who have been gardeners for millennia and mothers forever - can rise because of their intimate knowledge of nature.

Our heavily meat-centered culture is at the very heart of our waste of the earth's productivity.

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

I believe it is possible that we can turn today's breakdown into a planetary breakthrough on one condition. We can do it if we can break free of a set of dominant but misleading ideas that are taking us down.

Every choice we make can be a celebration of the world we want.

That's what happened when my own life crumbled. The people who came into my life bolstered me to take more risks, to be even more true to myself.

I also believe that it's almost impossible for people to change alone. We need to join with others who will push us in our thinking and challenge us to do things we didn't believe ourselves capable of.