With an eco-mind, we get ready for surprises, for we realize it's just not possible to know what's possible.

We can choose who we bring into our lives. We can choose who will reinforce our risk taking.

much agricultural land which might be growing food is being used instead to 'grow' money (in the form of coffee, tea, etc.).

Hope is a stance, not an assessment.

In the late 1960s, there were alarming predictions that worldwide famine was around the corner. I wondered if humans had already lost the race, overrun the Earth's capacity. I let one question lead to the next, and unearthed information that would forever change my life: Not only is there enough food in the world to feed every man, woman, and child on Earth, there is enough to make us all chubby.

The good life for me always meant connecting with those big, important issues that grown-ups get so excited about.

We got hooked on grain-fed meat just as we got hooked on gas guzzling automobiles. Big cars made sense only when oil was cheap; grain-fed meat makes sense only because the true costs of producing it are not counted.