The act of putting into your mouth what the earth has grown is perhaps your most direct interaction with the earth.

Fear doesn't have to stop us.

What was so moving for [Diane Wilson], and also for me, is that she felt the Bay itself was like her grandmother. She said, "I don't think there's a woman alive who would give up fighting for her child, or her mother, or her grandmother."

There are surprising turning points; there is the straw that breaks the camel's back, and you never know if your action could be the straw.

I don't rule anything out, and I couldn't underscore more the importance of what YES! is doing to show that there are people who are pushing the edge of hope, who are stepping into the unknown and taking risks, because that will then enable others to do the same.

What has dawned on me is that focusing on the "finite planet" frame sends a message that we have gone as far as Nature can take us and therefore we need to give power to forces outside Nature.

Even the fear of death is nothing compared to the fear of not having lived authentically and fully.