I think most people do not imagine how things can change. In Detroit, there are community gardens that are only an indication that the country is coming back to the city. And that is something that actually is necessary to stop the real imminent danger of the extermination of our planet.

We're at a great transition point in terms of population, demographics, and what it means to be a human being.

People in Detroit aren't just urban gardening. They're starting a new mode of education. They're trying to give children the education to be "solutionaries" rather than people who are going to get jobs in the system. And that is a huge change, a cultural revolution.

The only way to survive is by taking care of one another.

How do we redefine education so that 30-50 percent of inner-city children do not drop out of school, thus ensuring that millions will end up in prison?

I think that deep in our hearts we know that our comforts, our conveniences are at the expense of other people.

The struggle we're dealing with these days, which, I think, is part of what the 60s represented, is how do we define our humanity?