The real survivors are the Earth inhabitants that have lived millions of years without consuming their ecological capital, the base from which all abundance flows.

Life creates conditions conducive to life.

Biomimicry is … the conscious emulation of life’s genius.

Virtually all native cultures that have survived without fouling their nests have acknowledged that nature knows best, and have had the humility to ask the bears and wolves and ravens and redwoods for guidance.

When the forest and the city are functionally indistinguishable, then we know we have reached sustainability.

Water is at the center of every chemical reaction, and therefore should be the earths most precious gift.

For the 99 percent of the time we've been on Earth, we were hunter and gatherers, our lives dependent on knowing the fine, small details of our world. Deep inside, we still have a longing to be reconnected with the nature that shaped our imagination, our language, our song and dance, our sense of the divine.