As a writer, I have learned that each time I pick up my pencil I betray someone.

The climate change movement is a river overflowing seeping into every nook and cranny.

Thomas Berry calls the Ecozoic Era, a time when we recognize the imperative of caring for the planet as a means of compassionate survival. We do not know what the outcome is going to be, but we have an opportunity to make these kinds of creative and imaginative leaps of thought and actions both locally and globally. This is completely antithetical to the direction George W. Bush is leading this nation. I do trust that the open space of democracy is ultimately the open space of our hearts and that we can follow our own leadership that carries a long-term view way beyond "four more years."

...if we allow ourselves contemplative time in nature-whether it's gardening, going for a walk with the dog, or being in the heart of the southern Utah wilderness-then we can hear the voice of our conscience. If we listen to that voice, it asks us to be conscious. And if we become conscious we choose to live lives of consequence.

Greed is a deprivation of abundance, a hoarding, a constriction of energy.

We forget the nature of true power. The power within is abundance. The power without is greed.

The choices and decisions we make in terms of how we use the land ultimately affect our very DNA. Environmental issues are life issues.