We see a world of abundance, not limits. In the midst of a great deal of talk about reducing the human ecological footprint, we offer a different vision. What if humans designed products and systems that celebrate an abundance of human creativity, culture, and productivity? That are so intelligent and safe, our species leaves an ecological footprint to delight in, not lament?

You don't filter smokestacks or water. Instead, you put the filter in your head and design the problem out of existence.

The surest way to heal an eco-system is to connect it to more of itself.

I can't imagine something being beautiful at this point in history if it's destroying the planet or causing children to get sick. How can anything be beautiful if it's not ecologically intelligent at this point?

In planetary terms, we're all downstream.

I'd rather have that dialogue right now than only the other one, which is starting at such a basic level, that we start rearranging stuff on the Titanic, trying to be less bad with ordinary stuff.

In the end, the question is not, how do we use nature to serve our interests? It's how can we use humans to serve nature's interest?'