I believe that we will see a lot of destruction, but I believe that if we can see the right patterns and draw the right lessons from that destruction, we might be able to rebuild before it's too late. And then I have that ultimate optimism that even if we can't, life will rebuild itself. In a way, the global economy might collapse, but Gaia won't, and people's ingenuity won't. We will rebuild society, we will rebuild local economies, we will rebuild human aspirations.

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We share this planet, our home, with millions of species. Justice and sustainability both demand that we do not use more resources than we need.

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You are not Atlas carrying the world on your shoulder. It is good to remember that the planet is carrying you.

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When the forest is destroyed, when the river is dammed, when the biodiversity is stolen, when fields are waterlogged or turned saline because of economic activities, it is a question of survival for these people. So our environmental movements have been justice movements.

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Whenever we engage in consumption or production patterns which take more than we need, we are engaging in violence.

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Nature shrinks as capital grows. The growth of the market cannot solve the very crisis it creates.

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It is not an investment if it destroys the planet

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Patriarchy is based on appropriating rights and leaving responsibility to others.

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The only way to build hope is throuhgh the Earth.

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When you don't take into account the way ecological systems work, then you do damage.

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