Forests Precede Us And Deserts Dog Our

We Have Been Too Kind To Those Who Are Killing The Planet. We Have Been Inexcusably, Unforgivably, Insanely Kind.

We Cannot Hope To Create A Sustainable Culture With Any But Sustainable Souls.

A Wonderful Thing Happens When You Give Up On Hope, Which Is That You Realize You Never Needed It In The First Place. You Realize That Giving Up On Hope Doesn't Kill You, Nor Did It Make You Less Effective. In Fact It Made You More Effective, Because You Ceased Relying On Someone Or Something Else To Solve Your Problems - You Ceased Hoping Your Problems Somehow Get Solved, Through The Magical Assistance Of God, The Great Mother, The Sierra Club, Valiant Tree-sitters, Brave Salmon, Or Even The Earth Itself - And You Just Began Doing What's Necessary To Solve Your Problems Yourself.

Many Indians Have Told Me That The Most Basic Difference Between Western And Indigenous Ways Of Being Is That Westerners View The World As Dead, And Not As Filled With Speaking, Thinking, Feeling Subjects As Worthy And Valuable As Themselves.

The Task We All Face As Human Beings ... Is To Find And Become Who We Are. The Task Teachers Face Is To Find Their Own Way Of Teaching, One That Manifests Who They Are.