The Little Grassroots People Can Change This

Recognizing That Sustainable Development, Democracy And Peace Are Indivisible Is An Idea Whose Time Has Come... Today We Are Faced With A Challenge That Calls For A Shift In Our Thinking, So That Humanity Stops Threatening Its Life-support System. We Are Called To Assist The Earth To Heal Her Wounds And In The Process Heal Our Own - Indeed, To Embrace The Whole Of Creation In All Its Diversity, Beauty And Wonder.

You Can Make A Lot Of Speeches, But The Real Thing Is When You Dig A Hole, Plant A Tree, Give It Water, And Make It Survive. That's What Makes The Difference

When These Resources Are Degraded Or Polluted, Then There Are Fewer Of Them For The Rest Of Us, And Then We Start Competing For Them And Eventually As We Compete, There Are Those Of Us, Who Have The Capacity, Who Have The Ability To Be The Controllers, To Decide Who Accesses Them, How Much They Access, And Eventually There Is A Conflict. Those Who Feel Marginalized, Those Who Feel Excluded, Eventually React In An Effort To Get Their Own Justice, And We Have Conflict.

Having Studied Biology Really Helped Me A Lot Because I Quickly Understand How Biological Systems Work, And How They Fail, And The Tragedy Of When They Fail, Because We Are Dealing With Life Systems, And When We Hear That A Species Has Become Extinct, Or Is Threatened, You Realize That This Could Mean That This Species Will Disappear From The Face Of The Earth Forever! So That Understanding Really Gives You Energy To Do Something To Save It.

Culture Defines Who We Are And How We See Ourselves. A New Attitude Toward Nature Provides Space For A New Attitude Toward Culture And The Role It Plays In Sustainable Development