We urgently need to do - and I mean actually do - something radical to avert a global catastrophe. But I don't think we will.

I think we're fucked.

We need to consume less. A lot less. Less food, less energy, less stuff. Fewer cars, electric cars, cotton T-shirts, laptops, mobile phone upgrades. Far fewer.

Yet, every decade, global consumption continues to increase relentlessly.

It is not my place to offer pep talks, aphorisms, or dictums. But if I had to give one piece of practical advice it would be this: Find something that you love that they're fucking with and then fight for it. If everyone did that--imagine the difference. (50)

When the last tree is cut and the last fish killed, the last river poisoned, then you will see that you can't eat money.

We cannot afford to be discouraged from challenging the corporate control of our food system, our genetic commons, our shared resources, or our democracy. The history of social change in our nation shows that the political system can be reformed, even if the road is long and zigzag.

knowledge, absolutely sure of its infallibility, is faith