Unless we modify the places live, work and play to meet not only our own needs but the needs of other species as well, nearly all species of wildlife native to the United States will disappear forever. This is not speculation. It is a prediction backed by decades of research on species-area relationships by ecologists who know of what they speak. And the extinction of our plants and animals is not a scenario lost in the distant future. It is playing out across the country and the planet as I write.
~ Douglas W. Tallamy, Bringing Nature Home
“It’s not just land that is broken, but more importantly, our relationship to land.”
~ Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass
I've often been asked what drives me, particularly through the last 50 years of abuse, and ridicule. What has kept me going is one word - care. I care enough about the land, the wildlife, people, the future of humanity. If you care enough, you will do whatever you have to do, no matter what the opposition.
~ Allan Savory
“Once you start dealing with nature, and start dealing with the fine-grained character of local resources, local situations, then the design solutions are all different.”
~ David Holmgren, Author of RetroSuburbia
“We need acts of restoration, not only for polluted waters and degraded lands, but also for our relationship to the world. We need to restore honor to the way we live, so that when we walk through the world we don’t have to avert our eyes with shame, so that we can hold our heads up high and receive the respectful acknowledgment of the rest of the earth’s beings.”
~ Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass
What motivates me is the conviction that our problems are mainly a consequence of a lack of holistic understanding of the man-made system in which we are entwined.
~Helena Norberg-Hodge
“Regenerative agriculture represents more than a shift of practices. It is also a shift in paradigm and in our basic relationship to nature.”
~ Charles Eisenstein, Climate: A New Story
"A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people."
~ Franklin D. Roosevelt