Although two thirds of our planet is water, we face an acute water shortage. The water crisis is the most pervasive , most severe, and most invisible dimension of the ecological devastation of the earth.

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If you are doing the right thing for the earth, she's giving you great company.

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In traditional agriculture, the soil is the mother. She's the mother who gives, to whom you must give back.

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Diversity creates harmony, and harmony creates beauty, balance, bounty and peace in nature and society, in agriculture and culture, in science and in politics.

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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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Uniformity is not nature's way; diversity is nature's way.

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Whatever happens to seed affects the web of life.

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Seed is not just the source of life. It is the very foundation of our being.

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Soil, not oil, holds the future for humanity.

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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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