Paul Hawken

It is in being with a particular forest that we come to understand its singularity, what it needs to flourish and thrive—and it is how, in interbeing, we ourselves come to flourish and thrive in response.

Unfortunately, aliveness gets lost in the machine metaphor, and life suffers the consequences. If we are to thrive and flourish as a species, and if the planet is to thrive and flourish along with us, we will need a life-affirming, life-generating philosophy that works from the infinite and evolving complexity of a vibrant world.

beyond the reward of securing the health of our biosphere for generations to come, we may just rediscover a kind of deep communal satisfaction that most of us in the modern world had forgotten was even possible. A felt sense of connection, belonging and togetherness that so invigorates the human condition that we’re left smiling at days end, eager

Every discipline discovers its own ecology in time, as it shifts inexorably from the walled gardens of specialized research towards a greater engagement with the wider world. As we expand our field of view, we come to realize that everything impacts everything else – and we find meaning in these interrelationships. Much of this book will be concern

together. This is why Gar Alperovitz’s writing speaks to me—what’s between capitalism and socialism?