The only chance mankind has to survive is to embrace sustainability; eliminate needless waste and our current fetishes of devouring and conquering. Nature should guide everything we do–the way we build, the way we plant, the way we eat, the way we produce. Preventing further damage should be our focus, not fixing current symptoms. As with medicine, once symptoms exhibit, disease has already taken hold. The trick is to keep the symptoms from ever occurring. Trying to fix them after they’re here is just more waste.

With this blog I hope to share information and thoughts on how we can all simplify our lives and ease our impact on this beautiful but grossly stressed planet. I’m not interested in looking forward. The key to our survival lies in looking back.