Occupation: Author Birth: November 5, 1952
It is not an investment if it destroys the planet.
A single, one-dimensional way of thinking has created a monoculture of the mind. And the monoculture of the mind has become a self-fulfilling prophec….
I think the American people should see that the corporations abandoned them long ago. That people will have to build their own economies and rebuild ….
I do not allow myself to be overcome by hopelessness, no matter how tough the situation. I believe that if you just do your little bit without thinki….
I describe what is happening as 'food fascism' because this system can only survive through totalitarian control. With patents on seed, an illegitima….
Seed is not just the source of life. It is the very foundation of our being..
The time has come to reclaim the stolen harvest and celebrate the growing and giving of good food as the highest gift and the most revolutionary act..
I think what we owe each other is a celebration of life and to replace fear and hopelessness with fearlessness and joy..
We've moved from wisdom to knowledge, and now we're moving from knowledge to information, and that information is so partial – that we're creating in….
An organic farmer is the best peacemaker today, because there is more violence, more death, more destruction, more wars, through a violent industrial….
We are either going to have a future where women lead the way to make peace with the Earth or we are not going to have a human future at all..
In nature's economy the currency is not money, it is life..
Earth Democracy connects people in circles of care, cooperation, and compassion instead of dividing them through competition and conflict, fear and h….
When the forest is destroyed, when the river is dammed, when the biodiversity is stolen, when fields are waterlogged or turned saline because of econ….
The liberation of the earth, the liberation of women, the liberation of all humanity is the next step of freedom we need to work for, and it's the ne….
The primary threat to nature and people today comes from centralising and monopolising power and control. Not until diversity is made the logic of pr….
Today you have a situation where now the prescription is: People who dont have enough money to buy food should end up paying for their drinking wate….
Diversity creates harmony, and harmony creates beauty, balance, bounty and peace in nature and society, in agriculture and culture, in science and in….
We share this planet, our home, with millions of species. Justice and sustainability both demand that we do not use more resources than we need..
Uniformity is not nature's way; diversity is nature's way..
You are not Atlas carrying the world on your shoulder. It is good to remember that the planet is carrying you..