 This planet is alive. It has a physiology and its integrity can only be maintained if all of its organs and tissues are healthy and when you see the world as a living being then you start to think okay each of these beings rivers forests whales these are an organ these have a role to play in maintaining health when we understand earth is alive we have to respect and take care of all of its organs. The crisis and it's bigger than a climate crisis it's a full-scale ecological crisis it is calling on us toward a much deeper revolution than merely finding a cleverer way to power industrial civilization when's it going to stop it's not going to stop by itself it's going to stop when we see nature differently we relate differently and we understand our purpose here differently no longer the conquerors no longer separate anyone who is in denial of this is a denier whether you believe in climate change or not we are a relationship we are interconnected interdependent and inter-existent what we do to the world we do to ourselves what we do to the other we do to ourselves we're beginning to understand that that's what we're being initiated into so the important question then is not what do we need to do to survive the question we need to be asking what world do we want to live in a living world or a dead world i think that both futures are possible i can see the concrete world scarred and ruined and i can see a more beautiful world a flourishing world where the deserts are greening and the species are coming back the oceans are full of fish and flocks of birds cover the sky and humans living peacefully on it which one are we going to experience in our future which one are our great great great great great grandchildren i'm going to live in that depends on which one we summon