 It was a wonderful promise of endless growth, of opportunities to harness the Earth and what seemed like its limitless steps, of the black gold that would run the world, from one end to the other, and even beyond. This is a world racing to be richer and richer. But for this world, even the whole Earth is not enough. The Earth has its limits, and if not respected, it revolves in fearsome ways, through the clouds and the seas. But there is another world, both old and new, that has a habit of finding ways to soothe the tired Earth, a way of life that hums with the Earth.