(EXTENSIVE EXCERPTS BASED UPON THE MOVIE PUT TOGETHER BY JPH)[OPENING QUOTES] "FOR MY PART, WHATEVER ANGUISH OF SPIRIT IT MAY COST, I AM WILLING TO KNOW THE WHOLE TRUTH;

TO KNOW THE WORST AND PROVIDE FOR IT." (PATRICK HENRY)

"ONCE WE'RE ABLE TO LOOK AT THE WORLD WITHOUT BLINDERS & SEE THE REALLY HORRIFIC MESS WE'RE MAKING OF IT..."(ANON)" WE HAVE GOT TO CHANGE OUR WHOLE IDEA OF THE WAY THAT THE WORLD WORKS." (ANON.)

"WE'RE LIVING A WAY THAT DOESN'T WORK. WE HAVE TO LIVE A WAY THAT DOES WORK; SO IT'S GONNA CHANGE."(ANON)

(THE VIEW FROM THE SLEEPING CAR)

" WE'VE MET THE ENEMY AND HE IS US."

"THERE'S AN EMPTYNESS THAT OTHER NEEDS-THE REAL NEEDS,THE REAL DESIRES- AREN'T BEING MET & WE'RE JUST SCRAMBLING WITH WHAT OUR CULTURE OFFERS US; AND OUR CULTURE TELLS US, YOU KNOW,OUR CULTURE TELLS US THAT WE WILL FIND LOVE IF WE BUY THIS LIPSTICK AND THAT MAKE-UP & THESE CLOTHES AND THIS CAR."(CARLA ROYAL/BEYOND THERAPY)

"I THINK THAT IT'D BE OKAY IF WE GAVE THE EARTH BACK TO EVERYBODY ELSE WHO IS NOT AS DESTRUCTIVE,

ALL THE REST OF THE LIFE ON EARTH."(STACYE LEANZA/ARTIST)

"WE WIELDED HUGE NEW FORCES ACROSS THE GLOBE. WE WALKED AS GIANTS UPON THE EARTH UNAWARE OF THE FOOTPRINTS WE LEFT BEHIND."(TSBENNETT- HENCEFORTH "TSB") "WE'RE CONSUMING THE PLANET & POISONING THE SOIL & THE AIR & THE WATER THAT WE ALL NEED TO LIVE."(TSB) "WE'RE DRIVING A HIGH SPEED TRAIN TO THE END OF LIFE & WE'RE TAKING THE REST OF THE PLANET- TRILLIONS UPON TRILLIONS OF LIVING SOULS ALONG WITH US;AND ALL OF THIS, ALL OF THIS, ALL OF THIS, ALL OF THIS IS WRAPPED TIGHTLY INSIDE A CULTURE OF DENIALS & LIES & ABSURDITY SO COMPLEX & SO POWERFUL THAT WE CAN BARELY SEE THROUGH THE SMOG. THE MONSTERS ARE SCREECHING AT THE VILLAGE'S EDGE, SO HUGE & SO HORRIBLE THAT WE CANNOT BARE TO LOOK AT THEM AND WE, BOUND IN A CULTURAL STRAIGHTJACKET OF OUR OWN MAKING SLUMBER ON AS THEY DRAW NEAR."(TSB)

" THE WORLD LOOKED INSANE TO ME, BUT NOBODY ELSE SEEMED TO NOTICE; SO I BURIED MY THOUGHTS & MUDDLED ON.

DEEP INSIDE THIS WAS TEARING ME TO PIECES." (TSB)

" WE WHO LIVE TODAY INSIDE THE DOMINANT GLOBAL CULTURE ARE SIMILARLY CAPTIVES OF STORIES - STORIES THAT SURROUND US LIKE THE AIR WE BREATHE, STORIES THAT WE ENNACT AT OUR OWN PERIL- STORIES THAT THREATEN THE COMMUNITY OF LIFE ITSELF. HAVE YOU HEARD THE ONE ABOUT HUMANS BEING SEPARATE FROM NATURE-DIFFERENT, SPECIAL, THE PINNACLE OF CREATION?"(TSB) "HOW ABOUT THE ONE THAT SAYS THAT THE WORLD WAS MADE FOR HUMAN BEINGS TO MANAGE, CONTROL & EXPLOIT AS A RESOURCE & THAT THE WORLD HAS NO VALUE BEYOND ITS UTILITY, OR THE STORY ABOUT THERE BEING ONLY 1 RIGHT WAY TO LIVE & 1 RIGHT WAY TO UNDERSTAND & VIEW THE WORLD?"(TSB) " ONE THING SEEMS CLEAR: THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL, POLITICAL & ECONOMIC PREDICAMENT WE LIVE IN TODAY IS CRITICAL; THE POSSIBLE SCENARIOS RANGE INTO THE HIGHLY DISTURBING & THE TIME FRAME SEEMS, WELL... IMMINENT." (TSB)"IT'S AS THOUGH WE'VE AWAKENED TO FIND OURSELVES ON A RUNAWAY TRAIN HURTLING WILDLY DOWN THE TRACKS HELD IN PLACE BY POWERFUL CULTURAL STORIES & FUELED BY OUR DESPERATE CONSUMPTION OF THE VERY HEART, BLOOD, BONES & FLESH OF THIS PLANET. IF WE DON'T FIND SOME WAY TO STOP THIS TRAIN SOON, WE'RE GOING TO REACH THE END OF THE LINE."(TSB)

THE TRAIN AND THE TRACKS "FOR ME 4 ASPECTS OF OUR PREDICAMENT STAND OUT: PEAK OIL, CLIMATE CHANGE, MASS EXTINCTION & POPULATION OVERSHOOT."

[PEAK OIL IS DISCUSSED]"ALL SIGNS ARE THAT WE MAY BE FACING A KIND OF GLOBAL ECONOMIC COLLAPSE BECAUSE OF PEAK OIL."(RICHARD HEINBERG/NEW COLLEGE OF CALIFORNIA)

"PLANKTON, AS WELL AS CORALS, ARE THREATENED NOT ONLY BY RISING ACIDITY, BUT BY RISING TEMPERATURES. PHYTOPLANKTON LEVELS HAVE DECLINED BY AS MUCH AS A THIRD IN SOME NORTHERN OCEANS & THIS HAS RESULTED IN SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO FISH & KRILL & BIRD POPULATIONS; BUT THE REPORTED DANGERS GO FAR BEYOND THE BREAKING OF FOOD CHAINS, WHICH IS BAD ENOUGH. PHYTOPLANKTONS PRODUCE HALF OF THE OXYGEN THAT WE BREATHE - HALF- AND THEY'RE A MAJOR CARBON SINK. WHEN PLANKTON DIES, MORE CARBON REMAINS IN THE AIR, WHICH MEANS MORE WARMING."(TSB) "IT'S VERY POSSIBLE THAT GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE IS OUT OF OUR CONTROL AT THIS POINT, NO MATTER WHAT WE DO- WHETHER WE IMPLEMENT KYOTO, OR KYOTO ON STEROIDS, OR WHATEVER IT IS."( RICHARD HEINBERG )" DO WE DARE SPEAK OF SUCH DISASTERS AS INEVITABLE ? IF WE SPEAK OF INEVITABILITY, WILL THAT OVERWHELM PEOPLE? WILL THEY SLIDE INTO APATHY & DIVERSION? ISN'T THAT WHERE PEOPLE ALREADY ARE? I DON'T FEEL LIKE I CAN AFFORD TO LOOK AT ANYTHING LESS THAN THE TRUTH & THEN I MUST ASK: WHAT ARE WE MADE OF? WHO WILL WE BE IN THE FACE OF SUCH TRUTHS?"(TSB)

MASS EXTINCTION " WE'RE KILLING OFF ALL THE LIFE FORMS THAT GIVE US LIFE. WE HAVE BLACK HOLES IN THE OCEAN; THERE ARE NO FISH IN PLACES IN THE OCEAN. WHAT'S HAPPENED TO THE FISH? WHAT'S HAPPENED?"(BARBARA LORIE:TEACHER/ACTIVIST)"WE'RE SEEING AN ORDER OF EXTINCTIONS NOW THAT RANKS WITH THE GREAT CATASTROPHES ON THE PLANET."(RICHARD MANNING/JOURNALIST & AUTHOR) "CURRENTLY WE ARE DRIVING SPECIES TO EXTINCTION PROBABLY A THOUSAND TIMES FASTER THAN THEY SHOULD BE."(STUART PIMM/DUKE UNIVERSITY) " HUMANS ARE TAKING OVER THE WHOLE PLANET & EVERYTHING ELSE IS BEING CROWDED OUT."(KEVIN MEYER/ARTIST) "OUR FISH STOCKS ALL OVER THE COAST OF THE UNITED STATES & CERTAINLY AROUND THE WORLD ARE GETTING PERILOUSLY CLOSE TO COLLAPSING." (DOUGLAS CRAWFORD-BROWN:MATHEMATICAL MODELS OF ENVIRONMENTAL RISK MODELING) "YES, LIFE WILL RECOVER FROM WHAT WE'RE DOING TO THE PLANET, BUT DON'T HOLD YOUR BREATH. IT'S GOING TO TAKE MILLIONS OF YEARS; IT'S GONNA TAKE AN INCREDIBLE NUMBER OF HUMAN GENERATIONS. TRILLIONS OF PEOPLE WILL LIVE IN A BIOLOGICALLY IMPOVERISHED WORLD IF WE DON'T STOP OUR HUMAN IMPACTS NOW."(STUART PIMM / DUKE UNIVERSITY)"200 SPECIES A DAY, DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY, YEAR AFTER YEAR & AS OUR POPULATION INCREASES, IT'S GOING TO TURN INTO 400 SPECIES A DAY, A 1000 SPECIES A DAY & THERE'S GOING TO COME A DAY WHEN THE SYSTEM IS GOING TO COLLAPSE." (DANIEL QUINN/THE STORY OF B)

POPULATION OVERSHOOT "WE IN THE DEVELOPED WORLD HAVE 32 TIMES THE FOOTPRINT ON THE PLANET ON RESOURCES DEPLETION - 32 TIMES THE PERSON IN INDIA. I THINK THAT WE ALL KNOW THAT, THOUGH THE FIGURE IS STUNNING & IT OUGHT TO MAKE US REALLY THINK & START TO TALK WITH EACH OTHER ABOUT THIS." (OTIS GRAHAM:PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, EMERITUS, UC-SANTA BARBARA) "SOMEHOW WE'VE GOT TO DEVISE A WAY FOR OBTAINING A SOFT LANDING AS WE REDUCE THE POPULATION FROM 6 + BILLION DOWN TOWARD 1 BILLION." (WILLIAM CATTON:OVERSHOOT)"HUMANITY HAS NEVER BEEN IN THIS; THIS IS NEW; THIS IS NEW & THIS IS BIG & THIS IS NOT BEING TALKED ABOUT."(OTIS GRAHAM) "WHY HAVE WE NOT ALREADY AWAKENED?"(TSB) "WE CAN'T SURVIVE APART FROM THE EARTH; AND SO, WE'RE KILLING IT."(CARLA ROYAL / BEYOND THERAPY) " I THINK PART OF LOOKING AT THINGS EXACTLY THE WAY THEY ARE IS FEELING HOW ISOLATED & ALIENATED WE HAVE BECOME FROM OURSELVES, FROM THE PEOPLE AROUND US & FROM THE NATURAL WORLD; AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT & EXPERIENCE THAT THE NATURAL RESPONSE IS DEEP GRIEF- DEEP GRIEF AT THE LOSS OF CONNECTION."(SALLY ERICKSON/PRODUCER)

"WE'VE BEEN PRETENDING FOR SO LONG THAT WE'VE FORGOTTEN WHAT WE ONCE KNEW: YOU CAN'T SURVIVE IN THE LONG RUN IF YOU DON'T FOLLOW THE LAWS OF LIFE."(TSB) " DISCONNECTION HAS STOPPED OUR EARS.THE PLANET'S VOICE BARELY REGISTERS. OUR MINDS ARE CLOGGED WITH STORIES."(TSB)

STORIES OF GROWTH & PROGRESS :"THERE'S NEVER QUITE ENOUGH"...(LIST)

" IN SOME WAYS, WE'RE IN A CULTURE OF 2 YEAR OLDS, WHERE WE JUST WON'T LOOK AT THE LIMITS." (SALLY ERICKSON / PRODUCER) "DOMINION OVER THE EARTH IN GENESIS, DIDN'T MEAN TO LEAVE THIS PILLAGED & SMOKING."(WILLIAM SCHLESINGER / DUKE UNIVERSITY)

STORIES OF EMPIRE "CIVILIZATION IS THE BEST CULTURE EVER"... (LIST)

"HERE,PERHAPS, IS THE MOST DANGEROUS STORY OF THEM ALL: "WE ARE SUPERIOR TO ALL OTHER CREATURES & OUR LIVES ARE INDEPENDENT OF THEIRS." (DANIEL QUINN)"C. WRIGHT MILLS OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, KIND OF A MAVERICK, GAVE A NICE SOCIOLGICAL DEFINITION OF FATE: FATE IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN INNUMERABLE PEOPLE MAKE INNUMERABLE SMALL DECISIONS ABOUT OTHER MATTERS THAT HAVE A COLLECTIVE CUMULATIVE EFFECT THAT NOBODY INTENDED. OK, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED WHEN WE OVERPOPULATED THE WORLD. NOBODY INTENDED TO OVERPOPULATE THE WORLD; NOBODY INTENDED TO POLLUTE THE OCEANS; NOBODY INTENDED TO START THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT."(WILLIAM CATTON/COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY) "IT'S SOBERING TO CONSIDER THAT WE'RE TRAPPED IN AN ECONOMY THAT MUST GROW OR DIE."(TSB) " EVERY ONE OF US IS LIVING IN THIS LITTLE COMFORTABLE BUBBLE THAT'S COMPLETELY DISCONNECTED FROM THE REAL WORLD OF ANIMALS & PLANTS & SOIL & WATER & NATURAL FORCES THAT PRODUCES EVERYTHING THAT'S OF ANY MEANING WHATSOEVER ON THIS PLANET." (RICHARD HEINBERG / POWERDOWN) " IF THE SYSTEM THAT WE'RE LIVING IN IS HARMING OTHER PEOPLE, THEN THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T LIVE WITH THAT. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN ASSIMILATED INTO EMPIRE, AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE IMPERIALISTS THEMSELVES, YOU FIND AN INCREDIBLE DISSOCIATION FROM REALITY." (CHELLIS GLENDINNING / MY NAME IS CHELLIS AND I'M IN RECOVERY FROM WESTERN CIVILIZATION) "DISSOCIATED FROM THE REALITY OF THE PLANET, WE DON'T ACT ON ITS BEHALF." (TSB)"FEELING FOR NATURE IS DIMINISHING TO THE DEGREE THAT PEOPLE ARE LESS DESIRING & LESS ABLE TO INFLUENCE POLICY ABOUT NATURE OR TO DO ANYTHING TO PROTECT NATURE OR TO HAVE ANY FEELING FOR NATURE. IT'S HARD TO HAVE FEELING FOR IT IF YOU NEVER HAVE ANY CONTACT WITH IT." (JERRY MANDER / IN THE ABSENCE OF THE SACRED) "WE'RE LIVING LIKE AN ANIMAL IN A CAGE."(TSB) " YOU LEARN IT AS A CHILD; YOU KNOW, YOU LEARN TO NOT FEEL THE KIND OF PAIN THAT IS INFLICTED UPON YOU BY THE LACK OF CONNECTION, BY BEING IN A CRIB BY YOURSELF IN A DARK ROOM, YOU KNOW, BY NOT HAVING THE BREAST FEEDING, BY NOT HAVING THE CONSTANT CONTACT WITH OTHER PEOPLE'S BODY'S."(CHELLIS GLENDINNING)

ABUSE & ADDICTION:"THERE'S A DEEP NEED. THERE'S A DEEP HOLE- A DEEP LONGING, A DEEP FEAR, A DEEP GRIEF, A DEEP RAGE."(CHELLIS GLENDINNING)

" SO MANY PEOPLE ARE SO VERY VERY UNHAPPY & THEY WANT THIS NIGHTMARE TO END."(DERRICK JENSON)

DENIAL [WE LIVE IN DENIAL.] & CONSUMPTION

"IT ALL ADDS UP TO THIS: THIS CULTURE IS NOT ONLY KILLING THE PLANET; IT'S DESTROYING US AS HUMAN BEINGS."(TSB)

[DISEMPOWERMENT]"AS CIVILIZATION HAS PROVIDED MORE & MORE FOR US, IT'S MADE US MORE INFANTILE; SO THAT WE ARE LESS & LESS ABLE TO THINK FOR OURSELVES, LESS & LESS ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR OURSELVES & THIS MAKES US MORE OF A HERD. WE DEVELOP A HERD MENTALITY." (RICHARD HEINBERG / THE OIL DEPLETION PROTOCOL)

[JUST ANOTHER SPECIES]"WE'VE GOT TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE PART OF THE LIVING COMMUNITY, NOT THE MASTERS OF THE LIVING COMMUNITY; WE'RE NOT THE GUARDIANS OF THE LIVING COMMUNITY; WE ARE JUST ANOTHER SPECIES; AND WE HAVE THE POWER TO DESTROY THAT COMMUNITY; AND WHEN WE DO THAT, WE DESTROY OURSELVES." (DANIEL QUINN / THE STORY OF B)

[OUR PLACE]"IF WE DON'T FIGURE OUT WHAT OUR PLACE IN THE UNIVERSE IS, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A PLACE IN THE UNIVERSE."(KEVIN MEYER / ARTIST)

[NEW STORY]" THERE IS A NEW STORY ARISING IN THE WORLD:THE STORY OF THE GREAT TURNING , A TURNING AWAY FROM A CULTURE OF DOMINATION & DEATH & THE TURNING TOWARD A CULTURE THAT IS LIFE SUSTAINING & LIFE RENEWING. ALL OVER THE PLANET PEOPLE ARE NOW TELLING THIS STORY." (TSB)

[FEAR OF COMMUNICATION]" I DON'T THINK LIFE FOR MOST AMERICANS DESPITE OUR AFFLUENCE IS ALL THAT IT'S BEEN CRACKED UP TO BE & PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO TALK ABOUT THAT. THEY'RE AFRAID THEY'RE THE ONLY ONES THAT ARE EXPERIENCING DEEP DISSATISFACTION." (SALLY ERICKSON / PRODUCER)

[UTTER HOPELESSNESS]" IT'S REALLY SO SAD, YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT- PARTICULARLY AMERICAN CULTUE IS EMBLEMATIC OF THIS: GO TO A TYPICAL SHOPPING MALL & LOOK AT THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU & THE ENVIRONMENT AROUND YOU & THE UTTER SHALLOWNESS & HOPELESSNESS OF IT ALL IS PROFOUDNLY DEPRESSING."( RICHARD HEINBERG / THE PARTY'S OVER)

" ARE WE DESTROYING THE PLANET AS DIMITRY ORLOFF ASKS JUST TO BE SOMEWHAT MORE COMFORTABLE FOR A LITTLE WHILE?"(TSB)

[ONLY 1 CULTURE]"I KEEP HAVING TO REMIND MYSELF: THIS CULTURE IS NOT HUMANITY. IT IS ONLY 1 CULTURE OF THE TENS OF THOUSANDS THAT USED TO EXIST ON THIS PLANET...THAT IT HAS OVERRUN THE WORLD MEANS NOTHING ABOUT IT'S RIGHTNESS, ITS GREATNESS OR ITS DESTINY. IT MEANS ONLY THAT WE LIVE IN A SYSTEM OF SOCIAL EVOLUTION THAT SELECTS FOR SHORT TERM POWER RATHER THAN FOR COMPASSION OR FOR SANITY OR FOR LONG TERM SURVIVAL."(TSB)

[INNATE GREATNESS]" I THINK THAT WE ARE MUCH MORE THAN WE'VE EVER BEEN ALLOWED TO BELIEVE." (TSB) "WHAT DOES A LIFE WELL LIVED LOOK LIFE?"(HARVEY HARMEN / SUSTENANCE FARM)

[HISTORICALLY HARMONIOUS WITH NATURE]"HUMANS HAVE A HISTORY OF LIVING MUCH MORE IN TOUCH WITH THE NATURAL WORLD, WITH THE PLANET, MUCH MORE SUSTAINABLE, MUCH MORE SPIRITUAL, MUCH MORE COMMUNAL. THAT'S WHO WE ARE."(CHELLIS GLENDINNING / OFF THE MAP)

[RETURNING HOME TO GROW UP] "AS ALL OF THIS STARTS TO SHIFT & CHANGE & DISINTEGRATE & COLLAPSE, THERE'S THE OPPORTUNITY, IN FACT, TO COME BACK TO OURSELVES, TO GROW UP FUNDAMENTALLY AS PEOPLE & AS A CULTURE."(RICHARD HEINBERG)

[INITIATION] "WE'RE IN A TIME OF INITIATION, FOLKS, A MASS INITIATION AT THE LEVEL OF CULTURE ITSELF... THIS CULTURE'S ARROGANCE,ITS ADOLESCENT SENSE OF INVINCIBILITY & ENTITLEMENT MUST BE SLOUGHED OFF TO MAKE ROOM FOR A MORE MATURE SENSE OF INTERDEPENDENCE WITH & RESPONSIBILITY TO THE COMMUNITYOF LIFE."(TSB)

[RIGHTFUL PLACE] " STEPPING IN TO THIS CULTURAL MATURITY WE WILL TAKE OUR RIGHTFUL PLACE IN THE COMMUNITY OF LIFE & WE WILL FALL BACK IN LOVE WITH THE WORLD. WE CAN DO THIS BUT ONLY IF WE CHOOSE TO , ONLY IF WE LAY DOWN OUR WEAPONS IN THIS INSANE WAR AGAINST THE WORLD, ONLY IF WE SURRENDER CONTROL & MOVE BACK INTO RELATIONSHIP."(TSB)

[WHAT WE REALLY WANT] " I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT IS IT WE WANT & SEE IF CIVILIZATION, AS WE'VE CREATED IT, IS GIVING US THAT; AND IF IT'S NOT, WHAT MIGHT GIVE US THAT." (SALLY ERICKSON / PRODUCER)

[DISMANTLING CIVILIZATION] "WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO DISMANTLE CIVILIZATION? WHAT IT MEANS IS DEPRIVING THE RICH OF THE ABILITY TO STEAL FROM THE POOR & TO DESTROY THE WORLD."(DEREK JENSEN)

[TAKING A STAND] "WHERE WILL YOU STAKE YOURSELF OUT & SAY I'M NOT GOING TO RETREAT ANYMORE?"( DERRICK JENSEN / ENDGAME)

[REAL QUESTIONING & LEARNING] "OUR DESCENDENTS ARE WATCHING US. HOW WILL WE BE? IT'S TIME TO BE THOUGHTFUL COMING TOGETHER TO LEARN ABOUT THE WORLD AS IT REALLY IS- READING BETWEEN THE LIES- DOING THE MATH, STUDYING THE WORLD SITUATION... A PARADIGM SHIFT WILL REQUIRE THAT WE QUESTION OUR DEEPEST & MOST FUNDAMENTAL ASSUMPTIONS & THAT WILL REQUIRE THAT WE TAKE OUR CURRENT WORLD VIEW GENTLY IN OUR ARMS & HOLD IT WHILE IT BREATHES ITS LAST"...(TSB)

[ADVENTURE, TRUTH & FEELING] "CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE, BUT CHOOSE. IT'S TIME TO BE TRUTHFUL... WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE LET OURSELVES FEEL OUR FEELINGS ABOUT ALL OF THIS? THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY OF LIFE ON THIS PLANET IS NOW BEING THREATENED... WHERE DO WE TAKE A STAND? WHEN DO WE LET OURSELVES FIND THE COURAGE TO LET OURSELVES FEEL WHAT IS GOING ON? OUR FEELINGS ARE THE SWIFTEST PATHS BACK TO OUR FORGOTTEN SELVES."(TSB)

[BEING REAL] "IT'S TIME TO BE OPEN & HUMBLE... THE WORLD WILL TELL US WHAT IT KNOWS, IF ONLY WE WILL BE STILL & LISTEN & THEN SPEAK. IT'S TIME TO SHOW UP IN OUR OWN LIVES & TELL THE TRUTH."(TSB)

[TOTAL COMMUNICATION] "IT'S TIME TO TALK ABOUT THE WORLD SITUATION WITH EVERYONE WE SEE. WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. WHAT A RELIEF IT WILL BE TO DISCOVER THAT WE ARE NOT ALONE. IT'S TIME TO ACT WITH GREAT INTENTION."(TSB)

[WORK TO DO] "THERE IS WORK APLENTY TO DO IN THIS WEARY WORLD & PEOPLE ENGAGED IN THAT WORK. FIND THOSE PEOPLE. JOIN IN. SAVE RIVERS & STOP BULLDOZERS & STAND UP AT CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS TO TELL YOUR TRUTH. SHARE SKILLS EVOLVE LOCAL COMMUNITIES. MOVE FROM AGRICULTURE TO PERMACULTURE & GROW YOUR OWN FOOD. LEARN ABOUT MEDICINAL HERBS...

FIND YOUR WORK & DO IT."(TSB)

"WE HUMANS ONCE KNEW HOW TO LIVE ON THIS PLANET; A FEW STILL DO & THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS. IT CAN BE DONE."(TSB) "FIND YOUR PEOPLE & BUILD A BOAT. BUILD A LOCAL COMMUNITY TO SERVE THE WORLD & PRESERVE THE LIFE OF A PIECE OF LAND OR SET SAIL IN THE WIDER WORLD, INTERUPTING THE DESTRUCTION, HEALING THE WOUNDS, CRAFTING CONNECTIONS & CHANGING MINDS."(TSB)

"THE WEIGHT OF THIS SAD TIME WE MUST OBEY

SPEAK WHAT WE FEEL NOT WHAT WE OUGHT TO SAY."

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