We should acknowledge that contemporary trends like globalization, corporate downsizing/ restructuring, and movable capital have made all of us much less secure in our economic being....
We need to see that the purveyors of this paradigm do not have our well-being at heart, but instead have everything to gain (financially) by keeping us unhappy, dissatisfied, and disengaged consumers.
As we resist the ways of corporate and global ambition, we may yet come to see the grace and joy that accompany genuine efforts to make of our living places an enduring and convivial home.
We will discover that our lives are everywhere maintained and benefited by the countless contributions of traditions, communities, habitats, and other organisms, and that we in turn have the potential to similarly benefit others. (The Essential Agrarian)
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