“The abuse of the Earth is the ecological crisis.”

“Nature shrinks as capital grows. The growth of the market cannot solve the very crisis it creates.”

“The only way to build hope is through the Earth.”

“If you are doing the right thing for the earth, she's giving you great company.”

“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.”

“Globalized industrialized food is not cheap: it is too costly for the Earth, for the farmers, for our health. The Earth can no longer carry the burden of groundwater mining, pesticide pollution, disappearance of species and destabilization of the climate. Farmers can no longer carry the burden of debt, which is inevitable in industrial farming with its high costs of production. It is incapable of producing safe, culturally appropriate, tasty, quality food. And it is incapable of producing enough food for all because it is wasteful of land, water and energy. Industrial agriculture uses ten times more energy than it produces. It is thus ten times less efficient.”

“You are not Atlas carrying the world on y6our shoulder. It is good to remember that the planet is carrying you”