Reply #6: That applies to so many things. Climate change, degraded natural resources, the global economy... [View All]

[GliderGuider]

In the words of writer Charles Eisenstein, "Those things that must be done to avert the crisis will instead be done only as its consequence."

This situation is the result of a toxic combination of human nature and the industrialized culture we've built. We are psychologically and spiritually disconnected from the world around us to such an extent that most of us limit our horizons to our immediate concerns and "go to sleep" about the larger issues. I call this syndrome "Separation apathy."

Fortunately, there is a groundswell of people who are waking up. They are the ones who are leading the millions of small independent initiatives all over the world to address local environmental and social justice problems. Underlying this enormous meta-movement is the realization that, "We are the ones we have been waiting for."