We know how to trash the place. We need a new conservationism. It's got to mean more than using resources at a slower rate. We've got to do something about restoration, hanging on to the things we cannot replace, and we have to restore nature as best we can. It takes quite a bit of confidence to try to restore nature.
Nature knows what to do.
At least we can get a start, instead of getting in the way. Conservation, preservation, restoration, restoration of our own human system. These are the challenges. He said put the Bible on the shelf for 20 years and read the Earth. I've spent a great deal of time reading the Earth.