If one day I look out from my cabin's porch and see a row of windmills spinning in the distance, I won't curse them. I will praise them. It will mean we are finally getting somewhere.

We must reinvent a future free of blinders so that we can choose from real options.

The human brain had a vast memory storage. It made us curious and very creative.Those were the characteristics that gave us an advantage, curiosity, creativity and memory. And that brain did something very special. It invented an idea called the future.

A baby nursing at a mother's breast is an undeniable affirmation of our rootedness in nature

Environmentalism has failed.

We are upsetting the atmosphere upon which all life depends. In the late 80s when I began to take climate change seriously, we referred to global warming as a “slowmotion catastrophe” one we expected to kick in perhaps generations later. Instead, the signs of change have accelerated alarmingly.

The medical literature tells us that the most effective ways to reduce the risk of heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, and many more problems are through healthy diet and exercise. Our bodies have evolved to move, yet we now use the energy in oil instead of muscles to do our work.

It’s time we stopped ignoring the environment. Let’s not let another election go by without making this a high priority.

Just as human activity is upsetting Earth’s carbon cycle, our actions are altering the water cycle.

That little walk powerfully reminded me that nature is our touchstone. However sophisticated and technologically advanced we may be, we are biological creatures, utterly dependent on her beneficence for clean air, water and food.