“Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons of the earth. If men spit upon the ground, they spit upon themselves. This we know – the earth does not belong to man, man belongs to the earth. All things are connected like the blood which unites one family. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons of the earth. Man did not weave the web of life; he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web he does to himself.”

Chief Seattle

Excerpt from ‘The Gaia Atlas of Planet Management’ by Norman Myers and Joss Pearson, 1985, Gaia Books