We need to think less NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard), and more SWIMBY (Something Wonderful In My Back Yard)

In many ways, the idea of resilience is a more useful concept than the idea of sustainability.

If we wait for the governments, it'll be too little, too late; if we act as individuals, it'll be too little; but if we act as communities, it might just be enough, just in time.

Emerging at the other end, we will not be the same as we were; we will have become more humble, more connected to the natural world, fitter, leaner, more skilled and, ultimately, wiser.

I'm not afraid of a world with less consumerism, less 'stuff' and no economic growth. I'm far more frightened of the opposite

The idea of the solitary hero can be quite an unhealthy one, and we need to pool our efforts and be heroic together!

Voices of Transition educates, opens minds to new possibilities and presents a new vision of how our food system could be. As a historic transition unfolds, this film is a very powerful tool.

Every single voice—no matter how soft the peep—longs to be heard.

One of the advantages of being disorganized is the joy of discovery.

If God were suddenly condemned to live the life which He has inflicted upon men, He would kill Himself.

I was always a relatively quiet and introspective kid.

If you have to go away,' she said,'is it absolutely necessary to kill off everything you leave behind? I mean do you have to take away everything?

She is like a revolving lighthouse; pitch darkness alternating with a dazzling brilliancy!

Your imagination can create a reality

Stones are mute teachers; they silence the observer, and the most valuable lesson we learn from them we cannot communicate.

National security is vital for economic and social progress.

So is Hope Changed for Despair-one laid upon the shelf, We take the other. Under heaven's high cope Fortune is god-all you endure and do Depends on circumstance as much as you.