Table of Contents

introduction: Where We Are, and How We Got Here

The State of the Earth is Precarious

Addressing Climate Change

Investing in Clean Energy and Resilience

Losing the Battle but Winning the War

The Possibility of an Earthly Paradise

Pathways to a Habitable Future

Reality-Based Economics

Managing the Climate

Restoring the Earth: ERA, 1000 Landscapes, EcoRestoration Camps, Barichara

Bioregionalism, the Better Model

Rejoining the Earth and Rediscovering Our Indigenous Roots

Real World Examples:

  • Barichara Regeneration Fund
  • Panama Restoration Lab
  • Genesee Finger Lakes

Redirecting the Culture: Altering the Collective Consciousness

Giving Life New Meaning: The New Transcendentalism

Right Livelihoods

Conclusion:  Things Will Get Worse, But We May Survive and Even Do Some Good