ABSTRACT
Economic breakdown, rising unemployment, and escalating political hostility, coming at a time of intensifying climate upheaval – storms, floods, heat waves, and droughts – have left us all confused and despondent. The economic, social, and environmental ills we face today are of our own making. They are the outcomes of how we see and respond to the world. Unethical corporations and disreputable politicians might seem to cause the most egregious harm, but they are merely taking today's dominant cultural perspectives to the extreme. Every human is born with the capacity to nurture the "We" that creates and supports us. But a number of factors conspire to block this natural faculty. With focused effort, it is possible to overcome the obstructions and act in ways that sustain species, processes, and people beyond ourselves. The secret to resolving rapidly growing suite of crises is a profound change in the way we think about ourselves, and the world around us.
