ABSTRACT
An effective change plan, like all great projects, starts with the future. It needs a vision, a picture of where we are heading and a map to the new destination. Although the people-planet vision seems to take us into a wholly new dimension of being, utopia relies on something much more familiar: the logic of balance. The logic of balance is the logic of return, the logic which reunites the past and the future. Sustainability is the logic of enough in action, represented by the complex, self-organizing interactions by which nature attains a steady state of equilibrium. Equitability is the logic of balance applied to the human world. It involves the ability to see yourself in a delicate, reciprocal relationship with others, which may well be an innate human quality. Education is another core element of wellbeing and a long-standing goal of utopians.
