Being the change

Be The Change are a vibrant group of teachers, artists, change makers and coaches intent on sharing and building the skills necessary for a sustainable future. This paragraph of theirs elegantly summarises a challenge that many of us face:

"The villain here is not big business, the corporate media, the military-industrial complex, or even those who for personal profit seek to clearcut our forests, overfish our oceans, pollute our atmosphere or drain our aquifers. The villain is an outmoded worldview - a way of seeing the world in which such unthinkable acts appear reasonable, sensible, and even intelligent. Until we address the very assumptions that underlie the way we see ourselves and our world, we cannot move fully and positively in new directions"