1. Ninety-five percent of the country (USA) has been logged, tilled, drained, grazed, paved, or otherwise developed.
2. What is needed is nothing less than a cultural transformation: rather than acting as if we were independent of nature, we need to behave a little more reverently or respectfully toward nature, as if we were the product and beneficiary of a a vibrant natural world, rather than its master.
